Perhaps the most important innovation it brings iOS 7 are neglected audio calls via FaceTime. Facetime is the service that iOS 7 only allows you to make video calls, which are not always required, and these calls are very data intensive, so for users with an FUP limit they are basically only usable when they are connected to Wi-Fi. In iOS 7 however Apple also offers the option to make a free FaceTime call, which is only audio The call can be made both via a GSM connection, i.e. via 3G, and via a Wi-Fi connection.
This feature allows you to call all iOS device with operating system iOS 7, although it is not yet clear whether Apple will allow audio calls also on OS X Mavericks. The OS X operating system, like iOS offers FaceTime calls, but they are currently the same as iOS available as video calls only. New audio FaceTime calls will be available for all devices with iOS 7 and the question is how the operators will react to this and whether they will audio block or charge calls in some way. Prohowever, so far in beta green iOS 7 everything works for free, not only over Wi-Fi, but also over 3G.
New feature audio calls will probably be a relatively big hit for operators, who currently have to face not only well-known services such as Skype, but also social networks FaceBook, which started to allow free phone calls. Moreover, in the case of Apple we are talking about hundreds of millions of iPads, iPhones and iPod touches that will be able to communicate with each other audio call. The only problem at the moment is that Apple only offers FaceTime for your device. So if you need to call someone who has an alternative mobile phone, you have to use either one of the VoIP applications or a classic call.
*Source: phonesreview.co.uk
Sir, this is news! :D
I know about this since 11.6.
what if 100% people around me have android, if apple he put some application on facetime but they probably won't fix it...
Amnart - I would see a use for it when I call someone via FaceTime, we don't use the video much, so it will be less demanding on the battery (FaceTime really takes a lot of it) and if we use 3G, we use less data.
Even though there's FaceTime Audio they could put calls on speakerphone (sorry if that option is there)
It's not quite what it should be, but even now you can use FaceTime without a picture.
You simply press the "Power Button" - iPhone we lock the display, it turns off the camera, but the call continues as such.
As I say, it's not quite the same, but it works.
@ Cermb0: so it's a novelty for me
I also prefer to use facetime without video than, for example, skype, which cannot be compared in terms of stability.