Play video messages
AppIt took 13 years, but FaceTimeoneoffers the possibility of startingchat video message when someone ignores or misses your call. From an iPhone or iPad with iOS 17 or iPadOS 17. Anyone with the app installed can send and receive video messages. iOS 17 or iPadOS 17, and you can play video messages on your watch Apple Watch se system watchOS 10. However, if the person you are trying to contact doesn't have the new software yet or is only signed in to FaceTime on their Mac, you won't be able to record a video message.
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Reactions with the help of effects
The updated FaceTime app also brings us animated effects that can be added directly to the camera feed. Reactions work if the feature is turned on during a FaceTime video call in the Video Effects menu in Control Center. During a video call, you can trigger effects using hand gestures. There are a total of eight reactions available – hearts, thumbs up, thumbs down, fireworks, rain storm, balloons, confetti and laser beams – and each one has a special hand gesture that triggers a visual effect. You can add reactions to your channel without hand gestures, just long press minitile, and then tap the icon for the desired effect.
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Background blur control
The Portrait Mode effect is also available in the Video Effects menu in Control Center. In the operating system iOS 17 you can also adjust the amount of blur, adding more or less depth of field effect. In FaceTime, you can use Portrait mode turn on and off with the button (ƒ) on the tile. With the help of the slider v Control center you set the amount of blur. You can see the change in real time on the tile preview.
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Studiolight
Other effects you can use during a FaceTime video call include studiolight, which you may know, for example, from taking photos in Portrait mode. StudioYou can activate the light, just like the portrait, from the Control Center by tapping the corresponding tile.
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Contact postcard settings
For FaceTime calls, on your iPhone, iOS 17 you can also set up a contact postcard. You can set up a contact postcard for yourself or for your contacts. This is a screen that appears when you make a call and can include a photo or Memoji, for example. You can create a contact postcard in the Contacts app, where you tap the contact and select Edit.
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