They said it would be in iOS 12. That means any time between it's released in Sept until iOS 13 comes in Sept 2019. They haven't broken any promises.
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Apple Removes Group FaceTime From iOS 12 and macOS Mojave, Says It'll Launch Later This Year
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They said it would be in iOS 12. That means any time between it's released in Sept until iOS 13 comes in Sept 2019. They haven't broken any promises.
I was looking thru the post to see if someone had mentioned this...
How hard can it be? They are working with in-house technology. Have unlimited spending money for development.
And year after year under Tim Cook's leadership, features are announced, then delayed.
But we get new emoji's every year like clockwork, because the world needs a poop emoji.
Not another feature delayed... the worst thing about it is nobody knows how long it will be now with the recent delay lengths... could be until iOS 13 
All the features that were announced at WWDC were subject to change. It's in the fine print.
But I don’t think that’s the point, I think Group FaceTime should be released when it’s ready as a whole, because they promised said amount of people being able to use it. They shouldn’t have to make any compromises to reduce the amount users just because group FaceTime is not ready as of yet.
Also, I’m not sure about four being ‘95% of the people use group FaceTime’. For larger families and even companies really could take advantage of something like this.
Apple has always been about exceeding expectations. No one is arguing about the fine print.
When i worked at Maersk we had conference calls with up-to 30 people very often.
So samsung mocks the group FaceTime feature, the next day Apple removes it. Brilliant!!
So let me get this straight:
Apple Releases Feature X with Bugs in it. Haters are out with torches and pitchforks.
Apple Pulls Feature X from Beta, says it's not ready for Prime-Time yet. Haters are out with torches and pitchforks.
Is that about it?
I agree. I think it's irresponsible and sloppy to release something that is too buggy or not performing as expected -- and it hurts brand worse than just delivering it late, too. I'd rather have the feature when it's ready than have it now. Ideally, they wouldn't announce it as part of the release and then have to change course and delay it, but sometimes it happens, not a huge deal.
Larger families, perhaps. But I doubt many medium/large organizations use FaceTime. Without the ability to share screens, files, or draw on a whiteboard, FaceTime is not a serious business tool.
This is a great example of Group FaceTime. Because you have employees that are spread abroad and what not a better way to have them congregate over group FaceTime to conduct business versus a just a conference call. When group FaceTime does release, Apple will make sure it’s right and I would rather have them wait until it is fully ready.
The world isn't binary.
How about meeting expectations and releasing features on-time with few bugs?
It's probably one of those features that will be very popular in business not only with typical consumers.
How about living in the real world?
I can tell you have never designed a product of any kind.
I’m not sure why group FaceTime in every situation need to have a whiteboard or drawing. Perhaps it’s brainstorming or discussing details. Someone else above just gave the example of having 30+ employees on a conference call, clearly this would be an advantage in that area. I think you’re going to find out every company will vary differently in using Group FaceTime. It Doesn’t have to be a ‘serious tool’ to not be able to take advantage of something as an available feature if needed.
Apple to reinvent the apple. Based on current practices of announcing features that come much later.
"It'll be the greenest, most delicious fruit imaginable, and we'll deliver it in September." September comes and goes. The newly improved fruit is released, in green, but tastes like a banana. "The flavour is taking us some time, we anticipate it to be released sometime in May next year. If you're in the UK or Canada, August two years time."
"It'll be the greenest, most delicious fruit imaginable, and we'll deliver it in September." September comes and goes. The newly improved fruit is released, in green, but tastes like a banana. "The flavour is taking us some time, we anticipate it to be released sometime in May next year. If you're in the UK or Canada, August two years time."
