FaceTime Audio

[ThisIsNotMe]

HUGE feature!
Shame it is only available over WiFi.
Would KILL the phone companies.

 

[ElZeus]

This is awesome for people on limited minute plans w/o having to use other voip apps.

 

[Che Castro]

3gunrestrictor ?

 

[spacehog371]

No more having to use Google voice because of the ****** service in my apartment. Very happy about that.

 

[rovex]

what is it?

 

[sixteen12]

See you later Skype.

 

[ThisIsNotMe]

what is it?

Free voice calling between iOS devices.

 

[noname3151]

It's a shame this is not like tmobiles wifi calling.

 

[rovex]

Free voice calling between iOS devices.

cheers, that really is a good feature.

 

[Nikos]

Has it been confirmed to be WiFi only? FaceTime is becoming available over cellular now. Makes me wonder what the state of cell phone carriers will be in a few years.

 

[lukejc1]

Has it been confirmed to be WiFi only? FaceTime is becoming available over cellular now. Makes me wonder what the state of cell phone carriers will be in a few years.

Yes. It's confirmed to be only over WiFi. At least at first. Who knows? Maybe they will change that in the future like they did with Facetime (video).


I love this feature. It's one of the things about iOS 7 that really stands out for me.

 

[ThisIsNotMe]

cheers, that really is a good feature.

Yeah it is.
Might pick up some iPods to leave around to get calls on.

 

[zorinlynx]

Why would they restrict audio-only Facetime to Wi-Fi, when video Facetime is allowed, and uses MORE bandwidth?

This makes no sense.

You can also make a video Facetime call into an audio one already, just hit the home button on both ends.

 

[DustyLBottoms]

WHERE has this been confirmed to be WIFI only?

This works just fine without WIFI, across networks even.

Last night I did facetime audio using an AT&T iPhone5 on 4G and a Verizon iPhone 5 on LTE - no WIFI at all.

 

[iBreatheApple]

What happens if you try and FaceTime audio an iOS 6 device?

 

[DustyLBottoms]

What happens if you try and FaceTime audio an iOS 6 device?

It says: "so-and-so is unavailable for FaceTime," you need iOS7.