FaceTime landscape mode in Apple TV

[8285327]

Hello all

I have an issue and that is when I do a FaceTime video call with my iPhone and mirror the screen to the Apple TV, it won't do landscape. It does only portrait mode, which is annoying. It happens the same with Whatsapp video call.

Mirroring anything else on landscape is no problem including WhatsApp chats, but the moment I turn into video call it goes portrait, even if I have my iPhone on landscape and can see landscape on the iPhone screen!

Do you know why that is and how could it be fixed?

With iPad this problem does not exist.

 

[8285327]

Hello

Could anyone who has an Apple TV and an iPhone try to FaceTime on landscape using airplay mirroring?

This way at least I can know if it is just me or a software bug.

Thanks!

 

[dave-scott]

Hello

Could anyone who has an Apple TV and an iPhone try to FaceTime on landscape using airplay mirroring?

This way at least I can know if it is just me or a software bug.

Thanks!

Yes, iPhone 7 plus, iOS 11.4.1, appleTV 3rd gen tvOS 7.2.2, FaceTime has NEVER EVER rotated correctly. You can find posts going back YEARS to iOS 8 for this same problem! Unbelievable that Apple's own software does not work correctly. I found that Skype worked perfectly in the past. But today, the Skype video would fill the screen correctly in landscape, but I could not get the Skype audio to pass over airplay!! Aaaaarrrrrgggghhhh! Discovered that iPad DOES ROTATE just fine! iPad mini 2 running iOS 10.

 

[perezr10]

Yeah, I use my iPad Pro for mirroring FaceTime calls just because of this reason.

 

[SheetLorde]

Funny thing is I brought the Apple TV just to mirror FaceTime to my TV, and IT DOESN'T WORK. Nice job Apple!

 

[AZhappyjack]

Funny thing is I brought the Apple TV just to mirror FaceTime to my TV, and IT DOESN'T WORK. Nice job Apple!

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