FaceTime SharePlay Feature Won't Be Available When iOS 15 Launches

[Shearwater]

Full IOS updates are becoming ...' we've tweaked a few bugs!"

 

[GuilleA]

Who wants to see someone else's face while watching a show?

 

[johnsc3]

In the beta notes for the sixth updates to iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and tvOS 15, Apple says that the FaceTime SharePlay feature has been disabled for future beta releases and will not be available to use when the updates initially launch this fall.

Apple will instead make SharePlay available in an update to iOS 15, iPadOS 15, tvOS 15, and macOS Monterey that's coming later this year.

With SharePlay being removed temporarily, Apple is offering an alternative tool for developers to test SharePlay development features, and a SharePlay profile is available for developers to download. With SharePlay, FaceTime users can share their screens with one another, watch movies and TV shows in sync together, listen to music and contribute to a group playlist, and more.

Article Link: FaceTime SharePlay Feature Won't Be Available When iOS 15 Launches

I was looking forward to this feature.

 

[johnsc3]

I guess they decided to reserve it for iOS 16

Ha ha!

 

[chukronos]

Welp... there goes my plans for using family phones for streaming out of state NFL games this season.