Group FaceTime

32 people is a really stupid idea. I think they did it out of spite and shut preople down. “Hey Apple get group chat, other apps can do upto 8 or 10 or 16.

Apples reply “ ok, you know what, here’s 32, now I hope you keep quiet for the next ten years”

 

I think it's rather hilarious. My Group Conversations were lit on Facebook Messages already.

 

Reading the beta notes, it appears Group FaceTime only works on iPhone 7's and above.

 

Not sure how it’s a stupid idea, having up to 32 people, so as long as the app doesn’t get laggy with more people on the FT call...

 

Just because there's some upper limit that's high doesn't mean it needs to be used. The main idea here is that group chat is there and supports enough people for the need of the vast majority.

 

FaceTime depends on the Internet speeds. It barely works in areas where there isn’t good speeds. Even 1 person convos cannot go through properly. Also, it gets difficult to see a person when the number of people in the group chat increases more than 4 also, on the iPad it’s okay. Also, in the new FaceTime , since more people can come in, your internet speeds will determine whether you can use FaceTime with so many people, or even 2 people or not.

Also, it’s next to impossible to look at so many people. Anything more than 4 will be unintuitive on an iPhone. Anything more than 6 on an iPad.

Apple first needs to improve the quality of FaceTime for 1-1 calls, and then go on to handle group chat.

 

I actually thought 32 was brilliant. Perfect for classroom use.

 

I have a hard time believing that many simultaneous video feeds is going to have decent quality. The auto-switching is cool though but will it detect people who are using sign language and put them in the foreground? My deaf mother in law is visiting right now and she was wondering about that. Hopefully Apple’s focus on accessibility will have some ML to pick up on that.

 

I'm glad they set limitation if not some one with an iPhone 4 would launch a class action lawsuit because group chat is slow on their phone

 

They could easily start one because they are deprived of such a feature.

 

Why is it stupid? Will be fantastic for businesses, classes, etc.

 

Which are supported iPads?

Is it A10 and above?

 

I’m excited to use it... but not with up to 32 people... that’s just too much Apple.

 

Im testing iOS12 on an iPad Pro12, iPad Mini4 and iPhoneSE. The Mini4 and SE were unable to use the feature.

Its a shame because such high system requirements will block a whole lot of families and business users from making FaceTime their default Group Video client.

 

Us ‘older tech’ folks have already been using WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger for group video calling for ages. No big deal if FaceTime isn’t supporting us, it would’ve been just another option in a sea of others

 

I can see a use case for 32 people...maybe like a company meeting or something. It's not like it's something that will never happen. If you don't want to use it with 32 people, no one is telling you you have to. But the ability is there for those who may want it.

 

Any admin controls for muting people?

 

Who is the target market for a 32-way FaceTime call again?