iOS 5 Beta 3 Adds AirPlay Support for FaceTime

[Swift]

This sounds awesome.

But what does it do to battery life? We're now streaming three different videos at once:

1.) An incoming video to the iPad.
2.) An outgoing video from the iPad.
3.) The videos to the Apple TV.

Does this work on the iPhone too, or is it iPad only?

This will work with iPhone too. What it is to me is the ideal solution to the "phone call video on the big screen" dilemma. If the camera is on the HDTV, it's likely 10 feet or more away. Bad sound, distant video. But controlling and shooting the video at the iDevice level is perfect. And then you flip that video to the big screen.

As for battery life, I don't think it's as extraordinary as all that, unless you want to talk about three hours or so -- a five- or ten-minute call might take a half hour off the battery... Say you were at 90%, you'd probably finish well over 80. It's kind of counter-intuitive, but I've watched an entire movie on Airplay, and though it cost the battery, it wasn't a battery-draining monster.

It's 720p, in theory.

 

[gregorypierce]

Looks like the kind of thing that would work really well if Apple were going to create an actual TV set

 

[RichardF]

Now that iOS 5 is here, does anyone know how to mirror FaceTime to the TV via Apple TV?

I have iPhone 4 and 4S with iOS 5 and iPad 2 with iOS 5. Apple TV is also loaded with the latest software.

I don't even see the option to use AirPlay in the FaceTime user interface.

Does anyone know?

 

[Phil Lee]

Now that iOS 5 is here, does anyone know how to mirror FaceTime to the TV via Apple TV?

I have iPhone 4 and 4S with iOS 5 and iPad 2 with iOS 5. Apple TV is also loaded with the latest software.

I don't even see the option to use AirPlay in the FaceTime user interface.

Does anyone know?

You don't mirror within the app, you select mirroring of the whole device then launch the app. To do this, double tap on the home button, swipe to the right once on the iPad and twice on the iPhone 4S then select the Apple TV display. On the iPad 2 there's and additional "mirroring" switch.

 

[RichardF]

You don't mirror within the app, you select mirroring of the whole device then launch the app. To do this, double tap on the home button, swipe to the right once on the iPad and twice on the iPhone 4S then select the Apple TV display. On the iPad 2 there's and additional "mirroring" switch.

Thank you. What's the difference between mirroring the whole device as you described and using that mirroring switch?

 

[Phil Lee]

Thank you. What's the difference between mirroring the whole device as you described and using that mirroring switch?

I've only done this once but from memory, the mirroring switch on the iPad is what you want. If you switch on the display without mirroring it displays video and photo content when it is played.

 

[RichardF]

I've only done this once but from memory, the mirroring switch on the iPad is what you want. If you switch on the display without mirroring it displays video and photo content when it is played.

Thank. Hopefully, this will also help someone.