Great to see Apple at the forefront yet again by being able to offer us all the same feature that has been offered by Skype for an age.
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Questionable Rumor Suggests Group FaceTime is Coming in iOS 11
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
This would be amazing for me and my sales team!
[doublepost=1485011429][/doublepost]
What about businesses? Schools for projects? Or if you want to simply chat to friends together?
[doublepost=1485011429][/doublepost]
What about businesses? Schools for projects? Or if you want to simply chat to friends together?
I would hope its not a rumor, everyone else has been doing this for YEARS! Apple is falling behind.
They will take care of the fragmentation to an extent little by little. Google can take a page out of Microsoft's book with having different OEMs, similar interphases, and control updates.
What are you basing that opinion on?? I have seen ZERO evidence pointing at that, even remotely... the latest iteration of their apps, Allo & Duo apparently aren't replacements for Hangouts... they're in addition to. They don't seem to be condensing their app offerings at all.
I believe those are separate/optional downloads, and NOT baked into Android N whatsoever (differing heavily from iMessage & FaceTime in that aspect).
Further, don't the VAST majority of Android phones come with some custom version of messaging installed as the default?
Don't really care about FaceTime but those pictures are funny!
"Hey, look at me, I'm on top of the wall!"
"Us too! Woot!"
"Hey, look at me, I'm on top of the wall!"
"Us too! Woot!"
What apple won't offer that Skype does is a back door for law enforcement to intercept the conversation.
Yep, I really miss this. Our family stopped using FaceTime/Messages/iChat when this was dropped.
It's about time... iChat used to be amazing... now we're finally going to get... iChat?
You mom talks to you?! Now iMessage makes more sense... I've only ever used iMessage between my iPhone and iPad and thought it was the boringest game ever...
Uh, like google hangout, or Skype, or zoom, or . . one of 30 different services? I guess if they can tie it into the ecosystem.
If I'm reading that correctly, it's saying that all myriad versions of custom texting apps that Android OEM's can & do make default on their handsets; have to adhere to a few similarities like all having a "block this #" option.
Ummm, ok. Not even CLOSE to what we are talking about! It doesn't say, for example, that Allo needs to come preinstalled & be selected as the default (which would give it parity to iMessage, in that respect).
So, there will still be dozens of competing texting apps on Android... with wildly different options and abilities, and there is definitely nothing that the public is aware of, coming down the pipeline that will change that at all.
This is due to Android's "openness". They literally can't suddenly mandate that their texting app is the one that MUST be used (like Apple can). That would fly in the face of the "100% customizable" reputation they've earned.
Skype already said there is a back door and I trust Timmy on this.
Yes that's what I meant. Microsoft and Google are upfront on what they do and allow. Apple hides it behind clever marketing . Its delusion if you truly believe any big multinational isn't doing what law enforcement can compel them to do
I don't believe there are any back-doors to facetime that would allow it to be decrypted on the fly so that your conversations can be intercepted illegally. Other than the usual internet memes there is no proof that apple hands over user data without any legal paperwork.
All companies have to comply with rules and regulations and all of them have privacy policies with regard to law enforcement, but not all of them leave the front door opened.
Up to three people plus a shared whiteboard. Really an amazing product that just worked. My coworkers and I had a blast using it. You could use photo booth F/X on your video feed if you wanted to mess with the other attendees, LOL. It was great!