9. FaceTime

In This Chapter

Making a FaceTime Call

Use FaceTime to make video calls over Wi-Fi. (A cellular connection won’t work.) The other caller must have an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with a forward-facing camera, or a camera-equipped Mac running FaceTime for OS X.

Making a FaceTime Call

FaceTime identifies you by your Apple ID and is integrated with Contacts (see Chapter 8). To make a FaceTime call, you choose someone from your contacts or favorites, or list of recent calls. A simple set of controls appears onscreen while you chat .

FaceTime controls.

When you open FaceTime, you may be prompted to sign in with your Apple ID or to create a new account.

To make a FaceTime call

1. In FaceTime, tap Favorites, Recents, or Contacts at the bottom of the screen.

2. Tap the name, phone number, or email address of the person you want to call.

You can use the controls at the top of the screen to add favorites, add contacts, and edit the lists.

3. After the other party accepts the call, you can do any of the following:

• Drag your image. Drag the picture-in-picture image to any corner , if it’s in the way.

• Mute the call. Tap to temporarily turn off sound. You can still hear and see the caller, and he or she can see but not hear you. Tap again to unmute.

• Swap cameras. Tap to swap cameras to talk face to face (front camera) or show the caller what’s around you (back camera). The inset image shows you what the caller is seeing.

• Change screen orientation. Rotate your iPad to portrait (tall) or landscape (wide) view. To lock rotation, see “Changing Screen Orientation” in Chapter 1.

• Switch apps. Press the Home button and then tap an app icon. You and the caller can still talk, but you can’t see each other. To return to the call, tap the green bar at the top of the screen.

4. When you’re done talking, tap to end the call.