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ZDNET’s key takeaways
- FaceTime video messages work like voicemail for missed video calls.
- Reside Voicemail helps you to go away audio messages from FaceTime audio.
- Missed FaceTime messages seem within the recipient’s name historical past.
My editor informed me the opposite day that she had spent the weekend exhibiting two individuals the way to use an apparently little-known FaceTime function: video messages. That acquired me questioning whether or not my husband or my mother and father knew the way to go away one when somebody does not reply a FaceTime video name. Spoiler alert: They did not, so I confirmed them the way it works.
It is principally voicemail, however with video and just for FaceTime customers. In case you use FaceTime audio, there is a associated function known as Reside Voicemail. Confused but? Don’t fret. My household was, too, at first. This is the way to use each.
The way to go away a FaceTime video message
What you want: FaceTime video messages solely work with FaceTime-compatible Apple gadgets. Apple says they are often acquired from saved contacts, individuals the recipient has known as, and folks urged by Siri.
To begin a FaceTime video name, open FaceTime, faucet New Name, select a contact, and choose FaceTime. To make an audio name as an alternative, faucet the telephone icon from the identical display screen.
FaceTime calls can be began from Messages, Contacts, or Recents.
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Let the decision ring till the opposite individual does not reply. When it occasions out, FaceTime exhibits the choice to report a video message. It seems solely after a FaceTime video name goes unanswered, not earlier than the decision is positioned.
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Faucet Document Video on the missed-call display screen. FaceTime will begin a countdown, then the recording begins.
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After recording the message, preview the video earlier than sending it. If it appears to be like fantastic, ship it. If there is a mistake, retake it. Be sure that to faucet the ship button to truly ship the video message when completed. The recipient will see a notification, and the video message will seem as a thumbnail within the recipient’s FaceTime name historical past.
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To view a FaceTime video message, open FaceTime and search for it within the name historical past. Faucet the video thumbnail to play it. Messages can be discovered by tapping an individual’s title in FaceTime historical past, then checking Movies or Voicemails.
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Optionally available: Go away a FaceTime audio voicemail
To position a FaceTime audio name as an alternative of a video name, first allow Reside Voicemail in settings. Go to Settings > Apps > Telephone > Reside Voicemail. Then place the FaceTime audio name as normal: Open FaceTime, faucet New FaceTime, choose a contact, and faucet the telephone icon. When the individual does not reply, FaceTime provides you the choice to go away a voicemail.
On the recipient’s finish, a reside transcript might seem whereas the message is being recorded, whether it is lengthy sufficient. After the FaceTime audio voicemail is left, the total message will be discovered within the Telephone app below Voicemail.
