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ZDNET’s key takeaways
- FaceTime video messages work like voicemail for missed video calls.
- Dwell Voicemail allows you to depart audio messages from FaceTime audio.
- Missed FaceTime messages seem within the recipient’s name historical past.
My editor instructed me the opposite day that she had spent the weekend displaying two folks how you can use an apparently little-known FaceTime characteristic: video messages. That received me questioning whether or not my husband or my mother and father knew how you can depart one when somebody does not reply a FaceTime video call. Spoiler alert: They did not, so I confirmed them the way it works.
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It is mainly voicemail, however with video and just for FaceTime customers. When you use FaceTime audio, there is a associated characteristic referred to as Live Voicemail. Confused but? Don’t be concerned. My household was, too, at first. This is how you can use each.
The right way to depart a FaceTime video message
What you want: FaceTime video messages solely work with FaceTime-compatible Apple gadgets. Apple says they are often obtained from saved contacts, folks the recipient has referred to as, and other people prompt by Siri.
Let the decision ring till the opposite particular person does not reply. When it occasions out, FaceTime reveals the choice to document a video message. It seems solely after a FaceTime video name goes unanswered, not earlier than the decision is positioned.
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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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Elective: Depart a FaceTime audio voicemail
To put a FaceTime audio name as a substitute of a video name, first allow Dwell Voicemail in settings. Go to Settings > Apps > Telephone > Dwell Voicemail. Then place the FaceTime audio name as typical: Open FaceTime, faucet New FaceTime, choose a contact, and faucet the telephone icon. When the particular person does not reply, FaceTime provides you the choice to go away a voicemail.
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On the recipient’s finish, a stay transcript could 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.
Why would I depart FaceTime voicemails?
For somebody already utilizing the FaceTime app to position a name, leaving a video message or audio voicemail is simply as helpful as leaving another missed-call message. The Report Video possibility simply makes it really feel extra private as a result of you’ll be able to movie your self talking.
The place do FaceTime video messages seem?
FaceTime video messages seem within the recipient’s FaceTime name historical past and as a notification. FaceTime audio voicemails are saved within the Telephone app’s Voicemail inbox.
Is that this the identical as sending a video in Messages?
No. A FaceTime video message begins from a missed FaceTime video name and seems within the FaceTime app.
Can I depart a FaceTime voicemail from my desktop?
No. On a Mac desktop, I didn’t see the choice to go away a FaceTime video message or voicemail if the particular person did not reply.
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