If you have been using FaceTime for awhile on your iPhone, or if you just started using it, there are quite a few ways to use it that you may not be aware of. For example, if you want to use FaceTime Audio, you can activate it through Siri by saying “FaceTime Audio”. When you do that, Siri will ask who you want to call and all you have to do is say the contact’s name and then Siri will start a FaceTime Audio call to him or her.
If you want to enable FaceTime on your iPhone, just launch the Settings app from your Home screen and tap on the FaceTime app icon. After you have done that, you will be able toggle the slider at the top of the screen to the ON position. From that point, FaceTime will begin the activation process. This process doesn’t take very long and when it’s complete you can start making video calls right away.
If you want disable FaceTime on your iPhone, launch the Settings app from your Home screen and tap on the FaceTime app icon. When FaceTime opens, you can toggle the slider at the top of the screen to OFF. You can always turn it back on again at any time.
If you want to use parental controls to restrict FaceTime on your iPhone to make sure younger children are safe, launch the Settings app from your Home screen and tap on General. After you have tapped on General, scroll down until you see Restrictions and tap on that. This is where you will be able to enable Restrictions if you haven’t enabled them before. You will need to set a passcode and if you write that down somewhere safe, you won’t have to worry about forgetting it.
When you set parental controls to restrict FaceTime on your iPhone, you will no longer see FaceTime anywhere on your iPhone and won’t even see the app icon. If you want to disable the parental controls for FaceTime so you can once again access it, you can just repeat the process, except toggle the FaceTime slider to OFF.
If you want to register additional email addresses for FaceTime on your iPhone, launch the Settings app from your Home screen and tap on the FaceTime app icon. Then you will be able to tap on Add Another Email Address. You will see that underneath where is shows the “You can be reached by FaceTime at” part of the app screen. When you find that, just type in the email address that you would like to add and tap the return key on your keyboard. When you have completed that process, you will need to check the email address you typed in for a verification email from FaceTime. Once you click on the link that’s included in that email, the address you added to FaceTime will be confirmed and you can begin to use it.
If you want to enable phone numbers and email address for FaceTime on your iPhone, launch the Settings app from your Home screen and tap on the FaceTime app icon. Look through the list of numbers and addresses you have stored there and tap on the checkmark that you’ll find to the left of the numbers/addresses for whichever ones you want to prevent FaceTime from making calls to. Then, if you want to re-enable those numbers and addresses later, you can just go back through the same process and uncheck whichever numbers or addresses you had previously checked.
If you would like to set a caller ID for FaceTime on your iPhone, launch the Settings app from your Home screen and tap on the FaceTime app icon. After you have done that, scroll down toward the bottom of the app screen until you find the Caller ID section and choose the number or email you would like to set your called ID as. From that point, that is the number or email that will always show up when you are placing FaceTime calls.
If you want to enable or disable FaceTime over cellular on your iPhone, launch the Settings app from your Home screen and tap on the FaceTime app icon. Scroll through the FaceTime app screen until you see “Use Cellular Data” and tap it to switch it ON. Then, if you want to disable it, go through the same steps, except choose to turn the “Use Cellular Data” option OFF.
If you want to turn off video while on a FaceTime call on your iPhone, start the FaceTime call, or answer a FaceTime call from someone else as you normally would and then press the Home button. When you do that, a green bar will show up across the top of your screen to let you know that your FaceTime call is active, but the video will be disabled. If you want to start it back up again, you can tap on the green bar and it will take you back to the FaceTime app.
If you want to watch FaceTime calls from your iPhone on the big screen with Apple TV, the first thing you need to do is make sure that both your iPhone and your Apple TV is connected to the same Wi-Fi network and turn your Apple TV on. After you have done that, you can open FaceTime on your iPhone and place your call, or wait for someone to call you from their FaceTime app. After you begin your FaceTime call on your iPhone, double click the Home button to bring up the Fast App Switcher. When the Fast App Switcher shows up, you can swipe it from the left to the right in order to get it to the AirPlay button. Then, tap AirPlay and select Apple TV as the source for AirPlay. Finally, toggle Mirroring to on.