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Does everyone need and iPhone to be a Group FaceTime call?

Does everyone have to have an iPhone to be on a Group FaceTime Call?


Posted on Feb 16, 2021 7:37 PM

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Posted on Feb 16, 2021 7:42 PM

In my experience, each person who wishes to be on a Group FaceTime call must call in or accept a Group FaceTime Invite on an Apple device, but it doesn’t have to be iPhone—it could be an iPad, iPad Pro, MacBook Air, MacBook, MacBook Pro, Mac Mini, Mac desktop, etc., so long as it’s running an Apple operating system with the FaceTime App.

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Feb 16, 2021 7:42 PM in response to cdcordell

In my experience, each person who wishes to be on a Group FaceTime call must call in or accept a Group FaceTime Invite on an Apple device, but it doesn’t have to be iPhone—it could be an iPad, iPad Pro, MacBook Air, MacBook, MacBook Pro, Mac Mini, Mac desktop, etc., so long as it’s running an Apple operating system with the FaceTime App.

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Does everyone need and iPhone to be a Group FaceTime call?

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