Unable to mute other person's audio on FaceTime

jes164 wrote:

How to mute other person on FaceTime - when you put the volume all the way down, you can watch it pop back up and is still too loud. Literally does not let you mute.

From what I’ve researched, this is an intentional feature to prevent you from muting the other person. If you are in public or around people and don’t want to hang up, briefly muting audio is something I need to do often. Having to announce “Hey hold on a second, please stop talking…” still announces I am on the phone and is awkward. I maintain I should be able to mute the other person if it’s my choice… and before air pods are suggested I can’t use them.

When will this feature be reviewed? The last person that commented on it had over 7k “Me too”s and the thread was shut down with no response

You don't.

"There is no built-in feature in FaceTime to remotely mute another person's audio. Each user can only control their own microphone."

Buy some wired or bluetooth headset.

You can let Apple know here https://www.apple.com/feedback/