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FaceTime call will not rotate to landscape on Apple TV

I have been using FaceTime and AirPlay mirroring to put FaceTime calls on my living room TV via Apple TV for over 2 years. After the recent upgrade to iOS 8 and Apple TV the orientation is incorrect. I turn my iPhone to landscape orientation, but the video shows on the TV in portrait orientation, and the video is rotated 90 degrees. I believe this to be a bug in either the AppleTV update or iOS 8. Anyone else have this issue?

iPhone 5, iOS 8.1

Posted on Nov 4, 2014 11:06 AM

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Apr 24, 2015 11:14 PM in response to MustangBurnOut

I too am giving up on Apple to fix this problem. I remember when this feature worked flawlessly. I used to call my daughter on my iPhone and went to landscape ant it would fill the screen with Apple TV. Those days are gone! Now when you do get landscape to work it is a lame tiny picture in the middle of the Apple TV screen. Come on Apple fix this!

Oct 1, 2015 7:12 AM in response to donbergen

I have encountered this problem since ios 8 a year ago. I submited multiple feedbacks to Apple, hoping Apple will fix this simple bug in the next update. I have been patiently waiting this fix in each update for the past year but to no avail. This issue is not even in iOS 9.0.2 released yesterday. Really disappointed. Bad Apple!


The only workaround is to use Airplay Mirroring in iPad, instead of iPhone.

Oct 1, 2015 7:37 AM in response to donbergen

I am very disappointed,too. As someone mentioned before the iphone screen doesn't truly rotate when facetiming landscape mode, only the camera and buttons do. Apple is doing this clearly on purpose but are they not aware that it effects facetime mirroring on Apple Tv..


Perhaps we need to keep this forum busy so someone from apple takes notice..


shame..

Nov 20, 2015 11:45 AM in response to gunay

+1 to keeping this thread going! I was hoping to find the solution listed here. It's frustrating that Apple still hasn't resolved landscape rotation - especially since it used to work!! It's not like ATV4 has a camera built-in either. Though you think they will in the future?


@gunay, what does tech support say in the most recent times you've submitted feedback? I'm getting a pair of tellymount for my mom and me, so I hope full screen will be ready by the time they ship.

FaceTime call will not rotate to landscape on Apple TV

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