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FaceTime is a proprietary videotelephony product developed by Apple. FaceTime is available on supported iOS mobile devices running iOS 4 and later and Mac computers that run and later. FaceTime supports any iOS device with a forward-facing camera and any Mac computer equipped with a FaceTime Camera. FaceTime Audio, an audio-only version, is available on any iOS device that supports iOS 7 or newer, and any Mac with a forward-facing camera running OS X 10.9.2 and later.

Key facts

Software.name
FaceTime
Software.title
FaceTime
Software.logo
FaceTime iOS.svg
Software.logo_size
120px
Software.screenshot
FaceTime screenshot.png
Software.screenshot_size
250px
Software.caption
FaceTime running on an iPhone 13
Software.developer
Apple
Software.replaces
iChat
Software.genre
Videotelephony, Voice over IP
Software.license
Proprietary software

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Creator
Apple Inc.
Developer
Apple Inc.
Platform
web browser
Image
FaceTime screenshot.png
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copyright license
proprietary license
operating system
macOS
publication date
2011-02-24
significant person
Steve Jobs
distributed by
Q368215
input device
computer keyboard
Commons category
FaceTime
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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Implementation
  • Standards
  • FaceTime Audio
  • Walkie-Talkie
  • Limited availability
  • By country
  • By iOS version
  • Controversy
  • Group FaceTime bug
  • References
  • External links

FaceTime is a proprietary videotelephony product developed by Apple. FaceTime is available on supported iOS mobile devices running iOS 4 and later and Mac computers that run and later. FaceTime supports any iOS device with a forward-facing camera and any Mac computer equipped with a FaceTime Camera. FaceTime Audio, an audio-only version, is available on any iOS device that supports iOS 7 or newer, and any Mac with a forward-facing camera running OS X 10.9.2 and later.

FaceTime is included for free in iOS and macOS from (10.7) onwards. Since the release of iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey, non-Apple systems can be used to participate in FaceTime calls using a web client.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “FaceTime” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.