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Apple Delays 32-Person Group FaceTime From iOS 12 Launch (theverge.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the this-is-the-new-Apple dept.

Developer Guilherme Rambo has revealed that the 32-person FaceTime group chat feature "has been removed from the initial release of iOS 12." Apple says the feature "will ship in a future software update later this fall." The Verge: Group FaceTime chats will allow 32 participants in a video call, with tiles of people's faces where you can manually select people to highlight them in the main interface. Apple's delay to group FaceTime chats comes after the company delayed its AirPlay 2 introduction in iOS.

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  1. CUseeme did it in the 1990's by Seven+Spirals · · Score: 2

    I remember seeing CUseeme "reflectors" do this a very long time ago. Never mind that most of the clients were using parallel-port connected with Connectix Quickcams and other horrible quality cameras. What's old is new again!

  2. Re:still waiting... by TheFakeTimCook · · Score: 2

    Remember when Pope Jobs said they were going to open up FaceTime and make it cross-platform?

    If you remember that, you should also remember they were sued, successfully, by the patent troll that claimed to own the protocol. Jobs spoke without consulting with anyone, and prior to the lawsuit.

    But all the Apple Hating Slashtards CONVEEENIENTLY forget THAT part...