Use Group FaceTime on your iPhone or iPad

Group FaceTime makes it easy to chat with multiple people at the same time. You can start a Group FaceTime from the FaceTime app or from a group conversation in the Messages app — and you can add up to 32 people.

An iPad and iPhone displaying a Group FaceTime call.

To use Group FaceTime video calls, you need iOS 12.1.4 or later, or iPadOS, on one of these devices: iPhone 6s or later, iPad Pro or later, iPad Air 2 or later, iPad mini 4 or later, iPad (5th generation) or later, or iPod touch (7th generation). Earlier models of iPhone, iPad and iPod touch that support iOS 12.1.4 can join Group FaceTime calls as audio participants.

FaceTime isn't available in all countries or regions.

Start a Group FaceTime call from the FaceTime app

  1. Go to Settings > Apps > FaceTime and make sure FaceTime is on.

  2. Open FaceTime and tap New FaceTime.

  3. Enter the contacts you want to call.

  4. Tap the Audio button or FaceTime.

    An iPhone displaying the screen to choose participants to invite to a FaceTime call. The Audio or FaceTime button is at the bottom of the screen above the keyboard.

You can add up to 32 people to a Group FaceTime call.

Start a Group FaceTime call from the Messages app

  1. Open Messages and start a group conversation. Or go to an existing group conversation.

  2. Tap the FaceTime buttonFaceTime button in the upper-right corner.

    An iPhone showing a Messages conversation. The FaceTime button is in the upper-right corner of the screen.

  3. Tap FaceTime Audio or FaceTime Video.

You can add up to 32 people to a Group FaceTime call.

Join a Group FaceTime call

There are a few ways to join a Group FaceTime call that someone else started.

From a notification

Tap the notification from the Notification Centre or the Lock screen, then tap the FaceTime buttonFaceTime button.

An iPhone displaying a FaceTime Notification at the bottom of the screen.

From a group message

To join a Group FaceTime call from Messages, tap the notification at the top of your screen or tap Join from the group conversation in Messages. After you tap Join, you're automatically connected.

An iPhone displaying a group conversation in Messages where someone sent a link to join a FaceTime call. There is a Join button in the conversation and in the upper-right corner of the Messages app.

From the FaceTime app

To join a call from the FaceTime app, just go to the active call in FaceTime, then tap the FaceTime buttonFaceTime button.

An iPhone displaying the FaceTime app. The FaceTime button is to the right of the active call, which is listed first.

Add a person to a Group FaceTime call

  1. From the call, tap the participants at the top of the screen, then tap Add People.

  2. Enter the contact's name, phone number or email.

  3. Tap Add People.

    An iPhone displaying the FaceTime app. The Add People button is underneath the list of call participants.

When you add someone to your call, you can tap Ring next to their name so that their device alerts them again of the incoming call.

When someone is added to a Group FaceTime call, they can't be removed from the call. In order for that person to leave the call, they need to end the Group FaceTime call on their own device.

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