Back in WWDC 2018, Apple unveiled iOS 12 bringing an array of new features for the iPhones. Amongst other cool features, the Cupertino tech giant added one of the most requested features — Group FaceTime. The iPhone-makers took a different approach to present a group video call by using floating tiles for each participant of the call. Now, when someone in the group call talked, the app automatically zoomed in on his/her tile bringing the person in the spotlight. However, if you’re in a group FaceTime call of say 20 people and 10 people are talking simultaneously, it becomes somewhat annoying to see the tiles shrink and grow continuously. So, now, Apple has come up with a solution to this problem.
- Go to “Settings“.
- Scroll down to “FaceTime“.
- Inside the FaceTime settings, you will find a section named “Automatic Prominence“.
- There is only one option in this segment — “Speaking” and this is the new toggle.
Now, the feature, as of now, lives inside the beta version of iOS and we are not sure if Apple will keep this feature till the public version of iOS 13.5 or not. We saw Apple do this kind of thing previously, with FaceTime itself.
So, the addition of the new toggle in the initial beta of iOS 12.5 does not mean that it will come with iOS 13.5 public version. However, even if Apple pulls off this feature, users can be rest assured that the company will eventually add the feature. If not with iOS 13.5, then with iOS 13.5.1.
