Apple Announced Group FaceTime For 32 People And Twitter Freaked Out
By Mark PygasUpdated Oct. 11 2018, 4:21 p.m. ET
This week, Apple is holding their Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Jose, California — or as Apple describes it, "When technology connects with creativity, incredible ideas come to life." The four day event took place between June 4 to June 8 and while the company announced no new hardware, they did announce improvements to their Apple Watch and Desktop operating systems, alongside a new version of the mobile operating system, iOS 12, for the iPhone and iPad. Like, an operating system that is faster and more responsive — and four new Animoji. So, you can now annoy your friends tiger or a T. Rex during your next group chat.
Apple announced the usual slate of performance improvements and new features, but one feature in particular seems to have gotten people talking. You'll finally be able to FaceTime multiple people at the same time. How many people, you ask? 32. That's a lot of people. Most of us don't even have that many friends. So, what can go wrong with that many people one call?
BREAKING: Apple announces group FaceTime, which will allow up to 32 people in 1 live video call https://t.co/v0ZR9dC60l pic.twitter.com/k04RYePtqh
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) June 4, 2018Apple gave a demo of how talking to so many people at once would work, showing people getting bigger as they talk and people who are silent shrinking.
Here is a look at how the new FaceTime group video chat will work. Include up to 32 people, person talking gets bigger window. Now can join in with audio via Apple Watch #WWDC18 pic.twitter.com/ZhgT2VfCPD
— Rich DeMuro (@richdemuro) June 4, 2018Also, you'll be able to make yourself into an emoji, because of course.
Look at @tim_cook testing #GroupFaceTime with his #Memoji #WWDC18 pic.twitter.com/cUpXfPFcLV
— Carolina Milanesi (@caro_milanesi) June 4, 2018Some people are getting anxious just thinking about having to find 31 other people who want to FaceTime with them.
Cant wait for group FaceTime with up to 32 people. I don't even know 32 people but I'm glad that possibility is open to me.
— CHRIS KLEMENS (@ChrisKlemens) June 4, 2018Who even knows 32 people, let alone has 32 friends?!
APPLE JUST ANNOUNCED GROUP FACETIME WITH UP TO 32 PEOPLE I DON’T EVEN HAVE 32 FRIENDS..😭😂
— 18. (@ayethatsnayy) June 4, 2018Y’all!!! Apple heard us!! We finally getting group FaceTime. 🗣 up to 32 people.
I don’t even know 32 people. but I ain’t complainin 🤷🏽♂️
— youtube/Alonzo (@alonzolerone) June 4, 2018Others saw it as more of an opportunity.
GROUP FACETIME???? ALL MY HOMIES GETTING TUCKED IN AND A KISS GOODNIGHT
— baby bone (@vrethren) June 4, 2018Up to 32 people in Group Facetime? We asked for group facetime Apple gave us Squad facetime 👏🏿
— Ugly Handsome (@DejjLoso) June 4, 2018People trying use Group FaceTime on the Apple Watch.
#WWDC18 pic.twitter.com/228TOgLPoi
— Cameron Grant (@coolcambackup) June 4, 2018Others seem to think that so many people in one group chat may lead to some performance issues.
this group facetime feature is gonna be filled with a bunch of screens sayin pic.twitter.com/i3vCYE4GHT
— t’challa🌻 (@j_rdan_) June 4, 2018Mostly though, people are trying to actually find some friends.
Us: Apple..All We Want Is Group Facetime and Thats It..
Apple: Group Facetime Up To 32 People
Us: pic.twitter.com/UlWZUQN5pG
— The Lunch Table Blog Show LLC (@TLTBlogShow) June 4, 2018apple wanna give us group facetime as soon as i’m down to only one friend pic.twitter.com/R8SqSHZog8
— kj 🖤 (@kjbklyn) June 4, 2018Was getting excited about group FaceTime, until I remembered it requires a group of friends to talk with... #WWDC18
— Ethan Shallcross (@EthanShallcross) June 4, 2018Apple is rude for coming out with group FaceTime at a time where I barely want to speak to one person at a time let alone several
— ruqiya 🍒 (@kiewtip) June 4, 2018What do you make of Group FaceTime? Will you be using it?
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