I can’t imagine Netflix or Disney+ being more lax and allowing a single subscriber to share something with friends. With Apple TV+ content, you and your friends need to have subscriptions to watch anything. And it remains to be seen if and how media providers adopt the service.
#FACETIME FOR MAC ANDROID#
Unfortunately, even though FaceTime is opening up to Android and Windows users with web video chats, those folks won’t be able to enjoy SharePlay content. Once I figured that out, it was nice to be able to sit back and watch a few minutes of Mythic Quest with my friends. Instead, you have to start playing a piece of media, which triggers a pop-up notification that asks if you want to share it with friends, or view it on your own. When trying out the feature with other Monterey and iOS 15 beta testers, it took us a while to figure out there wasn’t a SharePlay button anywhere within FaceTime. Using it could be more intuitive, though.
I’d imagine many more people will be FaceTiming their friends to take advantage of SharePlay, which allows you to watch shows and listen to music with others. I'd imagine it would also be useful for users who are visually impaired and hard of hearing, as the separation makes it easier to keep track of multiple people. It's like you're sitting at a small table together. During my testing, I heard two friends coming from the left and right channels of my AirPod Pros. They'll need to be running the Monterey or iOS/iPadOS 15 beta for the feature to work, but it'll certainly be more useful once those updates finally drop. If you have AirPods or other headphones that support Spatial Audio, you'll also be able to hear people’s voices coming from different directions based on their screen position in FaceTime.
Since he was running macOS Catalina, though, it still showed up as a web FaceTime call, instead of automatically opening the app. When he moved over to his Mac, everything worked fine. Your calls are more like events anticipating a group of people, instead of individual chats where you may rope in a friend or two.ĭuring my testing, a friend was able to join my FaceTime weblink via his iPhone running iOS 14, but he couldn't hear anything. Once you're in, you can either invite your friends or create a link for anyone to join, even if they're on an Android device. Now you can start a FaceTime call without ringing anyone directly. And I suppose that makes sense, given just how essential group video chats have become over the past year. In macOS Monterey, FaceTime is starting to look a lot more like Zoom.
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