[GP] iOS 11 could bring video conferencing via FaceTime

[BirSaNN]

The iOS and Android operating systems are becoming more and more similar, offering access to similar functions and applications, but Apple still has several advantages in the form of easy-to-use communication services. iMessage is one of those that puts a very robust Internet chat client directly into the messaging application, and FaceTime provides access to video calls from any Apple device over the internet. It seems, however, that iOS 11 will improve the latter.

 

Since launching FaceTime, with iOS 4, the service only offered the possibility to start video calls between two interlocutors. In an attempt to compete with rival services such as Skype and Google Hangouts, Apple could implement multi-user teleconferencing simultaneously. Information about this capability comes from The Verifier website, which claims that sources close to the FaceTime service development would report the implementation of new features.

It seems that the top limit will be five simultaneous interlocutors, and the calls can be initiated from iMessage group chat rooms. Since in iOS 10, Apple has focused on improving iMessage, in iOS 11 FaceTime will be the service that will receive the same treatment. This information can not be verified at this time, and The Verifier does not have a tradition of reporting Apple product information before it's officially confirmed.