FaceTime

FaceTime is a video calling feature that was designed, developed and distributed by Apple for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. It was first made available in 2010 on the iPhone 4 and 4th-generation iPod touch. It was also introduced to the iPad 2, and has been implemented on recent Mac models with a FaceTime camera (formerly known as an iSight camera). It is now avaliable for all devices running iOS 4 and later, iPadOS, or Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later.

Devices supported

 * iPhone 4 or later
 * iPad 2 or later
 * iPod touch (4th generation) or later
 * Macintosh computers with a FaceTime camera, running Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later

FaceTime for iPhone
FaceTime was introduced with the iPhone 4 on June 7 at the 2010 Worldwide Developers Conference. At the time, it only supported FaceTime calls to other iPhone 4's over Wi-Fi, it has since then been enabled over 3G on later models. In September 2012, Apple introduced the iPhone 5 with a FaceTime HD camera capable of 720p video. In December 2020, the iOS 14.2 update unlocked the ability to make 1080p FaceTime calls on the iPhone 8 or later.

FaceTime for iPod touch
The 4th-generation iPod touch was announced at Apple's September 2010 event and was the first iPod touch with two cameras. In 2012, the 5th-generation iPod touch was introduced with a FaceTime HD camera that supported 720p video.

FaceTime for iPad
In March 2011, Apple announced the iPad 2, which featured the same two cameras as the 4th-generation iPod touch, with VGA resolution for FaceTime calls. In October 2012, Apple announced the 1st-generation iPad mini, with a FaceTime HD camera that supported video calls at 720p, like Macs introduced in the previous year.

FaceTime for Mac
FaceTime for Mac was released onto the Mac App Store in January 2011 for Snow Leopard users (10.6.6 or later) for 0.99, it is also included in Mac OS X Lion for free. It had the ability to call other Macs with built-in cameras, along with the iPhone 4, 4th generation iPod touch, iPad 2, or later. The 2011 MacBook Pros, released in February 2011, were to first to feature FaceTime HD cameras with 720p resolution.