Keep in touch with friends and family
iPhone makes it easy to reach the people important to you—so you can catch up with phone or video calls and quickly text your group of friends.
![A contact card in the Contacts app.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6758C14AEA2BBD75D7023772/6758C150890517C4260090D6/en_US/ffc5ac1461b5677732cdac5dc397c665.png)
A smarter address book
Enter phone numbers, email addresses, birthdays, and more in the Contacts app once, and you have them everywhere you need them—from Messages to FaceTime to Mail. You can also add contact information from another account (like Google or Yahoo).
Go to Settings > Apps > Contacts > Contacts Accounts, then tap Add Account.
![The Favorites screen in the Contacts app; six contacts are listed as favorites.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6758C14AEA2BBD75D7023772/6758C150890517C4260090D6/en_US/6f7e5e7c4ebb87a779e665e19da4d89f.png)
Choose your favorites
Add the people you talk to frequently to your Favorites list in the Phone app to make them easier to reach.
In the Phone app , tap Favorites, tap
, then choose a contact. To call a Favorite, just tap their name.
![A group conversation in the Messages app.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6758C14AEA2BBD75D7023772/6758C150890517C4260090D6/en_US/62bac240384017d432f8812f4a006e60.png)
Start a group conversation
You can send messages to a group of people you want to talk to all at the same time, like members of your family.
In the Messages app , tap
, type the names of the people you want to send a message to, then send the first message.
![A FaceTime call.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6758C14AEA2BBD75D7023772/6758C150890517C4260090D6/en_US/9264f98c32529f60a757f24138eec0c7.png)
Make a video call
You can use FaceTime to make video calls with your friends and family.
In the FaceTime app , tap New FaceTime near the top of the screen, type the name of the person you want to call, then tap
. During the call, you can tap the screen to show the FaceTime controls (in case you want to mute yourself, for example).
![A Group FaceTime call with five participants; each participant appears in a separate tile.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6758C14AEA2BBD75D7023772/6758C150890517C4260090D6/en_US/d1c5dc137845af4ba7523161f48a2340.png)
Add people to a FaceTime call
You can add more people to a FaceTime call—friends and family can join at any time. Tap the screen to show the controls, tap , then tap Add People.
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