Get started with FaceTime on iPhone
Learn how to use the FaceTime app to visit face-to-face with friends and family—over Wi-Fi or cellular. In a FaceTime call, you can also watch TV shows and movies, listen to music, and even work out together.
![The FaceTime Settings screen, showing the switch to turn FaceTime on or off and the field with your Apple Account for FaceTime.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6758C14AEA2BBD75D7023772/6758C150890517C4260090D6/en_US/68348a4c879bb4e49b1ae9f41c9f90a1.png)
Set up FaceTime
To get started with FaceTime, go to Settings > Apps > FaceTime, then sign in to your Apple Account or turn on FaceTime. If more than one contact method appears below “You can be reached by FaceTime at,” you can tap to select or deselect it.
![The screen for initiating a FaceTime call, showing the Create Link button and the New FaceTime button for starting a FaceTime call.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6758C14AEA2BBD75D7023772/6758C150890517C4260090D6/en_US/1e1760e351688ca77d44b9aa0fd9e74a.png)
Make a FaceTime call
Open the FaceTime app, tap New FaceTime, then enter the name or phone number of the person (or people) you want to call. Tap to make a video call or
to make an audio call (not available in all countries or regions). You can talk with up to 32 people on a call.
If you want to call someone who doesn’t have an Apple device, you can create and send a link to the call in Messages or Mail. To get started, open FaceTime, then tap Create Link.
![The FaceTime screen showing a call in progress. The caller’s image appears in a small rectangle in the lower right, and the image of the other person fills the rest of the screen. Across the bottom of the screen are the Live Photo, Effects, and Flip to Back Camera buttons. The FaceTime controls are at the top of the screen, including the Speaker, Camera, Mute, Share Content, and End buttons. At the top of the controls are the name or Apple Account of the person you’re talking to.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6758C14AEA2BBD75D7023772/6758C150890517C4260090D6/en_US/9264f98c32529f60a757f24138eec0c7.png)
Use the FaceTime controls
While on a FaceTime call, use the FaceTime controls to turn your speaker, camera, or mic on or off, take a Live Photo, and more. If you don’t see the controls, tap your screen.
![A FaceTime call with a SharePlay session, showing Apple TV+ video content being shared in the call. The person sharing the content is shown in the small window, the video fills the rest of the screen, and the playback controls are on top of the video.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6758C14AEA2BBD75D7023772/6758C150890517C4260090D6/en_US/b98bc38f5b790b55f9123fc960a796d1.png)
Watch, listen, and play together
To get started sharing music or video together, or working out together during a FaceTime call, tap in the FaceTime controls (if you don’t see
, tap the screen).
Scroll through the apps below Listen and Play Together, then select one (for example, Apple TV app, Music, or Fitness).
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Note: Not all features and content are available in all countries or regions.