In the FaceTime app on your Mac, use FaceTime settings to turn unknown call filtering, automatic prominence while speaking, Live Photos, and Live Captions on or off.
To change these settings, make sure you’re signed in to your Apple Account, choose FaceTime > Settings, then click FaceTime.
Choose whether calls from unknown callers are silenced and sent to voicemail.
Call Filtering
Select an optionr.
Never: Disable call filtering.
All Unknown Numbers: Move calls from unknown numbers to the Unknown Callers list in your call history. (Calling and data rates may apply.)
Only International Numbers: Move calls from unknown numbers with a different country code to the Unknown Callers list. (Calling and data rates may apply.
FaceTime Spam: Silence calls identified as spam, move them to the Spam list, and hide them from the Lock Screen.
FaceTime Spam
Silence calls identified as spam, move them to the Spam list, and hide them from the Lock Screen.
Smart Voicemail Actions
On Mac computers with Apple Silicon, use Apple Intelligence* to get suggested actions for voicemails.
Note: Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 is not available in all languages or regions. Usage limits may apply.*
Automatic prominence while speaking
Allow the tile of the person speaking to become larger during a Group FaceTime call.
FaceTime Live Photos
Allow you and other participants to capture a Live Photo during a FaceTime video call. See Take a Live Photo.