Apple iPhone Group FaceTime hit badly; trauma for your privacy, blow by blow account

Apple iPhione Group FaceTime is going through a bad time. In fact, things got so bad that it was even disabled. So, if you have the same feature and are dependent on it, you would have had a stressful time. However, there is good news for you now. Though the tech giant has temporarily disabled the Group Face Time app, the users may soon be able to use it again. Apple has discovered a major bug affecting Group Face Time on Apple iOS and macOS. The tech firm is trying to come up with a permanent solution to fix the bug causing the problem.

Group FaceTime makes it easy for Apple users to chat with multiple people at the same time. Users can start a Group FaceTime right from the FaceTime app or from a group conversation in the Messages app.

As per reports, the good news is that Apple may come up with the solution later this week. Therefore, the users will again be able to do Group Face Time.

The bug enables a caller to access audio from the recipient’s side without the recipient getting the call. This has emerged as a concern as the bug allows the caller to listen to the audio from the recipient’s side without the latter being aware of it. The bug is also a potential threat to user privacy.

Apple has said that it's aware of the bug and has already identified a fix that will be released in a software update later this week.

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Apple Group FaceTime video call can done by starting the call with one person and later using 'Add Person' options to get more callers simultaneously on the call. To use Group FaceTime video calls, a user needs an iPhone 6s or later, iPad Pro or later, iPad Air 2, or iPad Mini 4 with iOS 12.1. Earlier models of iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch that support iOS 12.1 can join Group FaceTime calls as audio participants.

The server-level changes to disable the Group Face Time is already under place.