AGI - Apple has presented the new operating system for iPhone, iOS 15, in which it has updated the FaceTime video call service so that it is accessible to Android and Windows users, on the Zoom style.The new Facetime introduces the possibility of creating connections for calls that can be shared with other users, allowing access via the web to those who do not use Apple devices, which until now was not possible.
It also adds a "grilled" visualization system - in which all the participants in the call appear with the same dimensions next to each other - and the vertical mode to automatically blur the backgrounds.
The Cupertino company has started with this announcement its annual conference of the WWDC developers, which this year is held in digital format and which will go on until next Thursday.
Another improvement in Facetime is the inclusion of space audio, so that in a video call with multiple participants, the voice of each of them will play as if it came from the same point where that person appears on the screen (corner at the top right, at the bottom left corner, etc..).
Also in relation to the sound, the updated version of the Apple videoconference platform is able to detect and eliminate background noises such as construction sites or vacuum cleaners, so that the conversation can be listened to in the most clear way possible.
The company led by Tim Cook has seen the competitors of Facetime such as Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams in the last year earn more and more land in the middle of the pandemic and has concentrated efforts on the update of its service with all the features of the competition.
Thus, the renewed version also includes Shareplay, a tool to listen to music or watch movies and television at the same time as the rest of the users during a call.(Agi)