How to share your screen content during a Facetime call with your iPhone or iPad

Since the iOS 15.1 and iPadOS 15.1 update for iPhone and iPad, it is now possible to share our screen or entertainment during a Facetime call. Apple calls this feature SharePlay and we show you how to use it.

Video calls have been popular since the start of the pandemic for the reasons we know.

If Zoom has taken a step ahead in this sector, Apple is rowing to catch up with FaceTime.

It first made it possible to invite Android and Windows devices into Facetime calls with the iOS 15 update.

How to invite our friends on Android or Windows devices to join our Facetime calls

Now with version 15.1, it adds the SharePlay function.

This allows us to share our screen or entertainment during a Facetime call with our friends.

We can thus listen to music together or watch a series and a film via platforms like Apple TV+.

The constraint is that our interlocutor must also subscribe to the same services as us so that we can enjoy them together.

How to use the SharePlay function during a Facetime call

To take advantage of the SharePlay function on your iPhone or iPad, you must have the 15.1 update or a higher version of iOS or iPadOS.

Then, we just have to start a Facetime call with the person of our choice.

Then notice on the right completely an icon with a screen and a silhouette. This is what launches the SharePlay function.

Our interlocutor must then accept the invitation and that’s it.

Here is where the tab is to launch the SharePlay function during a Facetime call.

As of the feature’s launch in late October 2021, only Apple’s services are compatible. We are talking in particular about Apple Music or Apple TV+ in addition to the possibility of sharing the content of your screen.

For third-party services like Netflix, Disney+ and company, they are the ones who will have to develop compatibility with SharePlay.

How to invite our friends on Android or Windows devices to join our Facetime calls