Group Facetime

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  macOS Monterey Rolling Out Now as a Free Upgrade: What’s New, How to Download

  macOS Monterey is now rolling out to all Mac machines. Available for free, the new macOS brings in a number of new features. Here’s how you can download it.

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  WhatsApp Begins Testing New FaceTime-Like Call Interface, Ability to Join Group Calls After They Start

  WhatsApp has released the WhatsApp for iOS beta v2.21.140.11 on TestFlight. The update brings along a new user interface for calling which is very similar to the FaceTime interface. The latest WhatsApp for iOS beta update is also testing the ability to let people invited to a group call join even after the call starts.

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  macOS Catalina 10.15.5 Update Debuts With Battery Health Management Feature for MacBooks

  Apple has released macOS Catalina 10.15.5 that brings a battery health management feature to MacBooks, similar to the Battery Health feature available on iPhone models.

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  iOS 12.1.4 Patches 2 Zero-Day Vulnerabilities That ‘Were Exploited in the Wild’: Google Project Zero

  A Google security researcher revealed that hackers have been spotted attempting to exploit two iOS vulnerabilities.

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  iOS 12.1.4 Update Released, Fixing Group FaceTime Eavesdropping Bug

  The iOS 12.1.4 update has been rolled out for all compatible iPhone and iPad models.

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  Apple to Contribute to US Teen's Education for Spotting Group FaceTime Bug

  The Group FaceTime bug, which had let users hear audio from people who had not yet answered a video call, was discovered by high school student Grant Thompson.

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  Meet the 14-Year-Old Who Discovered Apple's FaceTime Privacy Bug

  14-year-old Grant Thompson had stumbled upon the eavesdropping flaw more than a week before Apple took action.

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  Apple's Group FaceTime Bug Fix Coming Next Week

  Apple had turned off the FaceTime group chat feature on Monday as its engineers worked to fix the issue.

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  Apple's Response to Group FaceTime Bug Being Probed by New York AG, Governor

  The Group FaceTime bug allows an iPhone user placing a call using FaceTime to hear audio from the recipient's phone even if the call has not gone through.

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  Apple Group FaceTime Bug Allegedly Discovered by a 14-Year-Old Fortnite Player

  A US-based woman claims that her teenage son discovered the FaceTime bug last week and warned Apple about the same.

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  "Scary Stuff": Woman Says 14-Year-Old Son First Saw Bug In Apple FaceTime

  A bug in Apple's FaceTime video-calling feature that raised a major privacy and security scare among users was first discovered by a 14-year-old schoolboy in Arizona, his mother has said. In a tweet, Michele G Thompson, a lawyer, said her son "can listen in to your iPhone/iPad without your approval."

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  Apple Disables Group FaceTime After Major Privacy Bug Discovered

  Apple has temporarily disabled the Group FaceTime feature while it works to release a permanent fix for audio bug.

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  iOS 12.1 to Be Released Today With Group FaceTime, Dual-SIM Support, and More: How to Download & Install

  Apple will on Monday release iOS 12.1 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch (sixth generation) users.

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  iOS 12.1 to Bring Group FaceTime and Dual-SIM Support, User Guide Confirms

  Apple has updated its iPhone User Guide for the upcoming release of iOS 12.1, indicating that the latest version of the mobile operating system (OS) will include Group FaceTime and dual-SIM support.

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  iOS 12.1 Public Beta With Group FaceTime Released, tvOS 12.1 Public Beta Also Arrives

  Apple has released the first iOS 12.1 public beta a couple of days after bringing the same experience to registered developers.