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iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite to Get FaceTime Audio Conference Calls: Report

iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite to Get FaceTime Audio Conference Calls: Report 6e2r20

By Robin Sinha | Updated: 9 June 2014 16:09 IST

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Apple-focussed blog 9to5 Mac reports that the iOS 8 smartphone operating system will now enable s to make FaceTime Audio conference calls looping in multiple s at a time. This is a huge improvement over the previous version of FaceTime where only one-to-one calls were possible.

This means that once a FaceTime Audio call has been made between the two parties in a conventional manner, the s can further add other people in the call. This feature is also said to be free of charge. According to Ubergizmo, the FaceTime conference call feature comes in both iOS 8 and OS X, eliminating the 's need to depend on just one device.

An additional new feature in the WWDC 2014, is the built-in screen-sharing feature of the Message app that can now be used via iMessage, once again reported by 9to5Mac. Previously the OS X s would have to rely on third-party softwares to do the same.

This feature is currently said to be broken in the first OS X Yosemite beta testing programme however, it would be available by the time the final version is officially released this fall.

Some of the other major changes made in OS X Yosemite include Handover (including voice calls) and Airdrop along with an improved Spotlight, iCloud Drive, Safari browser and notification widgets .

iOS 8 comes with enhanced group messaging, interactive notifications and widgets, Bing-powered search function on Spotlight and more.

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