How to Capture Live Photos from FaceTime Call on iPhone

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How to Take Live Photo from FaceTime Call on iPhone

To use FaceTime Live Photos, you need to ensure your friend’s device is running iOS 11 or later, and this feature is enabled. The other important point worth mentioning is that the moment you snap a live photo of your friend, he gets a notification about it. So, it’s no secret at all. Let’s move on!

How to Take a Live Photo from FaceTime on iPhone or iPad

How to Enable FaceTime Live Photos

Step #1. Launch Settings app on your iOS device → Now, scroll down and tap on FaceTime.

Tap on Settings then FaceTime on iPhone in iOS 11

Step #2. Turn on the switch next to FaceTime Live Video, if it’s not already.

Enable FaceTime Live Photos on iPhone in iOS 11

Taking Live Photos in FaceTime

Make sure your friend has turned on the front-facing camera so that you can capture the photo of his/her face.

Step #1. Make a FaceTime call from your iPhone or iPad.

Step #2. During the call, tap on the camera shutter button at the bottom left corner.

Capture Live Photos from FaceTime Call on iPhone

Note: If your friend isn’t using the latest iOS version and you attempt to capture a photo, then you will receive a warning that both the parties need to be running the new software.

That’s it! Your friend will now get a message saying you have taken the live photo. Your friend will now get a message saying you have taken the live photo.

Taking Live Photos from FaceTime Call in iOS 11 on iPhone

How to Access FaceTime Live Photos

All of your live photos are automatically saved to the Photos app. Hence, you can easily access them.

Step #1. Open Photos app on your device.

Open Photos App on your iPhoneStep #2. Now, tap on the Albums tab at the bottom → Next, check out your photos in the Live Photos album.

Tap on Albums then Live Photos on iPhone in iOS 11

Check the live photo that you took from FaceTime call. You can also view your latest live photos by going to Photos tab>Today.

How to Edit FaceTime Live Photos

Follow through this complete guide to embellish your pics to your best liking.

How to Disable Live Photos in FaceTime

If you don’t want anyone to take your photo during video calling, you can easily prevent them from doing so.

  • When you disable Live Photos in FaceTime feature, the people you chat with you won’t be able to capture your photo
  • However, you will still be able to take Live Photos of others, if they have enabled this feature

Step #1. Open Settings app → Tap on FaceTime.

Tap on Settings then FaceTime on iPhone in iOS 11

Step #2. Now, turn off the switch next to FaceTime Live Photos.

Disable FaceTime Live Photos on iPhone in iOS 11

Any question?

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