FaceTime, the video conferencing feature built into the iPhone 4 and iPod touch, has come to the Mac in the form of a newly available public beta version.
[ad#Google Adsense 300×250 in story]FaceTime is a video conferencing tool that enables users to communicate with each other over Wi-Fi. It first debuted with the iPhone 4 – Apple’s first iOS device to sport a front-facing camera. When Apple refreshed the iPod touch in September it also added a front-facing camera and provided that device with FaceTime capabilities.
The software works using Address Book, enabling you to communicate by video with other FaceTime users.
Steve Jobs explained during his introduction of FaceTime at the “Back to the Mac” event in Cupertino on Wednesday that adding FaceTime support to the Mac has been Apple’s number-one most requested FaceTime feature.
The beta software requires Mac OS X 10.6.4 or later.
I just installed Facetime on Mac system and I like it,,..
One good feature is you can add many Email address which will be used to call you ….
Wohoo…I love it….If Mac release Facetime for Windows, It will be amazing..
Best paRT I made a free phone call to my friend in U.S using iPhone4 via Facetime…
Good point about free calling–and with video!
I’ve installed it and like it, too. I’ve also noticed that FaceTime auto-starts when receiving a Facetime call to one of my e-mail addresses. That’s nice.
I kinda wonder why Apple wrote a separate FaceTime application for the Mac and not just update iChat to work with FaceTime and iPhone4 calls. Also, is it possible to manage your call or “Buddy list” without using the Address Book? Many Mac users do not use the Mac Address Book because they use phone lists from other email programs or linked to mail servers, etc.
I’ve downloaded and used FaceTime on teh Mac. The interface is really nice (better than iChat in my opinion) however it is missing many of the features of iChat and almost seems to be a competing platform. I’d like to see better integration and hope to see improvements with this beta version.