There are a couple of really nasty Group FaceTime bugs that have surfaced online:
- 9to5Mac is reporting that FaceTime will play audio from a recipient’s phone, before the pick up or decline a call.
- The Verge has added that if a recipient rejects a FaceTime call by pressing the power or volume button on their phone, FaceTime will erroneously broadcast video as well.
These bugs are serious, and seeing as this version of FaceTime was delayed from iOS 12.0, it makes me wonder what other corners were cut to ship it.
Apple has made a statement to The Verge and others:
We’re aware of this issue and we have identified a fix that will be released in a software update later this week.
Until then, I’m turning off FaceTime on all of my devices.
Update: Apple has taken group FaceTime offline.