How To Share Screen On Facetime 2024 2024

Things to Remember

You must have at least iOS 15 or iPadOS 15 installed on your iPhone or iPad. While sharing your screen on a FaceTime call, if you receive any notification, it won’t be visible to the other person. Also, people on the other side won’t be able to see any content for which you require a subscription, a free trial, or a purchase or rental to view.

How to Share Screen on FaceTime on iPhone or iPad

Open the FaceTime app on your iPhone and initiate a FaceTime call with someone. Once the call gets connected, tap the Share Content button in the top control panel. Here, tap the Share My Screen button at the center. A 3-second timer will appear before the screen sharing begins.

Once done, a small image of your iPhone’s screen will appear on the other person’s screen and they can tap it to enlarge the shared screen and view its content.

To stop screen sharing, simply tap the Share Content button at the top of the FaceTime call.

How to Share Screen on FaceTime on Mac

While the process of sharing screen on FaceTime on Mac is largely the same as on iPhone, here you can decide whether to share your entire screen or just one window. Here’s how:

Open the FaceTime app on your iPhone and initiate a FaceTime call with someone. Once the call gets connected, click the Share Content button at the bottom, and a FaceTime video call pop-up window will appear.

In the pop-up window, click on the Share Screen button.

 Now, choose one of the following options:

App: Choose App, and move the pointer to the window you want to share. Window: Choose Window and move the pointer to the window you want to share.
Screen: Choose Screen and move the pointer to any part of the screen.

Now, click the “Share This Window/ Share This Screen” button for confirmation to start broadcasting your screen.

To change the window you are currently sharing, place your pointer over the shared window preview, click the Change Shared Window button, and then select the window you want to share.

To Stop screen sharing, click the Stop Sharing button at the bottom left.

And that’s it; this is how you share screen on FaceTime on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. While there is no denying that FaceTime has always been feature-rich and easy to use, this native screen-sharing feature has made Apple’s video-calling app more capable than ever.