Figuring out how to see how long you’ve been on facetime is easy until you try figuring it out during a facetime video session and discover that it’s not exactly as your mind tells you. But then most people would love to see how long they are spending when they are on a facetime video call.
However, doing that might result in a clunky experience due to the way the app is structured.
But, there is a way out apart from monitoring the time when the call starts and when it ends.
Since you are here, I will be delving into all the possible ways you use to see how long you’ve been on Facetime during a facetime call and after the call.
How to see How Long you’ve Been on Facetime in a Group Chat
Face time comes pre-installed on all Apple smartphones. It has a clear visual and audio quality which makes it a good contender with apps like zoom or google meet.
But then, it is only available for iPhones.
If you have an Android device do you know you can also facetime with your family and friends? To learn how to check this post.
If you have been engaged in a video session with a group of people may be your family member, friend or colleague, and you are in a facetime session.
You might struggle to get how long you’ve been on the facetime call. However, you can always figure this out after the call by following the instructions below.
- Launch the FaceTime app on your Apple device
- Tap on the ‘Recents’ tab
- Locate the FaceTime call you just had or the one you are looking for based on the time and the person you had the call with.
- Tap on the ‘i’ icon on the right side of the screen.
- Under the section with all of the icons, look at the call duration.
Surprised right, probably you are shocked at how long you’ve spent on that call.
Well, keep reading so that I can show you how you can check how long you are spending during a facetime video call.
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How to see How Long you’ve Been on Facetime without Hanging up
One of the things that might seem hard to do is to figure out the duration of a facetime call.
For now, Apple hasn’t made that possible due to reasons known to them. However, if you need to know how long you spend in a video call.
Follow the guideline outline below;
- Before going on a video call, record the time
- During the call, you can always minimize the facetime app to check the time.
- But then, this action might pause facetime from working and you might not want that.
- You might not encounter this if you are using 1OS 14, but if you are not running on ios14, you should enable Picture in picture mode
- If you are unsure on how to do that; navigate to settings and enter “pip” in the search bar
- Once it appears tap on it and toggles it on.
NOTE: This feature can only work on iOS 13 and Above
How to see How Long you’ve Been on Facetime iOS 10
If you are using an iOS 10 device, you might not be able to view the time duration during facetime. Based on some reports, Apple has made it so because they feel the timer would act as interference during the video call.
However, you can always check the duration spent on a call by following the guidelines below
- Launch the FaceTime app on your Apple device
- Tap on the ‘Recents’ tab
- Locate the FaceTime call you just had or the one you are looking for based on the time and the person you had the call with.
- Tap on the ‘i’ icon on the right side of the screen.
- Under the section with all of the icons, look at the call duration.
NB: Facetime is a preinstalled app that comes with the apple device, however, if you don’t have it on your device check here to install it manually.
How to see How long you’ve Been on Facetime iOS 11
If you are running your iPhone or Pad on iOS 11 you cannot see the timer during a facetime call. You can only see it during an audio call.
To check the time duration after a facetime video call, you can always do that by following the steps below
- Launch the FaceTime app on your Apple device
- Tap on the ‘Recents’ tab
- Locate the FaceTime call you just had or the one you are looking for based on the time and the person you had the call with.
- Tap on the ‘i’ icon on the right side of the screen.
- Under the section with all of the icons, look at the call duration.
How to see How Long you’ve Been on Facetime on Mac
If you are using a Mac to connect to a facetime call, you can’t see the facetime duration for now, maybe when they make certain updates to it.
However, your best bet, if you have an iPhone with the same Apple ID, is to check through the facetime app there by going to Recent and tapping (i) next to the FaceTime call to see the duration.
How to see How long you’ve Been on Facetime iOS 12
The iOS 12 is one of the recent updates from Apple. However, there isn’t much you can do as regards the facetime app when it comes to checking the time duration during a session unless you upgrade to iOS 13.
But then you can always check the timer duration by following the steps below
- Launch the FaceTime app on your Apple device
- Tap on the ‘Recents’ tab
- Locate the FaceTime call you just had or the one you are looking for based on the time and the person you had the call with.
- Tap on the ‘i’ icon on the right side of the screen.
- Under the section with all of the icons, look at the call duration.
How to see How Long you’ve Been on Facetime iPhone 11
If your iPhone 11 runs on An OS later than iOS 13, you would not be able to check the facetime duration or figure out how long you’ve been on facetime. However, you would be able to minimize to check time duration if you are using an OS later than iOS 13.
The way you do that is by minimizing the Facetime app to pep at the current time.
If you can’t do this, then you can follow the steps below to check the duration you’ve spent during a face time session
- Launch the FaceTime app on your Apple device
- Tap on the ‘Recents’ tab
- Locate the FaceTime call you just had or the one you are looking for based on the time and the person you had the call with.
- Tap on the ‘i’ icon on the right side of the screen.
- Under the section with all of the icons, look at the call duration.
How to see How Long you’ve Been on Facetime iOS 13
Checking your facetime duration while on a call is possible if your Apple device is running on iOS13.
Now how do you do it?
- Start by taking note of the time of initiating the call or when the other parties come online by minimizing to see the time.
- During the call, you can also minimize the facetime app to check the time you’ve probably planned to spend on the app.
Doing this isn’t rocket science. However, one of the cons to this is when the screen gets clunky after you minimize it.
If you are using iOS 13, you can deal with that by enabling picture-in-picture mode on your device
Here is how to do it
- Go to settings
- On the search bar type pip
- Once it appears, tap it and turn on Picture in picture mode.
How to see How Long you’ve been on Facetime on iOS 14
Normally you can not see the facetime duration while on a video call, but you can see it on an audio call. Recently, Users of iOS 13 were able to see the time duration during video facetime by minimizing the screen but it was a bit problematic as the facetime app could pause completely
However, if you are using iOS 14, all you can do for now is to Minimize the screen to see how long you’ve been on the App.
This might sound a bit frustrating, maybe later in the future Apple would consider adding a timer during a video call
If you are using an iOS 14 do you know you can watch Netflix during facetime? surprised check this post.
Final thoughts:
Figuring out how to see how long you’ve been on facetime might seem impossible unless you are either taking the call via a mac where you can see how much time has passed or by minimizing the facetime app to peep at the time.