• Apple Adds Facetime to Macs [Update: Official]

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    Wednesday, October 20th, 2010


    Apple is busy running through all the new bells and whistles of iLife. It’s actually quite boring. But if you look close when the demo machine shows its dock, there’s a Facetime icon present, which seems to state that video chat service is coming to a Mac near you real soon.

    Now this isn’t official yet. Steve-O hasn’t came out and said “Apple is adding Facetime to Macs” yet. But he will. Otherwise there wouldn’t be a Facetime icon in the dock of the demo machine. Follow our liveblog and you’ll see.

    Update: It’s official now.

    Everything is as expected. All the Facetime devices are compatible meaning an iPhone 4 user can talk to a Mac. There’s a full screen mode on the Mac version and there’s even a full-screen option.

    The beta launches today at Apple.com and start calling today. Sweet!

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