Do you want to add fun and excitement to your FaceTime? Hold on and read this guide as we have shared a complete guide on how to get balloons on FaceTime to make your video call experience enjoyable.
How to Get Balloons on FaceTime?
Apple released the iOS 17 update and added amazing and exciting features. One of its features includes hand gestures to convey emotions during video calls. This twist adds a free and cool layer of entertainment to your FaceTime experience. This feature is called FaceTime gestures. Once they are accessible, then you will be able to send 3D animations to your friends and family and even generate animations with physical gestures during FaceTime video calls.
You can use hand gestures on video calls to add reaction effects directly on the screen. To make them work, Hold your hands away from your face and wait for 2 to 3 seconds to activate the reaction effect.
To bring fun to the atmosphere, make a peace/ victory sign. To make this gesture, close your fist and point your index and middle finger up at a distance, and the colorful balloons will be visible on your screen.
Other FaceTime Reaction Effects
Here is the list of FaceTime reactions that are currently available in the iOS17 update.
- Heart: Make a heart-shaped gesture with both hands to see floating red hearts on your screen.
- Thumbs Up: To make this gesture, close your fist, point your thumb up a few inches away from your face, and wait for it to detect. Now, you will see an animated thumbs-up bubble effect beside your face.
- Thumbs Down: Close your fist and point your thumb downwards. An animated thumb-down bubble effect will be visible on your screen.
- Fireworks: If you are so excited and want an instant effect reaction, then make two thumbs up at a time to get a burst of fireworks behind your face.
- Rain: Make a two Thumbs down gesture, and you will see a rainy animation take over the screen.
- Confetti: Make a peace/ victory sign but with both hands to instantly congrats with confetti to the other participant.
- Laser Burst: The last one is laser burst. To make this gesture, close your fist and point your index and little finger up. It will resemble a sign of the horns. The laser lights start to burst once it detects the gesture.
Video reactions that you send will be visible to everyone in the call, regardless of the mobile device they are using. Still, they can only respond with Facetime reactions if they are using a supported iPhone, iPad, or Mac.
How to Get FaceTime Reactions Without Hand Gestures?
If you don’t want to use your hands during a FaceTime video call, then you can use the on-screen reaction buttons to send emoji reactions. You can trigger these layer screen effects on iPhone and iPad by long pressing the video call screen, which brings up a popup menu of reaction options that will include eight reactions to choose from. On a Mac, click the FaceTime icon in the menu bar and select the arrow next to the Reactions option to open the reaction menu.
Here is the list of eight reactions you can send during your FaceTime video call without hand gestures.
- Love
- Like
- Dislike
- Balloons
- Stormy rain
- Confetti
- Laser beams
- Fireworks
How to Disable FaceTime Reactions?
FaceTime reaction is great fun when chatting with your friends and family. But still, sometimes you don’t want them, like when you are on a professional call or in a meeting using hand actions to present your point, and accidental effects keep showing. In this case, you can deactivate hand gestures for specific calls. Here are the steps to do so.
On iPhone and iPad
- Open the Control Center by swiping down the screen from the top right corner of the screen during a FaceTime call.
- Select Video Effects and tap on the Reactions button to turn it off.
- Now, swipe up the screen to return to the FaceTime call.
On Mac
- Click the FaceTime button in the top menu bar.
- Select the Reaction option to turn off or on the hand gesture.
The turning-off reactions only apply to you. The other member on the FaceTime video call can still react, and that will show on your screen.
Compatible Devices to Show Facetime Reactions
Below, we mentioned the devices that are compatible with FaceTime features.
- iOS 17 on iPhone 12 or newer while using the front camera.
- iPad OS17 on iPad Pro 12.9-inch 5th generation and newer, iPad Pro 11-inch 3rd generation and new, iPad 10th generation, iPad Air 4th generation and newer, and iPad mini 6th generation.
- MacOs 14 Sonoma on a Mac computer with Apple silicon using the incorporated camera or on a Mac using a compatible iPhone or iPad as a Continuity Camera.
- TVOS 17on an Apple TV 4K 2nd generation or newer using an iPhone or iPad as a Continuity Camera.
Why FaceTime Hand Gesture Reactions Not Working?
Here are some things to keep in mind if your FaceTime reactions aren’t working on your devices.
- FaceTime reactions only work with front cameras.
- Ensure that you have updated the latest iOS 17 version and have a compatible iPhone, iPad, and Mac to use this feature.
- Sometimes, glitches occur, and things stop working properly; restart your iPhone, iPad, or Mac to solve this issue.
- Appear properly in the frame, and the hand gestures you make should also be correctly visible on the video call screen.
- Wait for some seconds for your hand gesture to be recognized.
FAQs
Q: How to trigger rain on FaceTime?
A: Make two thumbs-up gestures to trigger rain on FaceTime.
Q: Why do balloons suddenly appear on FaceTime?
A: Balloons appear on your phone screen when you make a victory/ Peace sign while talking on a video call.
Wrap Up
In this article, you can find a complete guide on how to get balloons on FaceTime. We have also shared the process to get more entertaining reaction effects, as this feature will add more fun and enjoyment while talking with your friends and family.
