Apple To Block Your FaceTime Call If It Detects NUDITY

The days of sharing intimate moments with your partner via a screen may be drawing to a close. 

Apple's upcoming operating system, iOS 26, includes a controversial update to FaceTime, the company's video chat app. 

When FaceTime detects nudity or even someone starting to undress, it will automatically turn off video and audio. 

As part of the new feature, users will have the chance to restart video and audio with a tap of the screen. 

But the interruption could prove a turn-off for people in long-distance relationships who rely on the software to get steamy. 

And many commentators on social media were left unimpressed.  

One Reddit user said: 'Long distance couples in shambles, while another said: 'wtf. All my calls end in undressing.' 

Another person joked: 'Well that's one way to end a work meeting early.' 




With iOS 26, Apple is blocking FaceTime calls if it detects nudity or someone starting to undress (file photo)

Apple's update to its FaceTime software was first noticed by X user @iDeviceHelpus and reported by Apple fan site 9to5mac. 

As screenshots reveal, when FaceTime detects someone undressing, it will show a warning message to them. 

‘Audio and video are paused because you may be showing something sensitive,' the message reads. 

It continues: ‘If you feel uncomfortable, you should end the call.'

It then gives users two options - ‘Resume Audio and Video' or ‘End Call'. 

When Apple announced iOS 26 last month, it detailed the feature, toto20 called Communication Safety, in a blog post. 

It said: 'Communication Safety expands to intervene when nudity is detected in FaceTime video calls, and to blur out nudity in Shared Albums in Photos.'

But it was widely interpreted as only a tool for child accounts that would help protect minors when talking to adults online. 




As screenshots reveal, when FaceTime detects someone undressing, it will show a warning message to them