How to blur your background on a FaceTime call

  • Ensure your iPhone or iPad is running iOS 15 or iPadOS 15 Open the FaceTime app on your iPhone or iPad Select a contact from your recent FaceTimes or select ‘New FaceTime’ at the top and choose the contact As the FaceTime call is connecting, you’ll see an icon at the bottom of the display that has a person within a rectangular box - this is the Portrait Mode icon Tap this icon to turn Portrait Mode on and blur your background. Note: It is on when the icon is white.  To turn Portrait Mode off, just tap the icon again

What iPhones and iPads will Portrait Mode on FaceTime work with?

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