THE NEW iPhone ‘nudity-spotting’ feature freezes video calls if someone strips off.
is one of the biggest updates have received in recent history.
The new feature
for iPhone users and it’s not all because of the stunning Liquid Glass design.
, Apple announced numerous changes to key apps like Safari and Messages, but barely mentioned the various quality-of-life updates.
One of the updates that wasn’t mentioned is FaceTime’s new ability to freeze the audio and video in a call if someone starts taking their clothes off.
Initially meant as part of children protection tools, that feature was discovered in theiOS 26Developer Beta byiDeviceHelp on X.
Protecting your children online
Along with theiOS 26announcement, Apple shared the many new tools and updated features meant to help parents protect their children online.
Communication Safety was one of the , which includes nudity detection in FaceTime video calls and Shared Albums in Photos.
That feature is supposed to be only active on child accounts.
However, it appears a similar feature is active for alliOS 26Developer Beta users.
Whenever FaceTime detects nudity during a video call, it freezes the audio and video of the call and shows a warning screen.
There’s then an option to resume the video and audio with one button or end the call.
There’s no information about the circumstances under which the feature was discovered reports Phone Arena.
Privacy concerns
A feature that could detect nudity during a video call might raise some
However, Apple has a goodexplanationof how the current Communication Safety features work.
In brief, Apple doesn’t know anything about your calls because the whole monitoring process happens on-device.
But, only to be met with silence, a spammer, or a? Probably too many to count.
has come up with a solution foriPhoneowners called Call Screening in their new update.
The feature works like Live Voicemail, a 2024 feature that transcribes voicemails in real time – giving you a chance to answer them.
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