{"id":12456,"date":"2010-09-14T08:56:32","date_gmt":"2010-09-14T07:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/is-facetime-coming-to-mac-os-and-windows\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:10:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:10:31","slug":"is-facetime-coming-to-mac-os-and-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/is-facetime-coming-to-mac-os-and-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Is FaceTime coming to Mac OS and Windows?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Apple fan phenomenon feeds a lot on rumors. The latest one to hit the front pages of all Mac-related blogs worldwide is that Apple is planning to add support for FaceTime<\/strong> to its native IM client, iChat<\/strong>. Even harder to believe, they say Apple is also working on a FaceTime application… for Windows<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The news was first spread by Mac4ever<\/a>, a French blog that\u2019s earned a reputation for predicting<\/a> lots of new Apple products like the Magic Mouse and the iPad. The idea is simply great; I\u2019ve tried FaceTime on the iPhone 4 and it works like a charm, so it would be awesome to be able to enjoy this new way of communication with even more people when it spreads on to more platforms.<\/p>\n

On the downside, the hypothetical desktop FaceTime client has a big competitor: Skype<\/a>. The current king of desktop-based videochat is not going to let go of its crown so easily, so I guess Apple still has a lot of work to do here. As with any other Mac-related rumor, these stories should be taken with precaution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Apple fan phenomenon feeds a lot on rumors. The latest one to hit the front pages of all Mac-related blogs worldwide is that Apple is planning to add support for FaceTime to its native IM client, iChat. Even harder to believe, they say Apple is also working on a FaceTime application… for Windows. The … Continue reading “Is FaceTime coming to Mac OS and Windows?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2011,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[2533],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-12456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionfacetime"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t