San Francisco Aug 14 (IANS) Apple has delayed its "Group FaceTime" feature that will allow up to 32 people to simultaneously participate in video calls on iOS devices.
According to a report in 9to5Mac on Monday "Group FaceTime" has been removed from the initial release of iOS 12 and will ship in a future software update later this fall".
"Group FaceTime for iPhone iPad and Mac appears to be delayed and won t be ready in time for iOS 12 and macOS Mojave launch in September " the report added.
Apple described "Group FaceTime" feature in June during the company s annual Worldwide Developers Conference in the US.
"We re very excited about the new communications features we re bringing to iPhone and iPad with Memoji a more personal form of Animoji fun camera effects and Group FaceTime " Craig Federighi Apple s Senior Vice President of Software Engineering said during the event.
The feature was announced to take on similar services like Google Hangouts and the Microsoft-owned Skype.
iOS 12 is designed to make everyday tasks on iPhone and iPad faster and more responsive.

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