One of the brand new options that iOS 15 has promised to supply is the power to share your iPhone and iPad display screen throughout FaceTime classes so to get pleasure from movies, music, and different media together with family and friends. While this new characteristic, known as SharePlay, didn’t ship with the primary model of iOS 15, it has been included in iOS 15.1 and might now be loved — to a restricted extent.

Currently, you may share content material from Apple TV and Apple Music — assuming each of you’re subscribers — and some different apps. I had no drawback sharing a YouTube video, for instance; different apps which might be supported embrace HBO Max, Hulu, and Disney Plus (however not Netflix). It might be presumed that the record of shareable apps will proceed to increase.

It’s fairly simple to make use of the brand new SharePlay characteristic, when you’ve put in iOS 15.1.

• Start a FaceTime session. Make positive whoever else is on the session additionally has iOS 15.1 put in.
• You ought to see a brand new icon on the higher proper facet of the display screen that resembles a small determine in entrance of a display screen. Tap on that.
• You’ll see a drop-down button that claims “Share My Screen.” Tap on that and also you’ll be sharing your display screen along with your buddy.

Now you may exhibit your homescreen to your FaceTime buddy, play a YouTube video, or take heed to the identical Apple Music observe. If you wish to swap to the opposite particular person’s display screen, all they need to do is faucet on their SharePlay icon.

Another solution to share an app is to easily go to that app throughout a FaceTime session and begin it up. If SharePlay is feasible, you’re going to get a pop-up menu asking if you wish to use SharePlay, or if you wish to play the video or music just for you.

And at any time, you may return to your FaceTime app, faucet on the SharePlay icon, and choose End SharePlay.

The new SharePlay characteristic in iOS 15.1 might be going to be very talked-about. It will enable family and friends to speak collectively whereas watching movies or listening to music; let enterprise associates focus on a spreadsheet whereas out and about; or make it simpler to share and remark in your newest group photographs. And as Apple provides extra apps that may make use of SharePlay, it ought to simply get higher.