- Add camera effects to your group facetime calls
- Connect to personal hotspot with bluetooth
- Connect to personal hotspot with wi-fi, bluetooth, or usb
- Disconnect devices
- If you can’t accept the invitation
- Invite people to join your family
- On your iphone, ipad, or ipod touch
- On your mac
- See if your family member accepted the invitation
- On your iphone, ipad, or ipod touch
- On your mac
- Join a family group
- On your iphone, ipad, or ipod touch
- On your mac
- If you can’t accept the invitation
- On your iphone, ipad, or ipod touch
- On your mac
- See if your family member accepted the invitation
- On your iphone, ipad, or ipod touch
- On your mac
- Set up personal hotspot
- Start a family group
- Transfer data from your previous ios device to your new iphone, ipad, or ipod touch
Add camera effects to your group facetime calls
If you have an iPhone X or later, or an iPad Pro 11-inch (1st and 2nd generation) or iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation and later), you can use Animoji and Memoji in your Group FaceTime calls. On devices without Face ID, you can use other camera effects, like filters, text, and shapes in your Group FaceTime calls.
To use an Animoji or Memoji:
- During a FaceTime call, tap
. - Tap
, then pick your Animoji or Memoji.
To use other camera effects:
- During a FaceTime call, tap the Effects button .
- Tap Filters
, Text 
, or Shapes 
, Memoji stickers, 
*, and Emoji stickers 
*.
You need an iPhone X or later, or an iPad Pro 11-inch (1st and 2nd generation) or iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation and later) to use Animoji and Memoji. Not all filters and effects are supported on all devices. You need iOS 13 or iPadOS to use Memoji stickers and Emoji stickers.
Connect to personal hotspot with bluetooth
Here’s how to connect your Mac or PC:
Connect to personal hotspot with wi-fi, bluetooth, or usb
You can connect to a Personal Hotspot using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or USB. And with iOS 13 or later, devices that are connected to a Personal Hotspot will stay connected, even if the screen is locked, so those devices will still get notifications and messages.
Here are some tips for using each method.
Disconnect devices
To disconnect a device, turn off Personal Hotspot, turn off Bluetooth, or unplug the USB cable from your device.
If you can’t accept the invitation
If you can’t accept the invitation, see if someone else joined a family with your Apple ID. Remember, you can only join one family at a time, and you can only switch to a different family group once per year.
Invite people to join your family
On your iphone, ipad, or ipod touch
- Go to Settings.
- Tap your name, then tap Family Sharing.
- Tap Add Member.
- Enter your family member’s name or email address and follow the onscreen instructions.
- Choose whether you’d like to send an invitation via Messages or to invite them in person. Then follow the onscreen instructions.
On your mac
- Choose Apple menu > System Preferences.
- Click Family Sharing.
- Click Add Family Member, then follow the onscreen instructions.
If you’re using macOS Mojave or earlier:
- Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click iCloud.
- Click Manage Family.
- Click the add family member button ( ), then follow the onscreen instructions.
If you have multiple Apple IDs in the iTunes Store and the App Store, you can invite each of your accounts to the group, so you can share purchases from your other Apple IDs with your family.
See if your family member accepted the invitation
After you send the invitation, you can check its status under the person’s name.
On your iphone, ipad, or ipod touch
Go to Settings, tap your name, then tap Family Sharing.
Then select that person’s name to see the status of the invitation. If you need to resend the invitation, select Resend Invitation.
On your mac
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Family Sharing. If you’re using macOS Mojave or earlier, choose Apple menu > System Preferences > iCloud, then click Manage Family.
Then select that person’s name to see the status of the invitation. If you need to resend the invitation, select Resend Invitation.
Join a family group
Accept or decline an invitation to join a family directly from your device. You’ll get an invitation sent to you by email or in a text message. Then you can respond right from the invitation. If you miss the email or text invitation, no problem. You can respond from your device Settings or System Preferences.
On your iphone, ipad, or ipod touch
Go to Settings, tap your name, then tap Invitations.
To accept an invitation, follow the onscreen instructions. When you join a family, you might be asked to confirm your account information and to opt-in to any features or services your family set up.
On your mac
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Family Sharing. If you’re using macOS Mojave or earlier, choose Apple menu > System Preferences > iCloud, then click Manage Family.
To accept an invitation, follow the onscreen instructions. When you join a family, you might be asked to confirm your account information and to opt-in to any features or services your family set up.
If you can’t accept the invitation
If you can’t accept the invitation, see if someone else joined a family with your Apple ID. Remember, you can only join one family at a time, and you can only switch to a different family group once per year.
On your iphone, ipad, or ipod touch
- Go to Settings.
- Tap your name, then tap Family Sharing.
- Tap Add Member.
- Enter your family member’s name or email address and follow the onscreen instructions.
- Choose whether you’d like to send an invitation via Messages or to invite them in person. Then follow the onscreen instructions.
On your mac
- Choose Apple menu > System Preferences.
- Click Family Sharing.
- Click Add Family Member, then follow the onscreen instructions.
If you’re using macOS Mojave or earlier:
- Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click iCloud.
- Click Manage Family.
- Click the add family member button ( ), then follow the onscreen instructions.
See if your family member accepted the invitation
After you send the invitation, you can check its status under the person’s name.
On your iphone, ipad, or ipod touch
Go to Settings, tap your name, then tap Family Sharing.
Then select that person’s name to see the status of the invitation. If you need to resend the invitation, select Resend Invitation.
On your mac
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Family Sharing. If you’re using macOS Mojave or earlier, choose Apple menu > System Preferences > iCloud, then click Manage Family.
Then select that person’s name to see the status of the invitation. If you need to resend the invitation, select Resend Invitation.
Set up personal hotspot
- Go to Settings > Cellular > Personal Hotspot or Settings > Personal Hotspot.
- Tap the slider next to Allow Others to Join.
If you don’t see the option for Personal Hotspot, contact your carrier to make sure that you can use Personal Hotspot with your plan.
Start a family group
One adult in the family — the family organizer — can set up Family Sharing for the group from their iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac. If you turn on purchase sharing, you’ll be asked to confirm that you agree to pay for purchases initiated by the family members you invite and that you have a valid payment method on file. Valid payment methods for setting up Family Sharing include credit cards and debit cards.3
Transfer data from your previous ios device to your new iphone, ipad, or ipod touch
Set up your new iOS device from a backup of your previous iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
