How to Activate Portrait Mode in WhatsApp and FaceTime Calls Quickly

 Apple launched With the advent of the iPhone 7 Plus in 2016, portrait mode blurs the backdrop in the picture and highlights your face to create fantastic professional photographs. With iOS 15, Apple has given all iPhone video calling apps, including WhatsApp and FaceTime, the same capability. Here's how to use portrait mode during video calls on WhatsApp and FaceTime.

Enterprise tools like Zoom and Teams are already utilising portrait mode to cover up the cluttered background. Anyone may utilise the same feature on WhatsApp, FaceTime, or Telegram thanks to the most recent iOS version.

When making WhatsApp video calls, use portrait mode.

To blur your background during WhatsApp video conversations on an iPhone, follow the procedures listed below.

Start a video call with any contact on WhatsApp in step 1 by launching the app.

Step 2: To access the Control Center during a video conference, swipe down from the upper right corner. Swipe upward from the bottom edge of the screen if you are using an iPhone with a home button.

Step 3: An indicator will show that WhatsApp has accessed the camera. Select Effects from the menu.

Step 4: WhatsApp would disable portrait mode. Toggle Portrait mode on by tapping on it.

Return to the active WhatsApp video call by swiping up. You can see how the portrait mode blurs the background in action.

You can return to the same option and switch off the effect to prevent Portrait mode from being used during WhatsApp calls.

FaceTime video calls should be made in portrait mode.

FaceTime video calls can now be made in portrait mode. Here is how to apply it.

Open FaceTime and begin a video call as the first step.

Step 2: Tap on your preview to make the options expand.

Step 3: Tap the Portrait mode icon in the upper left corner of the screen to make FaceTime's background transparent.

During our tests, FaceTime video calls in Portrait mode ran smoothly. In contrast to Zoom or Google Meet, there is no ability to modify the background in this instance.

FaceTime in iOS 15 now offers a number of new capabilities from Apple in addition to Portrait mode.