Apple introduces SharePlay, with access to Disney+, Hulu, and other streamers
At WWDC, Craig Federighi announced SharePlay, a new feature that will allow sharing streaming content on FaceTime calls across Apple's entire ecosystem.

SharePlay
"We love enjoying shared experiences, and so we built SharePlay," Federighi said during the iOS portion of the WWDC keynote. "SharePlay is a powerful new set of features for shared experiences that you can enjoy when you're on a FaceTime call."
Apple's new feature includes music, movies, and TV shows, "while having a rich, real-time connection with your friends," he added. Users can also share their screens and bring apps into their calls. And this includes several major streaming services, although Netflix is not currently among those included. In addition to Apple Music and the Apple TV app, supported content includes:
The API will be made available to developers to make other apps available in SharePlay.
Users can also press "Play" in Apple Music and share music over a FaceTime call. The functionality is expected to arrive this fall alongside iOS 15.
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SharePlay
"We love enjoying shared experiences, and so we built SharePlay," Federighi said during the iOS portion of the WWDC keynote. "SharePlay is a powerful new set of features for shared experiences that you can enjoy when you're on a FaceTime call."
Apple's new feature includes music, movies, and TV shows, "while having a rich, real-time connection with your friends," he added. Users can also share their screens and bring apps into their calls. And this includes several major streaming services, although Netflix is not currently among those included. In addition to Apple Music and the Apple TV app, supported content includes:
- Disney+
- Hulu
- HBO Max
- Paramount+
- Twitch
- TikTok
- Pluto TV
- Master Class
- The NBA App
The API will be made available to developers to make other apps available in SharePlay.
Users can also press "Play" in Apple Music and share music over a FaceTime call. The functionality is expected to arrive this fall alongside iOS 15.
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I hope it really means what it suggests, I certainly hope it also includes remote control for support of friends and family.
Can’t we all just share a terminal window?
I suppose Apple could build a new proprietary connector on a new Apple TV which could support a new proprietary external webcam from Apple that could mitigate these issues. But it doesn't sound like you are calling for that. It sounds like you are calling for run-of-the-mill webcams that aren't secure.
Perhaps you haven't considered that you can, I suspect, actually use FaceTime on an iOS device (and in Maverick, also on a Mac, I think) and use AirPlay to transmit the FaceTime call to your Apple TV. Why isn't this adequate for you? If I heard correctly today, you can also use your Maverick Mac to act as an "AirPlay server" and receive a copy of your AirPlay signal on the Mac too.
As for your second suggestion, I actually didn’t realize you could do that. So thank you. But, as I originally posted, this would not be an adequate solution if one was using the feature to watch a movie for an extended period of time and having to hold the phone or iPad the whole time. Of course, a dock could be used…but I like my idea more.
It's a shame Apple removed the USB port.
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/some-new-privacy-features-for-mac-and-ios-devices-and-why-they-exist/
“the Secure Enclave…. In addition to storing pass code data, it’s used to secure Apple Pay transactions, iMessage messages and FaceTime calls”
I don’t really know who is right.
Like I said, I can use a third party camera for FaceTime. What security do you think the enclave would even provide?
I repeated your search and while I found plenty of links to Apple's website I couldn't find a single one that referenced the FaceTime application being dependent on the Secure Enclave. And I doubt I will, because as I have already said, you can use third party cameras with FaceTime. You're right that the signal down the USB wire to the computer won't be encrypted by Apple, but if that's your concern it doesn't seem to one that Apple particularly shares, since they fully support it. The inputs to an application are not what is typically considered end-to-end encryption, which is more concerned with network transmission and storage. If you have a link from Apple that elaborates on this then please share it.
It seems to me that the only obstacle to a camera add on for the Apple TV is that there's no way to connect a wire.
I don’t have all the answers. I don’t think Apple has indicated clearly how FaceTime is a “security service.” So maybe we can’t resolve this fully.
Sounds like you've moved from unsubstantiated claims about the Secure Enclave to unsubstantiated claims about the T2. It does not "encrypt the video before the OS gets the video". You know how I know that? Because the video appears on the screen! It would have to encrypt it then immediately decrypt it in order to show the video in the FaceTime application, which is nonsensical.
I don't think you have a clue what you're talking about and you're just making stuff up again and concern trolling about security. Most of the big camera manufacturers are from countries that don't have nukes pointed at you: Logitech, Microsoft, Razer for webcams, and Canon, Nikon, Fuji, any number of others.
And still, the short of it is that your original claim is wrong. you don't need a direct interface from the Secure Enclave (or the T2) for FaceTime to work. And as such, if Apple wanted to they could release a FaceTime camera for the Apple TV (though they'd probably need a new Apple TV unit with a USB port).