How to use physical gestures to trigger fun on-screen FaceTime effects

In iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, Apple introduced Message-like FaceTime reactions on iPhone and iPad. Instead of selecting icons from a menu, you can trigger them with physical gestures during a FaceTime call.

When you make a FaceTime video call on an iPhone running iOS 17 or an iPad running iPadOS 17, you can trigger screen effects such as hearts, balloons, confetti, fireworks, etc. Visual effects will fill the display during your FaceTime call video, sometimes spectacularly, for others to see.

You are hands-free and can trigger these reactions using just physical gestures. For example, one thumbs up triggers a like, and two thumbs up are fireworks. Likewise, one thumbs down counts as dislike, and two thumbs down triggers showers.

Alternatively, you can trigger these layer screen effects by long-pressing on the image in FaceTime, which will open a menu of reaction options. Below is the full list of reactions available to you, as well as the physical gestures you can perform for the bouncing effect.

New Face to Face Reactions

There are eight reactions you can perform in a FaceTime video call. They include:

• • Love
  • Like

• Hate
• balloon
• rainstorm
• confetti
• laser beam
• firework

gesture that triggers a reaction

Here are the physical gestures you can perform to trigger the effect:

• • Heart – Heart Emoji
  • Thumbs Up – Thumbs Up Emoticon
  • Thumbs Up – Fireworks
  • Thumbs Up Pointing Down – Big Thumbs down emoticon

• Two thumbs down – Cloud
• One hand Peace Sign – Balloon
• Hands Peace Sign – Confetti
• “Rock” the Sign with Two Hands – Laser

These reactions are available by default in FaceTime, and third-party apps can also adopt these effects. If you're using a Mac running macOS Sonoma, the FaceTime effect works the same way.

Note that the Video Effects option no longer appears in macOS Sonoma’s Control Center, but instead has a new home in the dedicated green FaceTime menu bar item, which also includes a mini Webcam view and clickable buttons to manually trigger reactions.

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