THE NEW iPhone ‘nudity-spotting’ feature freezes video calls if someone strips off.
The new technology is one of the biggest updates iPhone users have received in recent history.
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The new feature
iOS 26 is a huge update for iPhone users and it’s not all because of the stunning Liquid Glass design.
During the premiere of iOS 26, Apple announced numerous changes to key apps like Safari and Messages, but barely mentioned the various quality-of-life updates.
One of the updates that wasn’t mentioned is FaceTime’s new ability to freeze the audio and video in a call if someone starts taking their clothes off.
Initially meant as part of Apple’s children protection tools, that feature was discovered in the iOS 26 Developer Beta by iDeviceHelp on X.
Protecting your children online
Along with the iOS 26 announcement, Apple shared the many new tools and updated features meant to help parents protect their children online.
Communication Safety was one of the updated features, which includes nudity detection in FaceTime video calls and Shared Albums in Photos.
That feature is supposed to be only active on child accounts.
However, it appears a similar feature is active for all iOS 26 Developer Beta users.
Whenever FaceTime detects nudity during a video call, it freezes the audio and video of the call and shows a warning screen.
There’s then an option to resume the video and audio with one button or end the call.
There’s no information about the circumstances under which the feature was discovered reports Phone Arena.
Privacy concerns
A feature that could detect nudity during a video call might raise some privacy concerns among users.
However, Apple has a good explanation of how the current Communication Safety features work.
In brief, Apple doesn’t know anything about your calls because the whole monitoring process happens on-device.
The full list of iOS 26 supported devices
Sadly not all iPhone models are getting this upgrade but here are the ones that can.
- iPhone 16e
- iPhone 16
- iPhone 16 Plus
- iPhone 16 Pro
- iPhone 16 Pro Max
- iPhone 15
- iPhone 15 Plus
- iPhone 15 Pro
- iPhone 15 Pro Max
- iPhone 14
- iPhone 14 Plus
- iPhone 14 Pro
- iPhone 14 Pro Max
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 13 mini
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone SE (3rd gen)
- iPhone SE (2nd gen)
But, how many times have you answered the phone only to be met with silence, a spammer, or a sinister scammer? Probably too many to count.
Apple has come up with a solution for iPhone owners called Call Screening in their new update.
The feature works like Live Voicemail, a 2024 feature that transcribes voicemails in real time – giving you a chance to answer them.
It also prevents scammers from being able to hear your voice and then clone it.
Crooks can record you saying certain phrases, and even create AI “fakes” of your voice to use for future scams.
