Setup Facetime on the iPad Air 2

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You're watching VisiHow. This is a tutorial on how to set up FaceTime on the iPad Air 2.

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   In order to enable FaceTime on your iPad, tap on the "Settings" icon

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   It is a gray-and-silver gear-shaped box labeled "Settings". You will open the "Settings" panel to set up FaceTime.

   

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   Then, on the left-hand side, under the Settings menu, tap on "Facetime"

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   It is a green box with a white camera. This will be labeled "FaceTime". You'll have the option to tap on "Sign in" or "Create a new Apple ID". There are tutorials on how to create new Apple IDs, if you wish to check and follow one of those. For the purposes of this demonstration, you'll enter your information in this section.

   

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   Tap on the "example@icloud.com" field

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   This will summon the keyboard.

   

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   Enter your Apple ID

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   Once you've entered your Apple ID, tap on the "Required" field

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   Enter the password

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   After you have entered the password, tap the keyboard icon

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   It is in the bottom-right corner of the screen. This will move the keyboard out of the way.

   

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   Then, tap on "Sign In"

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   Once you've tapped "Sign In", you'll see a spinning white box in the upper-right corner of your screen. This will let you know that the iPad is currently checking and confirming the information at the Apple servers, and you should be able to use FaceTime shortly. Once it has finished, you'll see that FaceTime and "Calls from iPhone" will be set up.

   

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   You can scroll down

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   You will see your information and the list of blocked contacts.

   

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    In order to use FaceTime, press the home button

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    You will go back.

    

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    Locate and tap the FaceTime icon

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    This will open up FaceTime, and you'll be able to make calls or see the view from the front-facing camera.

    

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    Let's press the home button now

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    You will be back to the home screen.

    

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This has been a VisiHow tutorial on how to set up FaceTime on the iPad Air 2. If you need additional help or you have questions or comments about starting FaceTime on your iPad, leave them in the section below; and we'll do our best to help you. Thanks for choosing VisiHow! Have a great day!

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