#apple facetime bug

Apple has issued an apology regarding the FaceTime bug that is affecting iOS devices and promises to release a software update next week. The FaceTime bug, which was reported in January, allows the caller to hear the other person's audio even before they pick up the call. Apple confirmed the bug and disabled the Group FaceTime feature. In the statement, Apple apologized for the issue and said that they have already fixed the security bug in their servers and will issue a software update to re-enable the feature for users next week. They also thanked the Thompson family who discovered the bug and alerted Apple. Read the statement below: "We have fixed the Group FaceTime security bug on Apple’s servers and we will issue a software update to re-enable the feature for users next week. We want to assure our customers that as soon as our engineering team became aware of the details necessary to reproduce the bug, they quickly disabled Group FaceTime and began work on the fix. Apple's FaceTime software has a bug in which other Apple users can hear audio of the person they are calling even before they pick up or reject the call. Read more in our articles including "Apple apologizes for FaceTime bug, to release update next week" and "Apple's FaceTime affected with eavesdropping bug".