iOS 26 will freeze your FaceTime call if you remove your clothes on camera

iOS 26

In what might be Apple’s most unexpected move yet, iOS 26 is coming with a new FaceTime feature that acts like a digital prude. According to users testing the beta version, your FaceTime video and audio, will freeze if someone starts getting undressed during the call.

That’s right. Try to spice things up, and your iPhone will straight-up ghost you.

This new addition was initially meant to protect child accounts under Apple’s Communication Safety features, which use on-device machine learning to detect nudity. The feature would intervene during FaceTime calls or blur explicit content in shared photo albums. Seems fair, it’s designed to keep young users safe.

But here’s the plot twist, adults are getting the same treatment. According to X user @iDeviceHelp, iOS 26 doesn’t seem to care how old you are. If the system thinks you’re stripping, it’ll slam the brakes on your call and flash a warning, offering you the choice to continue the call with clothes, please or end it entirely.

It’s not yet clear whether this is a bug or a bold new direction for Apple’s idea of “family values,” but people have opinions. One top comment on the news reads:

“While I get the idea behind this, they have no business enforcing this on adults... The fetishization of censorship is on the rise.”

While privacy advocates may raise an eyebrow , Apple says everything happens on-device.For now, if your FaceTime freezes mid-flirt, don’t blame the Wi-Fi. Blame iOS 26 and its newfound role as moral police.