iPhone User Guide
- Welcome
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Introducing iPhone
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iPhone models
- iPhone models compatible with iOS 26
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone SE (2nd generation)
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 13 mini
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone SE (3rd generation)
- iPhone 14
- iPhone 14 Plus
- iPhone 14 Pro
- iPhone 14 Pro Max
- iPhone 15
- iPhone 15 Plus
- iPhone 15 Pro
- iPhone 15 Pro Max
- iPhone 16
- iPhone 16 Plus
- iPhone 16 Pro
- iPhone 16 Pro Max
- iPhone 16e
- iPhone 17
- iPhone 17 Pro
- iPhone 17 Pro Max
- iPhone Air
- iPhone 17e
- Setup basics
- Make your iPhone your own
- Take great photos and videos
- Keep in touch with friends and family
- Share features with your family
- Use iPhone for your daily routines
- Expert advice from Apple Support
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iPhone models
- Whats new in iOS 26
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Set up and get started
- Turn on and set up iPhone
- Wake, unlock, and lock
- Set up cellular service
- View or change cellular data settings
- Use Dual SIM
- Connect to the internet
- Apple Account and iCloud
- Find settings
- Set up mail, contacts, and calendar accounts
- Learn the meaning of iPhone status icons
- Charge and monitor the battery
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Basics
- Learn gestures for iPhone
- Adjust the volume
- Turn the iPhone flashlight on or off
- Silence iPhone
- Use your apps
- Multitask with Picture in Picture
- Access features from the Lock Screen
- View Live Activities in the Dynamic Island
- Perform quick actions
- Search on iPhone
- Get information about your iPhone
- Manage storage on iPhone
- Travel with iPhone
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Personalize your iPhone
- Change sounds and vibrations
- Use and customize the Action button
- Create a custom Lock Screen
- Customize your Home Screen
- Change the wallpaper
- Use and customize Control Center
- Record audio and video
- Adjust the screen brightness and color balance
- Keep the iPhone display on longer
- Use StandBy
- Adjust iPhone display and text settings
- Change the name of your iPhone
- Change the date and time
- Change the language and region
- Change the default apps
- Change your default search engine
- Rotate your iPhone screen
- Set up Focus, notifications, and Do Not Disturb
- Customize sharing options
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Work with text and graphics
- Enter, select, and revise text
- Add or change keyboards
- Add emoji, Memoji, and stickers
- Capture and record the iPhone screen
- Use Markup tools
- Fill out forms, sign documents, and create signatures
- Interact with content in a photo or video
- Identify objects in your photos and videos
- Lift a subject from the photo background
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Camera
- Take photos
- Use the Camera Control
- Use the Camera Control to open another app
- Adjust the shutter volume
- Adjust HDR camera settings
- Record a video
- Take spatial photos and record spatial videos for Apple Vision Pro
- Change sound recording options
- Record ProRes video
- Record video in Cinematic mode
- Change video recording settings
- Save camera settings
- Customize the Main camera lens
- Change advanced camera settings
- View, share, and print photos
- Use Live Text
- Scan a QR code
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Apps
- App Store
- Books
- Calculator
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Calendar
- Create and edit events in Calendar
- Send invitations
- Reply to invitations
- Change how you view events
- Search for events
- Change Calendar settings
- Schedule or display events in a different time zone
- Keep track of events
- Use multiple calendars
- Use reminders
- Use the Holidays calendar
- Share iCloud calendars
- Clock
- Compass
- Contacts
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FaceTime
- Get started with FaceTime
- Make and receive FaceTime calls
- Create a FaceTime link
- Use FaceTime audio call tools
- Take a Live Photo
- Use Live Captions
- Use other apps during a call
- Make a Group FaceTime call
- Use SharePlay to watch, listen, and play together
- Share your screen in a FaceTime call
- Request or give remote control in a FaceTime call
- Collaborate on a document in FaceTime
- Use video conferencing features
- Hand off a FaceTime call to another Apple device
- Change the FaceTime video settings
- Change the FaceTime audio settings
- Leave a call or switch to Messages
- Block a FaceTime call and report it as spam
- Screen and filter calls
- Files
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Find My
- Find people
- Find devices
- Find items
- Adjust map settings
- Turn off Find My
- Fitness
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Freeform
- Get started with Freeform
- Create a Freeform board
- Add content to a board
- Share or present a board
- Search Freeform boards
- Delete and recover boards
- Subscribe to Apple Creator Studio
- Change Freeform settings
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Games
- Get started with the Apple Games app
- Set up your Game Center profile
- Find and download games
- Subscribe to Apple Arcade
- Connect with friends in the Apple Games app
- Play with friends in the Apple Games app
- Manage your game library
- Connect a game controller
- Change game-related settings
- Report a problem with a game
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Health
- Get started with Health
- Fill out your Health Details
- View and share health data
- Get health records from your providers
- Monitor your walking steadiness
- Track your menstrual cycle
- Manage your medications
- Track your mental wellbeing
- Prioritize your sleep
- Use headphone hearing safeguards
- Register as an organ donor
- Back up your Health data
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Home
- Intro to Home
- Upgrade to the new version of Apple Home
- Set up accessories
- Control accessories
- Use Grid Forecast to plan your energy usage
- View electricity usage and rates
- Adaptive Temperature and Clean Energy Guidance
- Set up HomePod
- Control your home remotely
- Create and use scenes
- Use automations
- Set up security cameras
- Use Face Recognition
- Unlock your door with a home key on iPhone or Apple Watch
- Configure a router
- Invite others to control accessories
- Add more homes
- iTunes Store
- Journal
- Magnifier
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Mail
- Add or remove email accounts
- Check your email
- Use categories
- Automatically clean up iCloud Mail
- Write and send email
- Work with attachments
- Set email notifications
- Search for email
- Organize email in mailboxes
- Use iCloud Mail rules to automatically apply actions to emails
- Flag and filter email
- Mail privacy and security
- Change Mail settings
- Delete and recover emails
- Add a Mail widget to your Home Screen
- Print emails
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Maps
- Get started with Maps
- Set your location and map view
- Explore maps with immersive views
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Navigate
- Set your home, work, or school address
- Use Maps
- Get driving directions
- Set up electric vehicle routing
- View a route overview or a list of turns
- Change or add stops to your route
- Get directions to your parked car
- Get walking directions
- Save walks or hikes
- Get transit directions
- Get cycling directions
- Book rides
- Download offline maps
- Customize your experience
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Find places
- Search for places
- Find nearby attractions, restaurants, and services
- Explore airports or malls
- Get information about places
- View and manage Visited Places
- Add places and notes to your Places
- Share places
- Mark a location with a pin
- Rate places and add photos
- Explore places with guides
- Organize places with custom guides
- Clear location history
- Delete recent directions
- Report an issue with Maps
- Measure
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Messages
- Get started with Messages
- Set up Messages
- About iMessage
- Send and reply to messages
- Text via satellite
- Schedule a text message to send later
- Unsend and edit messages
- Keep track of messages
- Search
- Forward and share messages
- Group conversations
- Share screens
- Collaborate on projects
- Add backgrounds
- Use iMessage apps
- Poll people in a conversation
- Take and edit photos or videos
- Share photos, links, and more
- Send stickers
- Create and send Memoji
- React with Tapbacks
- Format text and animate messages
- Draw and handwrite messages
- Send and save GIFs
- Send and receive audio messages
- Share your location
- Turn read receipts on or off
- Stop, mute, and change notifications
- Screen and filter texts
- Report spam and block senders
- Delete messages and attachments
- Recover deleted messages
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Music
- Get started with Music
- Get music
- Apple Music
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Find and play music
- Find music
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Play music
- Play music
- Use the music player controls
- Play lossless audio
- Play Spatial Audio
- Listen to radio
- Play music together using SharePlay
- Play music together in the car
- Queue up your music
- Transition songs
- Shuffle or repeat songs
- Sing along with Apple Music
- Show song credits and lyrics
- Tell Apple Music what you enjoy
- Adjust the sound quality
- Organize songs in playlists
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News
- Get started with News
- Get News notifications and newsletters
- Use News widgets
- See news stories chosen just for you
- Read and share stories
- Read local news
- Follow your favorite teams with My Sports
- Listen to Apple News Today
- Apple News+
- Search for channels, topics, stories, or recipes
- Save stories
- Clear your reading history
- Subscribe to individual news channels
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Notes
- Get started with Notes
- Create and format notes
- Use Quick Notes
- Add drawings and handwriting
- Enter formulas and equations
- Add photos, video, and more
- Record and transcribe audio
- Scan text and documents
- Work with PDFs
- Add links
- Search notes
- Organize in folders
- Organize with tags
- Use Smart Folders
- Share and collaborate
- Export or print notes
- Lock notes
- Delete and recover notes
- Add or remove accounts
- Change the Notes view
- Change Notes settings
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Passwords
- Use passwords
- Find your password for a website or app
- Change the password for a website or app
- Remove a password
- Recover a deleted password
- Create a password for a website or app
- Show passwords in large text
- Use passkeys to sign in to websites and apps
- Sign in with Apple
- Share passwords
- Automatically fill in strong passwords
- See websites excluded from AutoFill
- Change weak or compromised passwords
- View your passwords and related information
- View password history
- Find and share your Wi-Fi password
- Share passwords securely with AirDrop
- Make your passwords available on all your devices
- Automatically fill in verification codes
- Automatically fill in SMS passcodes
- Sign in with fewer CAPTCHA challenges
- Use two-factor authentication
- Use security keys
- See your Mac FileVault recovery key
- Import and export
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Phone
- Make a call
- Record and transcribe a call
- Change your Phone settings
- View and delete the call history
- Answer or decline incoming calls
- While on a call
- Share screens during a phone call
- Request or give remote control in a Phone call
- Have a conference or three-way call
- Set up Voicemail
- Check voicemail
- Change voicemail greeting and settings
- Select ringtones
- Make calls using Wi-Fi
- Set up call forwarding
- Set up call waiting
- Screen and block calls
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Photos
- Get started with Photos
- Browse your photo library
- Browse your photo collections
- View photos and videos
- See photo and video information
- Find your photos and videos
- Sort and filter the photo library
- Back up and sync your photos and videos with iCloud
- Delete or hide photos and videos
- Search for photos and videos
- Get wallpaper suggestions
- Watch and personalize memories
- Use photo albums
- Share photos and videos
- Edit photos and videos
- Hide people, memories, and holidays
- Make stickers from your photos
- Duplicate and copy photos and videos
- Merge duplicate photos and videos
- Import and export photos and videos
- Print photos
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Podcasts
- Get started with Podcasts on iPhone
- Find podcasts
- Watch and listen to podcasts
- View podcast transcripts
- Follow your favorite podcasts
- Rate or review podcasts
- Use the Podcasts widget
- Select your favorite Podcasts categories and channels
- Organize your podcast library
- Download, save, remove, and share podcasts
- Subscribe to podcasts
- Listen to subscriber-only content
- Change download settings
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Preview
- Get started with Preview on iPhone
- View PDFs and images
- Edit PDFs
- Edit an image
- Manage PDFs or images
- Reply to an email with a PDF attachment
- Scan text and documents
- Create an image
- Share PDFs or images
- Print PDFs or images
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Reminders
- Get started with Reminders
- Create reminders
- Make a grocery list
- Add details
- Complete items
- Delete and recover reminders
- Edit and organize a list
- Search your lists
- Organize multiple lists
- Tag items
- Use Smart Lists
- Share and collaborate
- Print a list
- Work with templates
- Add or remove accounts
- Change Reminders settings
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Safari
- Get started with Safari
- Browse the web
- Search for websites
- See highlights
- Customize your Safari settings
- Change the layout
- Create multiple Safari profiles
- Use Tab Groups
- Listen to a webpage
- Bookmark a website
- Open as Web App
- Save pages to a Reading List
- Find links shared with you
- Download a PDF
- Annotate and save a webpage as a PDF
- Fill in forms
- Get extensions
- Hide distractions
- Clear your cache and cookies
- Enable cookies
- Privacy and security
- Import and export
- Shortcuts
- Stocks
- Tips
- Translate
- TV
- Voice Memos
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Wallet
- About Apple Wallet
- Set up Apple Pay
- Use Apple Pay for contactless payments
- Use Apple Pay in apps and on the web
- Use Apple Cash
- Use Apple Card
- Add your ID
- Pay for transit
- Use digital keys
- Use passes, loyalty cards, tickets, and more
- Check your Apple Account balance
- Organize and search in Wallet
- Remove cards and passes
- Fill in payment information
- Change Wallet & Apple Pay settings
- Weather
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Siri
- How to use Siri
- Find out what Siri can do
- Turn on and activate Siri
- Customize Siri
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Apple Intelligence
- Intro to Apple Intelligence
- Translate messages, calls, and conversations
- Use visual intelligence
- Create original images with Image Playground
- Create your own emoji with Genmoji
- Use Image Wand with Apple Intelligence
- Use Apple Intelligence with Siri
- Find the right words with Writing Tools
- Use ChatGPT with Apple Intelligence
- Summarize notifications and reduce interruptions
- Use Apple Intelligence with apps
- Apple Intelligence and privacy
- Block access to Apple Intelligence features
- iPhone safety features
- Family Sharing
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Screen Time
- Get started with Screen Time
- Protect your vision health with Screen Distance
- Create, manage, and keep track of a Screen Time passcode
- Set schedules with Screen Time
- Block apps, app downloads, websites, and purchases
- Block calls and messages with Screen Time
- Check for sensitive images and videos
- Set up Screen Time for a child
- Respond to a Screen Time request
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Accessories
- Charging cable
- Power adapters
- MagSafe chargers and battery packs
- Qi-certified wireless chargers
- AirPods and EarPods
- Apple Watch
- Apple TV 4K, smart TVs, and video displays
- HomePod and other wireless speakers
- Magic Keyboard
- External storage devices
- Connect Bluetooth accessories
- Play audio from your iPhone on a Bluetooth accessory
- Printers
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Use iPhone with iPad, Mac, and Windows devices
- Intro to Continuity
- Use AirDrop to send items to nearby devices
- Hand off tasks between devices
- Control your iPhone from your Mac
- Copy and paste between devices
- Stream video and audio from your iPhone
- Allow phone calls and text messages on your iPad and Mac
- Share your internet connection
- Use iPhone as a webcam
- Insert sketches, photos, and scans on Mac
- Start SharePlay instantly
- Connect iPhone and your computer with a cable
- Transfer files between devices
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CarPlay
- Intro to CarPlay
- Connect to CarPlay
- Use your vehicles built-in controls
- Get turn-by-turn directions
- Report traffic incidents
- Change the map view
- View Live Activities
- Customize widgets
- Make phone calls
- Play music
- View your calendar
- Send and receive text messages
- Announce incoming text messages
- Play podcasts
- Play audiobooks
- Listen to news stories
- Control your home
- Use other apps with CarPlay
- Rearrange icons on CarPlay Home
- Change settings in CarPlay
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Accessibility
- Get started with accessibility features
- Use accessibility features during setup
- Change Siri accessibility settings
- Quickly turn accessibility features on or off
- Share your Accessibility settings with another device
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Vision
- Overview of accessibility features for vision
- Read or listen to text in apps with Accessibility Reader
- Zoom in
- View a larger version of text youre reading or typing
- Change display colors
- Make text easier to read
- Customize onscreen motion
- Use iPhone more comfortably while riding in a vehicle
- Customize per-app visual settings
- Hear whats on the screen or typed
- Hear audio descriptions
- Adjust CarPlay settings
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VoiceOver
- Turn on and practice VoiceOver
- Change your VoiceOver settings
- Use VoiceOver gestures
- Operate iPhone when VoiceOver is on
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Keep the screen off
- Use VoiceOver with an external keyboard
- Use a braille display
- Type braille on the screen
- Use Braille Access with a braille display
- Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
- Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
- Get live descriptions of your surroundings
- Use VoiceOver in apps
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Mobility
- Overview of accessibility features for mobility
- Use AssistiveTouch
- Adjust how iPhone responds to your touch
- Back tap
- Use Reachability
- Auto-answer calls
- Turn off vibration
- Change Face ID and attention settings
- Use Voice Control
- Use Voice Control commands with CarPlay
- Adjust the side or Home button
- Adjust Camera Control settings
- Use Apple TV 4K Remote buttons
- Adjust pointer settings
- Adjust keyboard settings
- Control iPhone with an external keyboard
- Adjust AirPods settings
- Turn on Apple Watch Mirroring
- Control a nearby Apple device
- Control iPhone with the movement of your eyes
- Control iPhone with the movement of your head
- Switch Control
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Hearing
- Overview of accessibility features for hearing
- Use hearing devices
- Use Live Listen
- Use sound recognition
- Get notified when your name is called
- Set up and use RTT and TTY
- Flash the indicator light or screen for notifications
- Adjust audio settings
- Play background sounds
- Display subtitles and captions
- Show transcriptions for Intercom messages
- Get live captions of spoken audio
- Play music as taps, textures, and more
- Get notified about sounds in CarPlay
- Speech
- Cognitive
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Privacy and security
- Control what you share
- Protect access to your iPhone
- Turn on Lock Screen features
- Block contacts
- Keep your Apple Account secure
- Manage what you share with people and apps
- Create and manage Hide My Email addresses
- Protect your web browsing with iCloud Private Relay
- Use a private network address
- Use Advanced Data Protection
- Use Lockdown Mode
- Install Background Security Improvements
- Use Stolen Device Protection
- Receive warnings about sensitive content
- Use Contact Key Verification
- Restart, update, reset, and restore
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Safety, handling, and support
- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Find more resources for software and service
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Ultra Wideband information
- Class 1 Laser information
- Apple and the environment
- Disposal and recycling information
- Unauthorized modification of iOS
- Copyright and trademarks
Make a Group FaceTime call on iPhone
In the FaceTime app, you can talk with up to 32 participants in a Group FaceTime call.
Note: Group FaceTime calls arent available in all countries or regions. See the iOS and iPadOS Feature Availability website.
[A Group FaceTime call showing five participants in separate tiles.]Start a Group FaceTime call
Go to the FaceTime app
[] on your iPhone.Tap New Call.
In the field near the top of the screen, enter the names, numbers, or emails of the people you want to call.
You can also tap
[the Add Contact button] to open Contacts and add people from there, or tap suggested contacts.Tap FaceTime to make a video call or tap
[the Call button] to make a FaceTime audio call.
Each participant appears in a tile on the screen. When a participant speaks (verbally or by using sign language) or you tap the tile, that tile becomes highlighted or more prominent. Tiles that cant fit on the screen appear in a row at the bottom. To find a participant you dont see, swipe through the row. The participants initials may appear in the tile if an image isnt available.
To prevent the tile of the person speaking or signing from becoming more prominent during a Group FaceTime call, go to the Settingsapp
[], tap Apps, tap FaceTime, then turn off Speaking below Automatic Prominence.
Note: Sign language detection requires a supported model for the presenter. In addition, both the presenter and participants need iOS14, iPadOS14, macOS11, or later.
Start a Group FaceTime call from a group Messages conversation
In a group iMessage conversation, you can start a Group FaceTime call with all the people youre chatting with in Messages.
Tap
[the FaceTime button] at the top right of the iMessage conversation.Tap FaceTime Audio or FaceTime Video.
Add another person to a call
Any participant can add another person at any time during a FaceTime call.
Do one of the following:
During a one-on-one FaceTime call: Tap the screen to show the FaceTime controls (if they arent visible), tap
[the More button], then tap Add People.During a Group FaceTime call: Tap the people count at the top of the screen, then tap Add People.
Enter the name, number, or email of the person you want to add, or tap
[the Add Contact button] to add someone from Contacts. You can add multiple people.Tap Add People.
Join a Group FaceTime call
When someone invites you to join a Group FaceTime call, you receive a notification of the incoming callyou can either join or decline. See Answer a FaceTime call.
Leave a Group FaceTime call
To leave a group call at any time, tap
[the End button] in the FaceTime controls, or tap Leave while viewing the list of participants.
The call remains active if one or more participants remain.