Facetime livestream widget

They say art imitates life, so it makes sense that I’d make a widget concept as I’ve been banging my head against a wall trying to get the widget code for an app I’m building to work (more on that some other day). Widgets are fun and powerful. You can use them to see stock performance data, get a quick view of the weather, or track todos. They’re super versatile.

I opened my camera earlier today and it was on the front-facing view and I realized that 1) I really need to shave and 2) it would be extremely funny if I could see this view of my friends. Then I started thinking… what if you could go live on other people’s phones in a widget view?

Then, this concept was born. At first, I thought this was just a dumb joke with not much utility, but then as I thought about it more I think this could play out in really interesting ways. What if you could add widgets of multiple people? I think at the very least this app could be very entertaining but I’m not sure what the technical limitations are.

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