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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Claudia Cockerell

Would you have a sleepover... over video call? It's the new Gen Z trend

Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz. - (AFP via Getty Images)

Young couples are often in constant conversation over the phone, calling and texting each other all day and sending a goodnight message come evening. But for some, the communication doesn’t end at bedtime. A rising trend has seen Gen Z couples falling asleep on video calls with each other, known as a “FaceTime Sleepover”.

Fans of FaceTime Sleepovers include Brooklyn and Nicola Peltz Beckham. The heiress, 29, recently shared a screenshot to her Instagram of a nine hour and 32 minute video chat she had with Brooklyn, 25, while he was in Mexico promoting his hot sauce brand. “Who else sleeps on FaceTime when their best friend travels?” she wrote.

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