It’s one of the new features in the still-in-beta iOS 16 and macOS 13 Ventura and is a potentially compelling video conferencing enhancement for several reasons: it’s free, easy to set up and use, and provides advanced capabilities without being overwhelming. Now Apple has its own take, called Continuity Camera (see “ Ten “It’s About Time” Features from WWDC 2022,” 6 June 2022). Similarly, Reincubate provides the ingenious Camo virtual-camera system (see “ Turn Your iPhone into a Powerful Webcam with Camo,” 24 July 2020), but the product’s complexity and cost-beyond a basic free tier-will scare some Mac users away. Elgato offers Epoccam software to pull this off. It’s unclear if Apple plans to improve webcam specs in future models, but there’s an alternative that works now-repurposing the iPhone’s optically superb cameras as a Mac webcam.
The same goes for Apple’s Studio Display external monitor, which has its own built-in camera. Apple has finally bumped the webcams in the latest Mac models from the laughably old 720p resolution to 1080p, but they still yield disappointing image quality. This is partly due to the historically subpar quality of computer webcams like the FaceTime HD cameras built into Macs (see “ The 2020 MacBook Air’s FaceTime HD Camera Is Still Lousy,” 8 April 2020, and “ Why Are Webcams So Lousy?,” 25 January 2021). #1628: iPhone 14 impressions, Dark Sky end-of-life, tales from Rogue AmoebaĬontinuity Camera Turns an iPhone Into a Mac WebcamĪs someone with relatives on multiple continents and a day job I will do entirely from home for the foreseeable future, I engage in a lot of video conferencing.#1629: iOS 16.0.2, customizing the iOS 16 Lock Screen, iPhone wallet cases, meditate for free with Oak.#1630: Apple Books changes in iOS 16, simplified USB branding, recovering a lost Google Workspace account.
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