LOL, so it’s going to be about to do something I was already using it to do for years?
Yes, but without an external app.
Would have been a nice feature during Covid for when the webcams had sold out.
Soft paywall. Click the “I have disabled my ad blocker” at your own risk and you should be ok.
Admiral and their invasive adblock detection can go 🤬 🤬
Why is the thumbnail an iPhone on a MacBook, tho?
It’s probably a reference tk Apple’s implementation (which also works wirelessly, but only on Apple laptops and desktops).
I suppose you could theoretically run this in an USB over IP tunnel if you set up some sort of encrypted tunnel around it first, but I don’t think manufacturers are going to support a niche use case like that.
Because they did a similar thing a while back…
There’s software that does this already. Right?
I don’t know if Android users in here understand how flawless this works on iOS+mac. All I need to activate this is have my phone nearby and turn my locked phone to landscape mode. No need to even unlock my phone or connect it to my laptop.
I was blown away by how “automatic” it felt!
Im using my IPhone as a daily webcam for my Macbook Pro at work. Its awesome and the quality surpasses everything.
I saw somebody mentioned DroidcamX, it costs money and is way behind the Apple integration.
So I would love that my Android can be used as webcam in the future. Maybe Pixel 8 with its new camera sensor and Android 14 will be a good match.
No - It might be able to, but I still have to activate it. And I won’t be doing that.
