This keeps the feature from kicking in when your phone's in your pocket. After you've engaged Continuity Camera once, it will automatically take over for your built-in webcam 'when iPhone is locked, in landscape orientation, stationary, and with the camera unobstructed,' according to Apple. If you're trying to use an older spare iPhone as a camera, you'll need to figure something else out.)Īpple says that the wireless version of Continuity Camera requires an iPhone XR or newer the iPhone 8 series and the original iPhone X may support it when connected via a cable, but we weren't able to test this for ourselves. (Apple sent us one of the MagSafe-compatible Belkin mounts, which did work well but requires a MagSafe-compatible iPhone. Continuity Camera is a bit clunky, mainly because you need to find a way to mount your phone at an acceptable webcam angle, but even the worst iPhone camera is a major step up in resolution and image quality from the best Mac webcam. If you have an iPhone running iOS 16, you'll be able to use the iPhone's rear-facing camera as a Mac webcam or microphone.

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