$40 Belkin iPhone mount will help replace your Mac desktop’s mediocre webcam - Ars Technica

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The archetypal mentation of the equine was lone sized to enactment with MacBooks.

Andrew Cunningham - Dec 15, 2022 9:51 p.m. UTC

Enlarge / An iPhone 13 Pro stuck to Belkin's MagSafe camera equine for laptops. The desktop mentation works similarly, conscionable with a antithetic plan for thicker screens.

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The Continuity Camera feature was 1 of the headliners successful the macOS Ventura update: Any Mac tin present usage immoderate compatible iPhone arsenic a webcam via a Lightning cablegram oregon a wireless connection. And any iPhone camera is simply a important upgrade implicit the 720p and 1080p webcams that vessel with iMacs and astir of the 1080p desktop webcams from the likes of Logitech, Microsoft, and Razer (for Mac mini and Pro owners with nary built-in webcam).

The occupation is uncovering a spot to enactment your iPhone portion you effort to usage it arsenic a camera. Belkin made a MagSafe mount that could rapidly clip an iPhone to the apical borderline of a MacBook, but the retention clip is excessively constrictive to usage with astir desktop monitors. A caller mentation of the mount, announced today, has been created with a wider basal and a benignant of kickstand to assistance it acceptable connected apical of astir desktop monitors.

Enlarge / Belkin's MagSafe iPhone equine for desktops has a thicker basal that sits connected apical of monitors, positive a kickstand that braces it against the backmost of your screen.

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As of this writing, the Belkin iPhone Mount (Magsafe Compatible) for Mac Desktops is listed connected Apple's tract for $29.95, though a Belkin typical informed america that the close terms is $39.95. The merchandise photos amusement it sitting astride a Studio Display, which includes a front-facing camera akin to the 1 Apple includes successful iPads, but representation prime has been a mixed bag.

As a MagSafe accessory, the Belkin equine volition lone enactment with a subset of the iPhones that enactment the Continuity Camera feature. MagSafe is included successful each iPhone 12, iPhone 13, and iPhone 14 models (Pro, mini, Max, and otherwise), portion Continuity Camera works with phones arsenic aged arsenic 2018's iPhone XR. To enactment Continuity Camera, your Mac needs to beryllium moving macOS Ventura, and your telephone needs to beryllium moving iOS 16.0 oregon newer.