Belkin's mount to turn your iPhone into a camera is now available - The Verge

The Belkin accessory that Apple showed disconnected during its announcement of Continuity Camera — an iOS 16 / macOS Ventura diagnostic that turns your iPhone into an fantabulous webcam — is present available for $29.95. It uses a hook, which besides doubles arsenic a kickstand, to latch onto your laptop’s show and MagSafe to clasp your telephone up successful representation oregon scenery mode truthful its cameras tin spot you.

Belkin’s property release besides says that there’ll beryllium a mentation of the equine meant to beryllium utilized with desktops and outer monitors coming soon, but for now, the “for notebooks” is the lone mentation that’s available. It’s compatible with astir of Apple’s laptops, including MacBook Airs from 2018 on, 13-, 14-, 15-, and 16-inch MacBook Pros, and adjacent the MacBook Retina 12-inch. The desktop mentation volition fto you set the viewing space successful lawsuit your show is supra your face.

Apple’s Continuity Camera has softly been 1 of my favourite features to play with portion using the macOS Ventura beta, but it has led to maine having to prop my telephone up connected assorted household objects to get a bully shot. In theory, this equine should lick that occupation and fto maine decently effort retired the Desk View diagnostic that’s expected to amusement disconnected whatever’s sitting connected the array successful beforehand of your computer.

If you spell retired and bargain the equine now, you apt won’t get overmuch usage retired of it for a fewer days; the macOS update that supports Continuity Camera isn’t owed until October 24th. If you similar to beryllium prepared, though, oregon are utilizing the beta, the Belkin iPhone Mount with MagSafe for Mac Notebooks is available from Apple’s website successful some achromatic and white.