Pointers at Glance
- Millions of iPhone users with Windows PCs might have felt a little left out when Apple announced the continuity camera at WWDC.
- Camo is coming to rescue them with a range of new features.
- The new overlay features are available in Camo Studio 1.7 for macOS, in both free and paid versions, and can be downloaded from camoapp.com or the App Store.
Around 50% of the smartphones used across the US enterprise markets account for iPhones. Millions of users still rely on Windows PCs for work though the Mac share is increasing. Hence, when Apple disclosed the continuity camera last week at WWDC, most iPhone users with Windows hardware might have felt left behind. Camo, a third-party app, is coming to their rescue.
About Continuity Camera
Continuity Camera lets iPhone users running the as-yet-unreleased iOS 16 turn their smartphone into a webcam that automatically syncs with a Mac running the yet unreleased macOS Ventura, as announced in the glare of WWDC 2022. It will give users much higher video quality for Zoom calls when it ships.
A third-party app called Camo, which Reincubate developed, is available for Windows and Mac for Windows using iPhone users.
About Camo
Camo lets iPhone users use their phone as a Webcam, as reported in February. Camo already supports various devices, including older versions of iPhones that don’t support a continuity camera.
It also runs on any 2010 or later Mac running macOS High Sierra and Windows systems, though the latest enhancements to the application aren’t available on Windows yet. It is pre-owned by CNBC tech columnist Joanna Stern for video conferencing.
Reincubate has announced new features that are a good fit for enterprise pros, including a drag-and-drop overlay editor, a gallery of 17 editable templates, a preview tool, and hotkeys for fast-switching between overlays.
Users can control some of the most advanced features using the Camo Studio application, where they can adjust, control, compose images and choose overlays.
Users will have access to the zoom features on the iPhone, where they can crop, pan, and rotate the image to get the best possible image.
It is a great tool to exploit the camera on your iPhone for better video meetings, no matter how old the Mac or PC is! The new overlay features are available in Camo Studio 1.7 for macOS, in both free and paid versions, and can be downloaded from camoapp.com or the App Store. Similar features are on the way to Windows in the coming months.
