Belkin’s mount to show your iPhone right into a digicam is now obtainable

The Belkin accent that Apple confirmed off throughout its announcement of Continuity Camera — an iOS 16 / macOS Ventura characteristic that turns your iPhone into a superb webcam — is now available for $29.95. It makes use of a hook, which additionally doubles as a kickstand, to latch onto your laptop computer’s show and MagSafe to carry your cellphone up in portrait or panorama mode so its cameras can see you.

Belkin’s press release additionally says that there’ll be a model of the mount meant for use with desktops and exterior screens coming quickly, however for now, the “for notebooks” is the one model that’s obtainable. It’s suitable with most of Apple’s laptops, together with MacE book Airs from 2018 on, 13-, 14-, 15-, and 16-inch MacE book Pros, and even the MacE book Retina 12-inch. The desktop model will allow you to alter the viewing angle in case your monitor is above your face.

Apple’s Continuity Camera has quietly been one in all my favourite options to play with whereas utilizing the macOS Ventura beta, however it has led to me having to prop my cellphone up on varied family objects to get shot. In principle, this mount ought to clear up that drawback and let me correctly check out the Desk View characteristic that’s supposed to point out off no matter’s sitting on the desk in entrance of your pc.

If you exit and purchase the mount now, you doubtless received’t get a lot use out of it for a couple of days; the macOS replace that helps Continuity Camera isn’t due till October twenty fourth. If you prefer to be ready, although, or are utilizing the beta, the Belkin iPhone Mount with MagSafe for Mac Notebooks is available from Apple’s website in each black and white.