Now the Camo “use your phone as a webcam” app works over Wi-Fi

Camo’s new model 1.9 replace can flip your smartphone into an untethered webcam. The digicam utility software program, one of many earliest round to transform iOS or Android gadgets into a pc webcam, can now join by way of Wi-Fi along with the earlier USB plug-in requirement.

It’s a good time for Camo to launch this replace as Apple’s macOS Ventura prepares to launch with its personal Continuity Camera function that may flip iPhones right into a webcam. It’s nonetheless in demand as an answer for work-from-home setups, because the return to the workplace has changed into extra of a hybrid schedule for many people. Apple’s implementation entails little setup and might mount to the highest of a MacBook with a specialty mount like this Belkin one, enabling particular options like swapping to the ultrawide digicam for a top-down view.

But Camo’s software program is kind of succesful in its personal proper, with help for Android gadgets, in addition to the flexibility to work on each PCs and Macs. It additionally received’t pressure you to make use of Ventura-supported Macs or gadgets which have iOS 16, like with Apple’s implementation. And final May, Camo’s developer Reincubate added FaceTime, Safari, and QuickTime support, which many related merchandise like EpocCam don’t help.

To get the brand new function, you’ll must replace each the Camo Studio in your laptop and the Camo app in your smartphone. Once up to date, you may convey up a QR code within the Camo Studio software program and scan it with the Camo smartphone app. Now your smartphone is linked to your laptop as a webcam.

Just this summer time, Camo launched a brand new model that added the flexibility to overlay graphics and textual content to your stay webcam footage, very like OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) and different stay seize software program. It’s actually extra feature-packed than Apple’s answer, but it surely does require some extra setup. And if you want to use all the features with iPhone, together with 1080p streaming, it’ll price you $39.99 a yr — or $79.99 for a “lifetime license,” whereas the options stay free for Android customers.