Continuity Camera — Apple’s Answer To Bad Webcams?

An equally ingenious and hilarious solution from the desks of Apple engineers…

Never have people cared so much about cameras as they did when the first webcam launched, sometime in the Palaeolithic age. OK, it was a bit later, but I think we can all agree — probably more webcams have sold than any other cameras ever. They’re cheap, often tiny — I mean, if you ever bought a Raspberry Pi camera, you know what I’m talking about — and they’re everywhere. Since the Connectix Quickcam in 1994, a lot has happened, but some, myself included, would argue, not enough has happened. And guess what? For the first time since forever, Apple agrees! Kind of…

When Apple announced Continuity Camera at WWDC 2022, without even having to watch any of the remaining announcement, I knew what they were up to. In part, it made me laugh my ass off, in part I felt it was quite intriguing. I instantly knew they were going to connect an iPhone to something else, which turned out to be the Mac, and I also knew what that meant — a well-masked admission that Mac cameras, and yes, that includes the Studio Display, are still, mildly put, shite.