The iPhone’s Continuity Camera beats the pants off Android 14’s webcam feature

iPhone 15 pro max vs google pixel 8 pro vs webcam
Credit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority
Opinion post by
Dhruv Bhutani

It’s rare to find a laptop webcam that doesn’t suck. The physical constraints, cost-cutting, and lack of smartphone-like software enhancements mean that even the most modern webcams aren’t all that far removed from what you’d find on a 2015 machine. You could, of course, spend hundreds of dollars on a fancy webcam that can follow you around or one that sports a large sensor like the Razer Kiyo Pro Ultra.

Even the best webcams are nowhere as good as modern smartphone cameras.

Or you could take the more innovative route and use your phone as a webcam. In fact, I’ve been using my iPhone as a replacement for my MacBook Pro’s terrible built-in webcam ever since Apple announced the feature last year. I even tossed out my dedicated webcam for Apple’s solution.



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