Camera, mic, or both
Send just the picture, just the sound, or both. Each one has its own control.
Use your iPhone as your computer’s camera and mic.
camcom, computer companion
Stand your iPhone next to your screen. Your Mac or PC sees it as a real camera and microphone, over your network or a cable.
The computer app is free. The iPhone app is coming soon to the App Store: try it free for 3 days, then $3.99 once.
How it works
Set up in three steps.
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Get the free app for your computer
Download it for Mac or Windows and open it. It shows you what to allow, one step at a time.
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Pair your iPhone
Open CamCom on your iPhone, choose your computer and type the 6-digit code it shows. Or plug in a cable.
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Pick CamCom Camera in your call
Choose it in your call app’s camera menu. For sound, pick CamCom Mic on a Mac, or CABLE Output on Windows.
What you get
One calm screen.
Your camera, your mic, the time and a gear. That’s all your iPhone shows.
Tall or wide in FaceTime
Stand your iPhone upright or on its side. On a Mac, choose Video > Use Portrait in FaceTime for a tall picture, once per call.
Made to stay on
While your iPhone is the camera, its screen only shows the time and date, in slow waves.
Settings behind a gear
Lens, resolution, frame rate and mic all start on Auto. To change one, tap the gear.
Setup help
If CamCom doesn’t show up on your Mac
Start with these four checks.
You need macOS 14 or later on a Mac with Apple silicon, and iOS 17 or later on your iPhone.
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Same network, or a cable
To pair, your iPhone and Mac need to be on the same network. If they can’t be, tap the gear on your iPhone, then Your Mac, and turn on Connect with a cable.
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Say yes on your iPhone
CamCom asks for Camera, Microphone and Local Network. It needs them to send your picture and sound to your Mac. On a cable, tap Trust if asked, then Allow.
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Allow the camera on your Mac
CamCom has to be in Applications. In System Settings, go to General, Login Items & Extensions, Camera Extensions, switch on CamCom and choose Allow. The mic asks for your password once.
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Try FaceTime first
It’s the app we’ve tested so far. Choose CamCom Camera in its Video menu. For a tall picture, turn on Use Portrait in the same menu, on each call.
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On a Windows PC?
Setup is a little different there: the installer, the mic, the firewall and Remote Desktop. See CamCom for Windows.
Bring your iPhone to your next call.
The computer app is free, for Mac and Windows.
Mac: CamCom.dmg, 2 MB, for macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon. Windows: Windows 11 (x64).
iPhone: coming soon to the App Store. Free to try for 3 days at 720p, then $3.99 once for 1080p.
CamCom is for Mac and Windows. Android is planned.