We’ve been watching the latest news from Apple during the WWDC 2022 Keynote, and while much of what I’ve seen hasn’t been too exciting, there’s a new trick that works with Macbooks and iPhones that I think Google should start work immediately. enabled for Chromebooks and Android phones. Say whatever you want about Apple’s continued decision to put medium-sized webcams on its expensive laptops; Chromebooks will be deployed with 1080p and 720p cameras on board in the foreseeable future based on their target price and demographics.
With that in mind, this new continuity feature that Apple soon introduced will allow users to take advantage of the iPhone’s camera instead of the Macbook’s built-in webcam whenever they want, and I think it would be a great victory for Chromebooks to have this. capacity. With Apple’s version of this, it works smoothly, taking advantage of the same continuity that allows you to pair AirPods once and use them on different devices. With this new feature, a Macbook can immediately connect to the iPhone connected to the same account and choose to use the cameras on this device.
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While I agree with many who believe that Apple should put a better camera on their expensive Macbooks, this feature could be very interesting for those who buy much cheaper Chromebooks. As an extension of the growing Phone Hub, it would make a lot of sense for Google to enable a similar feature and allow anyone with a Chromebook and Android phone to make the same kind of connection, taking advantage of the much superior camera that exists in most phones. these days.
Even if at first it was a pixel-only feature, this feature is something I think a lot of users will benefit from. We know that duplicate phone message notifications will arrive in ChromeOS later this year, so I guess it wouldn’t be far off to allow users to use their phone’s camera as well. I’m not saying it’s an easy task or something Google could do in a day, but I find it hard to believe that they haven’t started playing with this feature yet.
Chromebooks already recognize a wide variety of external cameras, so the ability of the operating system to understand a non-native camera would not be an obstacle. And with the work being done to bring real-time replica of messaging notifications to ChromeOS, I can’t imagine the pipelines aren’t ready to do something like this in the future. While not a transformation or disruption feature, I really hope Google considers doing something like this in the future. I know I would be very grateful to many.