Next year a vast amount of laptops will now sell without a webcam. Laptop manufacturers are creaming their pants at the thought of saving themselves money and profiting more.
I’m so glad this feature is coming. My only concern is that I use my phone while I’m using my webcam.
I suppose that’s why things like Phone Link on Windows is a thing. You can continue to use parts of your phone while it’s being used as a webcam.
Phone Link can be used for that? When I set it up all it gave me was texts and notifications that only worked half the time. I found it quite disappointing.
Well by “parts of your phone”, I mean calling/texting, and seeing notifications. The things I can’t really do without my phone. Most other things I can do via a web browser.
If you have certain Microsoft Duo, Samsung, and HONOR phones, you can access apps, but then again that’s a moot point since this is about using your phone as a webcam in Android 14, which is currently only a Pixel thing.
I haven’t tried Phone Link since it launched, so I am unsure how good it is, but I am going to be optimistic lol.
I want to believe this will make laptops slightly cheaper. However, they’ll probably just charge the same and have webcam installation as an option for like $50-100.
Next year a vast amount of laptops will now sell without a webcam. Laptop manufacturers are creaming their pants at the thought of saving themselves money and profiting more.
I’m so glad this feature is coming. My only concern is that I use my phone while I’m using my webcam.
I suppose that’s why things like Phone Link on Windows is a thing. You can continue to use parts of your phone while it’s being used as a webcam.
The solution is to have two phones! One for web cam, one for memes.
Phone Link can be used for that? When I set it up all it gave me was texts and notifications that only worked half the time. I found it quite disappointing.
Well by “parts of your phone”, I mean calling/texting, and seeing notifications. The things I can’t really do without my phone. Most other things I can do via a web browser.
If you have certain Microsoft Duo, Samsung, and HONOR phones, you can access apps, but then again that’s a moot point since this is about using your phone as a webcam in Android 14, which is currently only a Pixel thing.
I haven’t tried Phone Link since it launched, so I am unsure how good it is, but I am going to be optimistic lol.
Phone link works quite well for me, works just like you describe. Shares your phones screen when using apps.
I want to believe this will make laptops slightly cheaper. However, they’ll probably just charge the same and have webcam installation as an option for like $50-100.
Nah it’ll take at least 5 years for that to happen. They have to wait until most people have Android 14 to use the feature.
Computer manufacturers don’t care, though lol