Android 14 adds support for using your smartphone as a webcam

Re:Android 14 adds support for using your smartphone as a we... by rollcat on Friday September 22, 2023 @07:17AM (#37610532)

You disagreed, yet I've never said that audio is less important.

Even flagship smartphones don't have studio microphones with 48v phantom power, 32-bit float, pre-amp gain control, etc - that's something you'd have to invest in separately no matter what. But if you can get better video for free, why wouldn't you?

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Re:Android 14 adds support for using your smartphone as a we... by earthling8118 on Friday September 22, 2023 @04:44PM (#37617530)

You mention that you never said audio is less important, but they never said that you did so. That doesn't mean it can't be disagreed with.

I completely disagree that good video is a sign of respect. I consider people wanting video on in the first place to be a sign of disrespect. It is rarely important for getting work done and I see it as a waste of resources.

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Re:Android 14 adds support for using your smartphone as a we... by rollcat on Saturday September 23, 2023 @05:56AM (#37621897)

> I completely disagree that good video is a sign of respect. I consider people wanting video on in the first place to be a sign of disrespect. It is rarely important for getting work done and I see it as a waste of resources.

I agree that video is often unnecessary for effective communication, and I too avoid it whenever it's not requested. But there are contexts in which it's great, like occasionally seeing the face of a loved one, who lives far away; or helping debug an issue with a physical object (PCB, server rack, appliance...) that you need to see to understand what's going on. Especially in the latter case, having better video quality is just objectively better, especially if you can get it essentially for free.

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