Article 5G0XA Belkin’s iPhone 12 stand will follow you with face tracking (but not during video calls)

Belkin’s iPhone 12 stand will follow you with face tracking (but not during video calls)

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James Vincent
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belkin_MMA001btBK_movement_tracking_trip Image: Belkin

Belkin has a new iPhone stand that's useful enough to be interesting but annoyingly limited.

The company's Magnetic Phone Mount with Face Tracking" works with the iPhone 12's MagSafe feature, clipping your phone into place using the device's built-in magnets. It then uses face tracking to follow you around the room, rotating so it's always facing you.

The catch is that this feature doesn't work with video calls on Zoom, FaceTime, or any other similar service - surely one of the biggest potential use cases in a pandemic. In fact, judging by the product description, the tracking feature only works when recording video through Belkin's own iOS app. That would mean you can't even use the stand to make sure your phone is always facing you as...

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