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This concept has existed for years in third party apps. All the major manufacturers are late to the game...
Shhhh. Apple invented it. Or else.
Yeah this idea is so old, I'm fairly sure there were digital cameras that could do this in Windows 98.
As someone who paid for the best of those third party apps before... Apple has done a much better job. It's not even close.
For example my iPhone can be turned off, locked, and in my pocket, but the camera is still discoverable and able to be enabled on all my Macs and even my TV. Simply select the camera like you would any other and put it some kind of mount.
The third party apps require quite a bit of mucking around to get it to work.
Yeah that’s Bonjour and having a fixed platform.
No doubt, the 3rd party apps were garbage usability wise, but the core concept is not new, and definitely not "Apple's" as the clickbait headline implies.