Canon has announced a new live streaming app that may wirelessly hook up with, and swap between, video feeds from three cell gadgets. It’s at the moment restricted to iPhones and iPads working at the least iOS and iPad0S 16. Android isn’t supported, however an excellent stranger omission is that Stay Switcher Cellular isn’t appropriate with any of Canon’s digital cameras — that performance might be added “sooner or later,” according to an FAQ.
The app is available for download now and can be utilized at no cost, however with some limitations. Video high quality maxes out at 720p, the output is watermarked, and the app’s interface will often be cluttered with adverts — however these aren’t introduced to viewers. For $17.99 per 30 days (which is over $215 per 12 months) output high quality will get a bump to 1080p, whereas adverts and the watermark are eliminated. There’s no possibility to extend the video decision previous HD.
One machine working the app is designated because the host which supplies the switching interface and serves as the first digicam. As much as two extra gadgets might be related offering video feeds from alternate angles, or a stay display screen seize of a online game being performed.
Switching between feeds might be carried out manually, however in the event you’d prefer to keep away from poking a tool that’s serving as one among your cameras, the app will also be set to robotically swap between sources at set intervals of eight to twenty seconds. A number of movies might be streamed concurrently utilizing a picture-in-picture impact, whereas textual content and picture overlays might be added to personalize a livestream, add branding, or present captioning.
Canon says the app helps stay streaming to YouTube, Fb, and different platforms that help RTMP, however its remark show perform is restricted to these first two platforms.
Though its performance isn’t as sturdy because the free OBS Studio app that additionally permits cell gadgets for use as video sources, Canon’s Stay Switcher Cellular is doubtlessly a better various for aspiring influencers simply getting began with stay streaming.
It could at the moment be restricted to cell gadgets, however the firm has confirmed the app “will help Canon’s digital digicam connection sooner or later.” With that added performance, and possibly a bump to 4K streaming capabilities, its steep price ticket could possibly be simpler to justify for these on the lookout for a extremely transportable streaming answer.