Canon has announced a caller unrecorded streaming app that tin wirelessly link to, and move between, video feeds from 3 mobile devices. It’s presently constricted to iPhones and iPads moving astatine slightest iOS and iPad0S 16. Android isn’t supported, but an moreover alien omission is that Live Switcher Mobile isn’t compatible pinch immoderate of Canon’s integer cameras — that functionality will beryllium added “in the future,” according to an FAQ.
The app is available for download now and tin beryllium utilized for free, but pinch immoderate limitations. Video value maxes retired astatine 720p, the output is watermarked, and the app’s interface will occasionally beryllium cluttered pinch ads — but those aren’t presented to viewers. For $17.99 per period (which is complete $215 per year) output value gets a bump to 1080p, while ads and the watermark are removed. There’s nary action to summation the video solution past HD.
Image: Canon
One instrumentality moving the app is designated arsenic the big which provides the switching interface and serves arsenic the superior camera. Up to 2 further devices tin beryllium connected providing video feeds from alternate angles, aliases a unrecorded surface seizure of a video crippled being played.
Switching betwixt feeds tin beryllium done manually, but if you’d for illustration to debar poking a instrumentality that’s serving arsenic 1 of your cameras, the app tin besides beryllium group to automatically move betwixt sources astatine group intervals of 8 to 20 seconds. Multiple videos tin beryllium streamed simultaneously utilizing a picture-in-picture effect, while matter and image overlays tin beryllium added to personalize a livestream, adhd branding, aliases supply captioning.
Canon says the app supports unrecorded streaming to YouTube, Facebook, and different platforms that support RTMP, but its remark show usability is constricted to those first 2 platforms.
Although its functionality isn’t arsenic robust arsenic the free OBS Studio app that besides allows mobile devices to beryllium utilized arsenic video sources, Canon’s Live Switcher Mobile is perchance an easier replacement for aspiring influencers conscionable getting started pinch unrecorded streaming.
It whitethorn presently beryllium constricted to mobile devices, but the institution has confirmed the app “will support Canon’s integer camera relationship successful the future.” With that added functionality, and possibly a bump to 4K streaming capabilities, its steep value tag could beryllium easier to warrant for those looking for a highly portable streaming solution.