Apple releases Studio Display Webcam fix in latest macOS beta

Apple announced at a press conference this spring and launched the Studio Display in conjunction with Mac Studio. The built-in Webcam was accused by users of poor picture quality, and Apple promised to improve the problem earlier. And with the latest macOS beta, Apple delivers on its promise.

Although the Studio Display is equipped with an A13 Bionic chip and a 12-megapixel wide-angle lens, it is like a 27-inch 5K iPad Air that cannot be touched, but at the time of its launch, users pointed out that the images captured in low light had a lot of particles, the contrast was insufficient, and the characters were placed There is also too much cropping in the .

new Studio Display camera firmware (top right) seems to be less aggressive at cropping than old firmware (top left) and much less than iPad Center Stage (bottom) pic.twitter.com/lk3NaIduHE

— Jason Snell (@jsnell) April 26, 2022

The photo in the upper right corner is after the user has installed the 15.5 beta firmware, and the upper left corner is the effect before the update. You can see that the contrast and cropping have been improved. Below is the effect of centering the characters on the iPad.

While releasing macOS Monterey 12.4 beta 3 public beta today, Apple Studio Display firmware update 15.5 beta is also released to improve noise suppression, contrast and image cropping issues. To install this beta firmware, you need to be enrolled in the macOS beta program and have macOS Monterey 12.4 beta 3 installed, then the Studio Display firmware update 15.5 beta can be found in Software Update in System Preferences.

Comparing the 15.5 (1st pic) and 15.4 (2nd pic) firmware for the Studio Display camera. There’s a _lot_ less noise, and a touch more contrast, but it’s still quite washed out compared to the iMac Pro camera (3rd pic, taken last month). pic.twitter.com/xvaYNgnB4q

— James Thomson (@jamesthomson) April 26, 2022

Another batch of comparison pictures, the first picture is 15.5, and the second picture is the firmware of the previous generation. If you look closely at the noise on the right side of the picture, you can see some improvements. But it’s still a long way from the iMac Pro’s FaceTime HD footage.

According to the updated users, there is some improvement in particle and contrast in low light after the update, while the crop in the center of the person is not so much.