iPhone and iPad as the camera and mic for your Mac
Camera. Microphone. Action.
During a session, your iPhone or iPad becomes the camera and microphone of your Mac—automatically, wherever the Mac is.
PocketRocket Host needs a Mac with Apple silicon and macOS 26.1 or later. The PocketRocket app is coming soon to the App Store.
Can I use my iPhone as the webcam of a Mac that’s far away? — Say cheese. From any distance.
Yes. During a session, your iPhone or iPad works as a camera named PocketRocket Camera, and a microphone named PocketRocket Mic, in apps on your Mac—even when the Mac is in another city. Pick the front, Center Stage, wide, ultra wide or telephoto lens, depending on your device. The camera streams only while an app is using it.
- PocketRocket Camera
- PocketRocket Mic
Pick a lens. Any lens.
Front, front with Center Stage, wide, ultra wide or telephoto—depending on what your iPhone or iPad has.
On iPhone and iPad, choose a lens from Camera in the session bar. The lenses on offer depend on your device.
Lend it your voice.
For as long as a session lasts, the microphone of your device appears on your Mac as PocketRocket Mic. No switches to flip.
Microphone
On only when it’s used.
PocketRocket Camera sends video only while an app on your Mac is using it.
- Sending video
An app is using the camera
- Not sending
No app is using it
Mac to Mac, face to face.
The camera of the Mac you’re using—including an iPhone through Continuity Camera—can feed PocketRocket Camera on the Mac you control.
Camera sharing isn’t available on Apple Vision Pro.
Before you start.
Can my iPhone be the webcam of a Mac that’s far away?
Yes: during a session your iPhone or iPad works as a camera named PocketRocket Camera in apps on your Mac, wherever the Mac is.
Pick the front, Center Stage, wide, ultra wide or telephoto lens, depending on your device. The camera streams only while an app on your Mac is using it.
Can my iPhone or iPad be the microphone of my Mac?
Yes: for the length of a session, the microphone of your device appears on the Mac as PocketRocket Mic—automatically, with no switches.
Can I choose which iPhone lens my Mac uses as its camera?
Yes: the front camera, front with Center Stage, or the rear wide, ultra wide or telephoto lens, depending on your device.
From a Mac, its camera—Continuity Camera included—can feed PocketRocket Camera on the Mac you control.
Can Apple Vision Pro act as a camera for my Mac?
No: camera sharing works from iPhone, iPad and Mac, not from Apple Vision Pro.
Leave your Mac at home. Take it everywhere.
Install PocketRocket Host
On the Mac you want to reach. It lives in the menu bar.
Get the PocketRocket app
On iPhone, iPad, Apple Vision Pro or another Mac.
Tap your Mac
Use the same Apple Account, and your Mac shows up on its own.
PocketRocket Host needs a Mac with Apple silicon and macOS 26.1 or later. The PocketRocket app is coming soon to the App Store.