A third-party strap that adds camera function to Apple Watch

Wristcam is a unique product, it adds an external camera to the Apple Watch, which satisfies many people’s imaginations of this product. AppleInsider has recently experienced it. Wristcam made its debut under the name CMRA in 2016. Five years later, it finally went public under a new name.

This product is made into a strap for Apple Watch and has two cameras embedded. In the upper part, there is the main lens and a camera for selfies. It also comes with two sizes of wristband attachments, that is, the other side, which is suitable for users with different wrist thicknesses. The buckle is similar to that of Apple’s sports watchband.

Wristcam does not get power from Apple Watch but comes with its own battery. It needs a dedicated charging cable, which is magnetically connected to the internal contacts on the inside of the strap, which is very convenient to use. The evaluation product provided by Wristcam to foreign media is black, the strap body is made of rubber, and the camera part is wrapped in gray hard plastic.

AppleInsider communicated with Wristcam founders Ari Roisman and Matt Frischer. Both of them regarded Apple Watch as an emerging independent platform, gradually becoming more and more independent from the iPhone.

The biggest attraction of Wristcam is that it completely abandons the iPhone. Let the watch have a more independent ability. Roisman told AppleInsider: “We are really working hard to break the limitations of using cameras on mobile phones today and introduce them to Apple Watch.”

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Wristcam claims that its device can be used for approximately one day after it is fully charged. Of course, it depends on how the user uses it-whether to take a photo or a video, and whether to manually turn on the Wi-Fi mode to sync the photos to the iPhone.

After taking a picture, the image is stored in Wristcam, which has about 8GB of storage space. By default, Wristcam will sync photos to iPhone when charging to save power. With the Wristcam app on the Apple Watch, users can get real-time content of the camera they see in the viewfinder, and they can also view the recently captured photos in the Apple Watch app without using an iPhone.

The two founders said that the combination of Apple Watch + Wristcam can also be used in a fully hands-free mode, and through Apple’s shortcuts, the third-party “Hey Siri” command can be used to take photos or videos by voice. They admit that Wristcam’s camera level cannot be compared with iPhone, but this is not the point. They see Wristcam as a lightweight and convenient wearable camera that adds extra value and functionality to the Apple Watch.

Given the limitations of watchOS as a platform and Apple Watch as hardware, Wristcam has made great efforts to make the experience as seamless as possible. Roisman pointed out in our interview that Wristcam is the first (and currently the only) smart product on the market to obtain the Made for Apple Watch certification officially recognized by Apple.

The price of Wristcam for 42/44mm and 38/40mm sizes are both US$299, and there is currently a discount of US$40. AppleInsider will do more detailed evaluations of Wristcam in the follow-up, and we will also pay attention to the follow-up detailed experience.

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