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The Verge
8 hours ago
- The Verge
Logitech says all its webcams work with Nintendo Switch 2, save one
If you're looking for a webcam that works with the Nintendo Switch 2's new GameChat mode that lets you video chat with friends and see their faces within games, it looks like the biggest brand in PC accessories is still your best bet. Logitech is the first webcam maker to confirm to The Verge that the vast majority of its cameras work — all of them, in fact, save for the high-end Logitech Brio 4K. 'All of our webcams except Brio 4K work out of the box with Switch 2,' Logitech spokesperson Leila Lewis definitively tells The Verge. When the Nintendo Switch 2 launched three weeks ago, webcam manufacturers had no idea which cameras would be compatible with the new Switch, and some of the best-reviewed cameras simply didn't work. It was a weird mystery, a wild west, and webcam makers had to figure it out on their own. Many didn't even have a Switch 2 to test with, my sources tell me, and had to compete with consumers to buy the fastest-selling game console of all time. Nor did Nintendo provide compatibility guidelines, it seems, as manufacturers like Elgato and Ugreen had to reverse-engineer why their seemingly compatible cameras weren't showing up when they plugged them in. But that mystery now seems to be solved — the answers are not what we expected! — and manufacturers are now seemingly free to update any of their firmware-updatable webcams and make them compatible with the new Switch. Logitech doesn't seem to be promising an update for the Brio 4K. 'Brio 4K is built with the security features of Windows Hello that are not supported on the Switch 2 anyway,' Lewis tells The Verge. But again, all its other webcams reportedly work — which won't be all that surprising to anyone who's been following the webcam saga. When Nintendo and webcam makers weren't originally able to provide lists of working webcams, Redditors crowdsourced their own list, which includes far more working webcams from Logitech than any other manufacturer. A few Redditors say you can even get the Brio 4K working if you want, with a firmware downgrade. Do that at your own risk, though. So far, Elgato and Ugreen have committed to upgrading specific cameras to work with the Nintendo Switch 2. Obsbot has generically confirmed it will do some sort of firmware updates, and Insta360 is still looking into it. Anker is non-committal.
The Verge
8 hours ago
- The Verge
Logitech says all its webcams work with Nintendo Switch 2 — save one
If you're looking for a webcam that works with the Nintendo Switch 2's new GameChat mode that lets you video chat with friends and see their faces within games, it looks like the biggest brand in PC accessories is still your best bet. Logitech is the first webcam maker to confirm to The Verge that the vast majority of its cameras work — all of them, in fact, save for the high-end Logitech Brio 4K. 'All of our webcams except Brio 4K work out of the box with Switch 2,' Logitech spokesperson Leila Lewis definitively tells The Verge. When the Nintendo Switch 2 launched three weeks ago, webcam manufacturers had no idea which cameras would be compatible with the new Switch, and some of the best-reviewed cameras simply didn't work. It was a weird mystery, a wild west, and webcam makers had to figure it out on their own. Many didn't even have a Switch 2 to test with, my sources tell me, and had to compete with consumers to buy the fastest-selling game console of all time. Nor did Nintendo provide compatibility guidelines, it seems, as manufacturers like Elgato and Ugreen had to reverse-engineer why their seemingly compatible cameras weren't showing up when they plugged them in. But that mystery now seems to be solved — the answers are not what we expected! — and manufacturers are now seemingly free to update any of their firmware-updatable webcams and make them compatible with the new Switch. Logitech doesn't seem to be promising an update for the Brio 4K. 'Brio 4K is built with the security features of Windows Hello that are not supported on the Switch 2 anyway,' Lewis tells The Verge. But again, all its other webcams reportedly work — which won't be all that surprising to anyone who's been following the webcam saga. When Nintendo and webcam makers weren't originally able to provide lists of working webcams, Redditors crowdsourced their own list, which includes far more working webcams from Logitech than any other manufacturer. A few Redditors say you can even get the Brio 4K working if you want, with a firmware downgrade. Do that at your own risk, though. So far, Elgato and Ugreen have committed to upgrading specific cameras to work with the Nintendo Switch 2. Obsbot has generically confirmed it will do some sort of firmware updates, and Insta360 is still looking into it. Anker is non-committal.
Gizmodo
2 days ago
- Gizmodo
The Crappier Your Webcam, the More Likely It'll Work on Switch 2
Since Nintendo launched its Switch 2 three weeks ago (time flies when you're playing Mario Kart World), the one lingering question about its hardware is which webcams it supports. Multiple users found that a whole slew of modern webcams were simply incompatible with Nintendo's new handheld. We suspected that the Switch 2 was better at supporting worse-quality cameras compared to your expensive 4K streaming cam, and now multiple brands have effectively confirmed it. Cameras attached to the Switch 2 need to perform multiple functions. They allow for video in GameChat—Nintendo's Discord-like feature that lets users talk to friends, see each other's gameplay live, and stream their faces at the same time. The camera is also able to capture a room full of people sitting around the couch together. In games like Mario Kart World and an upcoming update to Super Mario Party Jamboree, you should be able to see your compatriots' expressions as you trounce them in local multiplayer. Julian Fest, the general manager of streamer equipment maker Elgato, wrote on Wednesday that several incompatible webcams, like the Facecam MK.2 and Facecam Neo would soon receive firmware updates to allow compatibility with Switch 2. Fest then speculated that Nintendo's system would only reliably allow for its multiple faces on screen at 'very low resolution.' The Mario maker sells its own $55 1080p Switch 2 Camera, but it also promotes licensed products from Hori for a $65 480p webcam that can attach like a barnacle to the Switch 2 in handheld mode. There's even a version shaped like a Piranha Plant. As Fest said, Nintendo, 'being Nintendo,' hasn't revealed what other specifications third-party cameras need to adjust for compatibility. On the resolution – I think this is just Nintendo being Nintendo. They've never cared about tech specs, only about creating very specific experiences. In this case it's putting multiple tiny facecams on screen and I can imagine that only works reliably at very low resolution. — Julian (@JFest) June 25, 2025 The majority of cameras that work with the Switch 2 are usually older, less capable cameras. A thread on Reddit shares a crowdsourced tally of which webcams are compatible, though I wouldn't trust it completely. While the DJI Action and Osmo 4K cameras aren't compatible, other devices like the Logitech Brio 4K have reportedly experienced issues. You can force some cameras to connect with Nintendo's handheld, but that doesn't mean you'll see a better-quality image higher than 1080p. Earlier this week, Chinese brand EMEET launched its PIXY PTZ 4K webcam with the promise that it was also compatible with Switch 2. It's not a cheap device by any standard at $160 for a dual-camera setup that supports both 4K at 30 fps and 1080p at 60 fps. The Switch 2 has routinely proved it won't output 4K video, so most likely any such camera would default to 1080p. We reached out to EMEET for clarification on its device, and we'll update this post when we hear back. In a statement to The Verge, camera maker Ugreen laid out what it found in its own tests for Switch 2 camera compatibility. As it stands, it seems cameras can't use a HID protocol USB connection. The device must work with isochronous transfer mode, which provides a steady stream of data compared to batch transfer, and it can't support framerates below 30 fps. These aren't hard and fast rules. It seems some cameras that are confirmed to be compatible with Switch 2 break the third point about frame rates below 30. The Switch 2 is encoding your own video and decoding up to three other streams at once. The console can only support so much data and still play your own game. The point is, you're better off getting something cheap if you intend to only use it with Switch 2. At this point, we can definitely say that if you have an older, cheaper webcam available, the more likely it will play nice with Switch 2. A webcam outputting 480p will be better if it's closer to your face, while the 1080p sensors are more versatile and will be better off set up on your TV cabinet to capture from further away. However, the Switch 2 uses its own software to cut out backgrounds and center the image on a user's face. These background cutouts created a pixelated, wobbly effect that isn't very pleasant to look at up close. If you intend to use it with GameChat, you won't see too much of your friend's mugs anyway, especially if you play your own game at the same time. Your audio through the Switch 2's built-in mic isn't going to be that great, either. Switch 2 users will have to accept that the lower-quality cameras and mics will be standard going forward. At least we can get creative with it. The Verge's Sean Hollister previously proved the Switch 2 is compatible with a cheap endoscope. Other hardware hackers have shown you can get an old Game Boy Camera to connect with Switch 2, made easier if you have an Analogue Pocket, a dock, and a Genki Shadowcast to transform the HDMI signal to USB-C. The lower-quality, black and white image is somehow more appealing than the blurry, washed-out view of the official Switch 2 camera. Now I just need some device that will let me attach it directly to the top of my own handheld.
The Verge
2 days ago
- The Verge
The Nintendo Switch 2 webcam compatibility mystery is solved and updates are on the way
If you plug the world's best-reviewed webcams into the Nintendo Switch 2 today, they won't work, while many comparatively ancient webcams do. Why? That's been a mystery for the nearly three weeks since the handheld launched. Now, two companies say they've figured it out and are pledging to update the firmware on their cameras. Here's a possibly oversimplified answer: today's more-powerful webcams advertise many different modes that they support to any device you connect via USB — but that's a problem because the Nintendo Switch 2 appears to be choosing modes it can't properly play. In the case of Elgato, which will update its non-working Facecam MK.2 and Facecam Neo, the solve was adding an additional low-resolution 480p mode, with Elgato general manager Julian Fest speculating that the Switch can only reliably support 'very low resolution' cameras in order to put multiple facecams on screen. But low resolution by itself isn't the answer — as you'd probably expect, given that Nintendo's own official Switch 2 camera is a 1080p camera which genuinely broadcasts a 1080p mode (we checked), and given it's far from the only 1080p or higher camera that works with Nintendo's new Switch. Accessory company Ugreen tells The Verge that the technical details of making a camera work with the console are far more nuanced than resolution, or framerate, or whether you have the enhanced bandwidth of USB 3 or the far slower USB 2. Nor is it enough for the camera to support a single compatible UVC (USB Video Class) mode. Instead, Ugreen spokesperson Gabrielle Wang explains by email, the camera needs to avoid advertising modes or protocols that the Switch might not recognize, or that it might attempt to use but fail, after you plug it into the console. Ugreen says three different conditions all simultaneously need to be met for a camera to work with the Switch 2: Unfortunately, you're not likely to find any of those 'specs' on a camera's box or in its marketing materials, but but they are things you can check with a connected PC and a tool like USBView — and in so doing, we can see the camera incompatibility situation is more nuanced than a single factor. Elgato's Facecam MK.2, for instance, already advertises isochronous modes to connected devices as far as I can tell, and it doesn't advertise an HID interface. In fact, it appears to already offer a 480p mode as well. But Elgato's camera may have broken Ugreen's third theoretical rule — it tells connected devices like the Switch 2 that it's capable of running as low as 5 fps at a variety of different resolutions, according to the USB Device Descriptors I've viewed. Ugreen says that the Switch 2 may prioritize lower settings, 'but if the camera hardware cannot actually output at such low frame rates, it will cause a failure.' It wouldn't be surprising if Ugreen had an easier time figuring this out: though none of Elgato's webcams worked with the Switch 2 at launch, Ugreen had the benefit of discovering that some of its models did, while others did not. Ugreen says its CM826 / 55512, CM797 / 45644, and CM825 / 75330 cameras will have updates by the end of June, while the CM678 / 15728, CM778 / 35626, CM717 / 25442, CM825 / 55721, and CM831 / 65381 already work. But I wonder if this should solely be the responsibility of camera companies — PCs, for example, don't generally have this same trouble picking from a webcam's list of supported video modes. Perhaps Nintendo will address the webcam compatibility situation, globally, with an update of its own. Nintendo didn't have a comment for our story.
Malaysiakini
18-06-2025
- Business
- Malaysiakini
'Tax the rich' rings hollow when many loopholes remain
YOURSAY | 'Treasury risks ignoring mounting frustration over inequality by defending status quo.' PM consistent on taxing the rich despite complaints: Treasury sec-gen Elgato: While the Treasury secretary-general has defended Malaysia's progressive taxation framework, asserting that the wealthy are contributing their fair share, this stance fails to acknowledge several critical gaps in the current system. First, the term 'progressive' taxation rings hollow when loopholes and exemptions disproportionately benefit the ultra-rich and large corporations. Many high-income individuals and conglomerates continue to exploit tax planning strategies, including transfer pricing and offshore structures, to reduce their effective tax rates, sometimes even lower than middle-class wage earners. Second, Malaysia's top personal income tax rate of 30 percent for those earning over RM2 million annually may appear progressive on paper, but it only affects a small fraction of the population. The absence of a capital gains tax (beyond real property gains), inheritance tax, or meaningful wealth tax means that passive and inherited wealth remains largely untouched. This skews the tax burden toward wage earners and consumption taxes like the SST, which are inherently regressive and disproportionately affect the lower- and middle-income groups. Furthermore, the government's reliance on indirect taxation through SST, rather than a more comprehensive and equitable goods and services tax (GST) with robust rebate mechanisms for the poor, raises questions about the overall fairness and efficiency of the tax regime. In defending the status quo, the Treasury risks ignoring mounting public frustration over inequality and the perception that the tax system favours the elite. A truly progressive tax policy would require not just higher nominal rates for the rich, but a more holistic overhaul to ensure that wealth, not just income, is taxed, and that all Malaysians contribute equitably to national development. KKVoter: Can you please explain, then, why the LVG (low-value goods) tax was implemented immediately while the luxury goods tax, meant to target those who can afford it, is delayed for two years? The only tax aimed directly at the wealthy is held back, while the one targeting low-value goods kicks in right away. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's so-called war against the 'maha kaya' (ultra-rich) and 'elitists' seems to be hitting the middle class and urban poor instead. To this day, we've seen no reclassification of who qualifies as 'maha kaya' after he initially claimed it referred to those earning a combined income of RM100,000 per month. When public ridicule peaked, he suddenly shifted the narrative to 'what's wrong with taxing those who earn RM100,000 per month' - a move straight out of his avocado playbook. The story changes, but the tax stays the same. And he similarly attacks those who don't buy the story as 'elitists' or 'liberals'. And just like the PMO staffer who was 'interviewed' over three days by Malaysiakini to justify Nurul Izzah Anwar's appointment and those non-existent reforms, now we have another one stepping in to defend the PM - this time by calling the most inconsistent PM in history... consistent. That one takes the cake. Esviel: There is consensus that the wealthy contribute more to the nation's coffers, and I don't think anyone is complaining violently. The problem is that the PM is making it sound like they are bloodsuckers and must be punished. The messaging is quite often distorted and highly combative. This is the wrong strategy. The wealthy are wealthy for a reason: they are generally smart, competent, intelligent, and have a growth mindset. They will fight fire with fire when you rile them up. Take a combative stance and see if they will oblige. Many will find ways to mitigate the additional taxes in ways you cannot easily understand or address. Treasury secretary-general Johan Mahmood Merican, you must be smart to be in the position you are in. However, lately, you have been trying to defend some of the policies with infantile logic. I hope that you will stop this and give us some decent arguments. Use ChatGPT if you must. Coward: I think the T10 or T20 don't mind contributing more to the government coffers, they just object that the prime minister has put them out as the straw man whenever his tax or subsidy policies hit resistance. That's uncalled for, and the PM is dividing our society in new ways on top of existing divisions. Can't the prime minister have an adult conversation about these issues? Tell people why they must take the pain of reduced petrol subsidies, for example. Don't promise them the impossible, that they won't be affected as he will only target the high-income group. It's fair that the high-income group takes a heavier burden on the increase. It's also fair that the very low B40 group get support from the money the high-income group contributes. However, it is unfair that only the high-income group pays. The middle-income group just takes their fair share of responsibility. That's what the prime minister should say, just like the now viral speech his Singapore counterpart said when Donald Trump announced his liberation day tariff. Have a proper conversation, treating everyone as an adult. Don't start distorting reality. World Citizen: We agree you want to tax the rich more - progressive taxation. So why then impose the sales tax on imported fruits like apples, oranges, pears and bananas? These items are consumed by the middle class and lower-income groups. I believe you have confused this with the government's objective of encouraging the consumption of local fruits. In that case, find ways to increase the production of local fruits by getting state governments to allocate more land, especially for fruit production, and many other ways of incentivising local fruit production. Fund more research and development into better methods of fruit cultivation and improving the quality of local fruits. Find better methods of distribution, as fruits are a highly perishable commodity. Food security is very important, and that includes keeping prices low. A healthy population is essential for national development and to avoid spending money on many things, like healthcare. The government should get this priority right. Always. The above is a selection of comments posted by Malaysiakini subscribers. Only paying subscribers can post comments. In the past year, Malaysiakinians have posted over 100,000 comments. Join the Malaysiakini community and help set the news agenda. Subscribe now. These comments are compiled to reflect the views of Malaysiakini subscribers on matters of public interest. Malaysiakini does not intend to represent these views as fact.
