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Apple Says Improvements to Studio Display's Webcam Coming in Software Update After Several Poor Reviews

Received my Studio Display and the camera is as bad as all the reviews make it out to be. Especially side by side with a several year old 27" LG UltraFine Display.

The Studio Display I received has Display Firmware: Version 15.4 (Build 19E241)

Has anyone heard if there have been any updates to Apple being able to fix it solely with software? The camera is bad enough I'll be forced to return it if there isn't a fix soon.
 
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When camera’s issues were addressed:

-1600usd looks good price vs direct competition at 1300usd. When you have beautiful alu design, smart camera and 6surround speakers (wich I dont care as I have proper speakers…)
Anyway…
-1300usd looks too much for a 5k screen when comparable 4k quality monitors are around 600usd
-still no 5k 32” option out there
 
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Heh, I think Amy Walter got her ASD installed at home!
On "PBS News" tonight, they've gone back to broadcasting from home (newest COVID variant) and at one point Judy Woodruff, Amy, and some other lady were doing a discussion from three homes, all displayed on the TV at the same time. The last two looked like what I've been used to, while Amy's feed was very low-contrast and pretty poor sharpness, exactly like the EweTube haters' videos about the ASD's camera performance; "potato" I've seen it described a few times. It really shows up on TV.
This is NOT a political post, please. Just an observation about the clarity being displayed over a national broadcast.
 
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jocamero said:
Received my Studio Display and the camera is as bad as all the reviews make it out to be. Especially side by side with a several year old 27" LG UltraFine Display.

The Studio Display I received has Display Firmware: Version 15.4 (Build 19E241)

Has anyone heard if there have been any updates to Apple being able to fix it solely with software? The camera is bad enough I'll be forced to return it if there isn't a fix soon.
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I think since it’s an iPhone style A13 chip, the apple display just goes hand in hand with iOS/iPadOS releases… so it should be at some point 15.4.1

I do still have 15.4 but I don’t know if it has the camera fixes that one, it looks potato as hell.

I’m liking the slick display too much now though, will just cross fingers for Apple to fix it as soon as possible.

UPDATE: double checked, 15.4 doesn’t have a fix, here at the bottom explains a bit more and how to https://9to5mac.com/2022/04/11/apple-studio-display-firmware-update-works/amp/
 
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April 20....still any news...i bought this monitor for decent video calls...worst mistake ever.....
 
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