Nintendo Switch 2 webcam compatibility: it’s a wild west

“You should utilize the Nintendo Swap 2 digital camera accent (offered individually) or any suitable USB-C® digital camera you’d like,” the company wrote. However you could be mighty upset when you merely purchase a PC webcam off the shelf.

Many USB-C webcams we’ve tried don’t work in any respect, together with those you’ll sometimes discover on “finest webcam” lists across the web, just like the Logitech Brio 4K, the Insta360 Hyperlink, and the Elgato Facecam MK.2. In the meantime, historical USB-A cameras like my Logitech C920 hearth up immediately with no bother in any respect.

And in our testing, it doesn’t appear to matter when you use the Swap USB-C ports or the USB-A ports on the dock, whether or not you’re going by a C-to-A adapter, or whether or not you daisy-chain with a USB hub: the webcams that work, work, and those that don’t, don’t.

Total, it’s beginning to seem like Nintendo didn’t imply “suitable with USB-C,” however fairly “suitable with Swap 2.” So why did it recommend you should utilize any digital camera you’d like? We’ve requested Nintendo. (It didn’t have a solution for us simply but.)

As of launch, neither Nintendo nor any main webcam producer had even a partial record for us of suitable webcams. We requested Logitech, Razer, Microsoft, Anker, Elgato, Dell, Insta360, Obsbot, and Opal, however they didn’t have something but. (We’ll publish an replace and/or a brand new story subsequent week in the event that they do.)

In the intervening time, it might be as much as players and the media to create a listing themselves. So right here’s a primary stab at that!

We confirmed it really works with Swap 2

We confirmed it doesn’t work

Reportedly works with Swap 2

Reportedly doesn’t work

To Nintendo’s credit score, it’s extremely straightforward to check which cameras do work with the console. Simply go to Programs Settings > Controllers & Equipment > Take a look at USB Digicam and dealing ones will routinely show a picture on the display as quickly as you plug them in.

And to Elgato’s credit score, it tells The Verge it might attempt to replace its cameras: “For cameras that don’t work, we’ll discover firmware updates to allow compatibility with Swap 2,” reads a press release through spokesperson Justin Ocbina.

In the event you spot (or create) a dependable up to date record of which webcams work, tell us! I would embrace it right here and in a future Verge story.