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I had assumed they had pixels over the camera and brought in the black bar when the camera was on. I find this a very strange direction, particularly for apple

I had assumed they had pixels over the camera and brought in the black bar when the camera was on. I find this a very strange direction, particularly for apple who always crows about their great design. My Razer Blade 14 has camera and IR in the top bezel which appears to be of similar size to the Apple Mac Pro bezel with the camera off. Why would they black out the screen for all the time you're not in video mode? What benefit does this give the user that they have an extra 10mm of pixels when they are focused on video? This seems a very strange decision

rad_gruchalski 5y ago
That apps that aren’t “notch-aware” do not try to paint, say, a menu where the notch is. That’s just the first example coming to mind.
yomama99 5y ago
- If they covered the camera with pixels, it would severely compromise both the camera and the display in that area. - Disregarding software, having OLED pixels above the camera line is strictly better than not existing at all - I suspect they are keeping the camera sensor area large enough for adding FaceID in future gens without removing screen space.