Use Edge Light to illuminate your face during video calls
The Edge Light video effect provides a pleasing fill light to evenly illuminate your face in low-light conditions — like a virtual ring light.
Use Edge Light
Edge Light simulates a ring light by illuminating the borders of your screen, providing a pleasing fill light when you make a video call in low light. And to ensure that you always have access to your content, the effect automatically recedes from the area around your mouse pointer.
From the Video menu
that appears in the menu bar when a video call is in progress, choose Edge Light to turn the effect on or off. If using your computer’s built-in camera, the effect appears on your built-in display.
If using Continuity Camera or other external camera, the effect appears on your primary display. (When using multiple displays, this is the display that you assigned the menu bar when arranging displays in Displays settings.)
When Edge Light is turned on, click the arrow
next to Edge Light in the menu to reveal additional controls:A brightness slider to adjust illumination by changing the width of the effect.
A color temperature slider to make the effect more or less warm. Warmer color temperatures show more yellow and less blue.
A setting to enable Edge Light to turn on automatically when you start a video call and the ambient light is low. This setting is available on Mac models introduced in 2024 or later.
Edge Light works best in low-light conditions, such as dim indoor lighting at night. You can combine it with any of the other effects.
Edge Light system requirements
Edge Light requires a Mac with Apple silicon using macOS Tahoe 26.2 or later. The ability to automatically turn on Edge Light in low-light conditions requires a Mac introduced in 2024 or later.
Use your computer’s built-in camera, or use Continuity Camera or other external camera.
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