Beauty Filters and Camera Effects for Mac

Use real-time beauty filters, camera looks, background effects, image controls, and privacy tools in FaceTime, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and OBS.

BeforeAfter

Drag the divider to compare the same shot before and after Xamera's beauty filters.

New in Xamera 3

Fine-tune how you look with Face Studio

Xamera's beauty filters give you separate, real-time controls instead of one generic touch-up setting. Make subtle adjustments, preview them before a call, and send the finished camera feed to FaceTime, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, or OBS.

Skin smoothing

Teeth whitening

Face shape

Eyes

Nose

Lips

Face Shield

Face Studio uses face tracking. Face Shield helps prevent an unfiltered frame from appearing if Xamera temporarily loses track of your face. Processing remains on your Mac.

Beauty Filters

Consistent style.

Use the same camera filters and image controls in FaceTime, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, OBS, and other apps that let you choose a camera.

Use Xamera Camera Filters to match your unique style.

Advanced privacy.

Have you ever had your spouse or a kids walk into an important video call? Xamera makes sure that never happens by hiding your camera when you’re not the only person in view.

Requirements and limitations

Xamera requires an Apple-silicon Mac and macOS 15.0 or later.
The destination app must allow you to choose a camera source.
Current supported apps include FaceTime, Google Meet, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, OBS.
Filter and segmentation quality can vary with lighting, camera quality, and framing.
Face Studio relies on face tracking; review the preview before an important call.

Full system requirements Xamera release notes

Product information reviewed August 5, 2026.

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FAQ

What is Xamera?

Xamera is a privacy-first Mac camera app with real-time beauty filters, full-frame camera filters, background effects, detailed image controls, and privacy tools for FaceTime, conferencing apps, and streaming software.

What are the system requirements and key features?

Xamera requires an Apple-silicon Mac (M1 or later) running macOS 15.0 or later. Features include Face Studio beauty controls, camera filters, background effects, image controls, face blur, pixelation, and automatic privacy controls. Supported apps include FaceTime, Google Meet, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and OBS.

What is the current version?

Version 3.0.2 adds Face Studio controls for skin smoothing, teeth whitening, face shape, eyes, nose, and lips. Face Shield helps prevent an unfiltered frame if face tracking is temporarily lost. Processing happens locally on your Mac.