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Hello,

Do iPhones have the option to show a live camera view as the background
like in Tbr movie? From what I searched, iPhone needs to be jailbroken
to use a third party CamText app. However, this was from over a decade
ago. :/

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering. :)
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From Newsgroup: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 00:32:48 -0000 (UTC), Ant wrote :

Do iPhones have the option to show a live camera view as the background
like in Tbr movie? From what I searched, iPhone needs to be jailbroken
to use a third party CamText app. However, this was from over a decade
ago. :/

Hi Ant,
I see you posted this in the Apple discussions also where I did not know
the answer but I wanted to be purposefully helpful since you're not an
Apple troll, so I searched for the answer.

This answer may be wrong, but it is what I found out and it seems to back
up your intuition.

Apple's iOS still doesn't offer a native "live camera feed as wallpaper" feature, at least not in the way you see in Tar, where the background is literally a real-time view from the camera.

Here's what's available now:

Live Photos: These are short motion clips (1.5 seconds before and after the shutter) that can be set as animated lock-screen wallpapers, but they're pre-recorded, not a continuous feed.

3D/Spatial Wallpapers in iOS 26: Apple's latest lock-screen overhaul adds a parallax-style 3D effect to photos, which is, again, static images with
depth, and not a live camera view.

Third-party apps: On the App Store, you'll find "live wallpaper" apps, but
they typically loop short videos or animations. iOS sandboxing rules
prevent them from running the camera continuously in the background for a wallpaper, so the old jailbreak-only approach you found is still the only
way to get true live-camera wallpaper.

So, unless Apple changes its privacy and battery-impact stance, the
Tar-style effect remains something you'd have to fake I think. For example,
by recording a short clip from your camera and setting it as a Live Photo wallpaper, or by using a video-loop lock screen.

This may be wrong but it is what I found out looking for the answer.
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