What else you need to use it
Worked out from Elgato’s own specifications and box contents for this model. The setup builder checks the same parts against your computer and the rest of your gear.
Check first
- A USB-C port on your computer. The cable is fixed and ends in USB-C. A computer with only USB-A ports needs a USB-C to USB-A adapter.
Optional
- A tripod or arm with a 1/4-inch screw. For a position the monitor mount cannot reach.
When this model makes sense
- Plug it straight into a USB port on your computer; no HDMI capture card needed.
- Frame yourself seated at your usual distance; set the focus and field of view before cropping in.
- Choose a resolution and frame rate the maker lists in your streaming app, then test your lighting and movement together; the resolution alone won’t tell you how it looks.
The Webcam versus camera guide weighs it against the other ways to fill the same role.
Connections and specs
- Full name
- Elgato Facecam Neo
- Still sold
- Yes, a current model
- Type
- Webcams
- Connection
- Connector shape
- Fixed USB-C cableA plug’s shape doesn’t tell you its speed →
- Data connection
- USB 2.0; UVC 1.5What this means for speed →
- Capture output
- 1080p · 60, 30 fps; 720p · 60, 30 fps; 540p · 60, 30 fps (MJPEG)Capture and passthrough explained →
- USB speed (Gbps)
- 0.48
- Sensor
- 1/2.9-inch CMOS
- Aperture
- f/2.0
- Lens (full-frame equivalent)
- 26 mm
- Field of view
- 77 degrees diagonal
- Focus
- Autofocus, 30 cm to infinity
- Cable
- Fixed USB-C 2.0 cable, 140 cm
- USB-A adapter in the box
- No
- Size and mounting
- Mounts
- Monitor mount; 1/4-inch thread
- Dimensions
- 88 x 32 x 40 mm without mount
- Weight
- 80 g without mount; 110 g with mount
- In the box
- Included parts
- Facecam Neo; Monitor mount
- Computer
- Operating systems
- Windows 11+; macOS 13.3+; iPadOS 17+
Check these conditions first
Not yet confirmed from Elgato’s documents: power draw. The builder treats it as unknown, never as a yes.
For a webcam, test the crop, lighting and frame rate you want in the app you stream with. A higher resolution leaves room to crop a tighter shot, but it says nothing about low-light quality, and some features only work with the maker’s software.
What is included, and what may be missing
- Facecam Neo
- Monitor mount
Both cable ends and the data rating matter more than the plug shape: streaming cables and ports explains how to match them.
Place it in the complete setup
Every connection
- Webcam USB outUSB cable → A USB port on your computer
- Microphone USB outUSB cable → A USB port on your computer
- Microphone / interface headphone out3.5 mm or 6.3 mm headphone connection → Headphones (what you hear)
- Computer Ethernet portEthernet cable → router; your upload → Platform (check the stream preview)
- Wall socketThe maker’s power supply, or USB power → Computer and devices that need their own power
The diagram shows a simple USB setup. Find where the Elgato Facecam Neo goes, then follow each input back to what feeds it and each output on to where it goes. HDMI and XLR gear needs a capture card or audio interface between it and your computer; it doesn’t plug straight in the way this USB example does.
The setup builder turns this into a connection list for your own computer and gear, and the pre-stream checklist covers the rehearsal once it is wired.
Compare it head to head
Each page sets the two models’ specs side by side and says what else each one needs.
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