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AirTouch
AirTouch is a macOS app that turns your Mac's built-in webcam into a hands-free gesture controller. Point your finger to move the cursor, pinch to click, and run ten built-in gestures across every app on your Mac. It runs on macOS 14 Sonoma or later on Apple Silicon, with no extra hardware to buy or wear.
The app drives the system cursor at the OS level, so Messages, Safari, Figma, Slack, and everything else you already use works without per-app setup. Hand tracking runs on Apple's Neural Engine, converting each camera frame into 21 hand landmarks that are discarded within milliseconds.
Built-in gestures cover waking the tracker with a peace sign, scrolling with two fingers, switching apps with an open-hand swipe, and closing windows with a finger snap. Telepath adds hands-free dictation when you touch two fingers to your temple, transcribing speech at roughly 220 words per minute into any text field.
You can also record custom poses and bind them to shortcuts, scripts, or apps. The beta is a paid app with account-based subscription billing, and the team is building toward gesture recognition that only fires when you mean it.
Your fingertip steers the macOS cursor with sub-frame smoothing to cut jitter
Pinch thumb to index for a left click, or hold the pinch to drag
Ten built-in gestures: wake, point, click, scroll, swipe, Enter, Spotlight, close, zoom, dictate
Telepath dictation hits about 220 words per minute with filler stripped out
Record any custom pose for two seconds and bind it to a shortcut or script
Double-tap esc and the camera releases instantly
Works system-wide with every Mac app, with no per-app plugins or setup.
All camera processing stays on-device; frames and dictation audio never leave your Mac.
Custom gesture recording lets you bind any pose to shortcuts, scripts, or apps.
Telepath dictation works in any text field across apps at roughly 4x typing speed.
Limited to macOS 14 Sonoma or later on Apple Silicon Macs.
Paid app with no free tier; pricing is only visible inside the app at purchase.
Still in beta, and gesture recognition may misfire clicks or shortcuts unpredictably.
Does AirTouch need extra hardware or a special camera?
No. AirTouch uses your Mac's built-in webcam or any webcam you already own. There is nothing extra to buy, plug in, or wear. You install the app and raise your hand to start controlling the cursor.
Which Macs does AirTouch support?
AirTouch runs on macOS 14 Sonoma or later on Apple Silicon Macs. It works system-wide, so every app you already use is supported automatically because AirTouch drives the macOS cursor itself.
Is AirTouch private? Does it record or upload video?
AirTouch processes camera frames on-device on the Neural Engine, turning each frame into 21 hand landmarks that are discarded within milliseconds. Nothing your camera sees leaves your Mac: no video, images, or analytics. Tap esc twice and AirTouch releases the camera instantly.
Is AirTouch free?
No. AirTouch is a paid app, currently offered in beta. You create an account to manage your subscription and billing. Current pricing is shown in the app at the time of purchase and may change.
What is Telepath in AirTouch?
Telepath is AirTouch's hands-free dictation feature. Touch two fingers to your temple and your Mac takes dictation in any text field of any app, turning speech into clean, punctuated, filler-free text at around 220 words per minute.
What gestures does AirTouch support?
AirTouch ships with ten built-in gestures: Wake (peace sign), Point (move cursor), Click (pinch), Scroll (two fingers), Swipe (switch apps), OK (Enter), Apps (fist opens Spotlight), Snap (close window), Zoom (two-hand frame), and Telepath (dictation). You can also record custom poses bound to shortcuts, scripts, or apps.
What macOS permissions does AirTouch require?
AirTouch asks for Camera (hand tracking), Accessibility (moving the cursor and sending input), and Microphone (only if you enable dictation). You can revoke any permission in System Settings at any time.