Lidar Can Fry Your Phone's Camera
2025-05-23
A Reddit user recently discovered that car-mounted lidar sensors can permanently damage a phone's camera under certain conditions. While filming a Volvo EX90 with an iPhone 16 Pro Max, the lidar's near-infrared light fried pixels in the camera lens. Volvo has warned against pointing cameras directly at lidar sensors, highlighting the potential risks of increasingly prevalent lidar technology in autonomous vehicles. The incident underscores the growing concerns about the interaction between lidar and consumer electronics.