Maybe I’m missing something but is there any way to have the live camera view go full screen in Bambu Studio. I’m on windows 11 and it makes no sense to not have this function. It would really be nice to be able to toggle full screen especially since we have these newer high quality cameras. I’m not always in the same room or location as the printer. Sometimes I might cancel a print based off of a quality issue. Using a large computer screen instead of my phone would be nice.
If its not available can make this a feature request on the next update? Thank you.
You’re not alone. Many users have requested this feature but fat chance of it every happening or at least without strings attached like giving up your privacy such as not being able to use it in LAN-only mode.
But Imagine if we did have it. The ability to take a feed from more than one printer and scale them to a tiled monitor much like a Network Security camera does. If Bambu supported open architecture this would be a reality, not a dream because we’d be able to leverage open source programs that do just that.
The X1 and P1 started shipping in late 2022, and this post from February 2023 appears to be the first of many requests for full-screen viewing. Given the time that’s passed with no response, it’s safe to assume we won’t see this unless someone reverse-engineers Bambu’s software. Based on how Bambu forced Bambu Connect on users despite consistent community opposition, it’s clear they’re not interested in user feedback—at least not until it starts affecting filament sales.
Given Bambu’s behavior since the inception of the X1, their could be a Machiavellian logic in play that matches their conduct.
In response to the backlash earlier this year (January 2025), Bambu said users who don’t want Bambu Connect should just freeze their firmware and never update again. However, once you update, you’re locked out of reverting more than one version back. You can roll from 1.09.06 to 1.09.01, but not back to 1.08. So the likely trajectory is this: features like full-screen and other basic usability improvements might eventually arrive, but only if you agree to Bambu Connect and its baked-in surveillance. My bet is on the fact that Bambu has been holding back on a lot of quality of life upgrades to Studio precisely for the intent that they won’t implement them unless the user is forced to upgrade to Bambu Connect with all of its privacy and security issues. That’s the trade. Want full-screen? Give up control and security.
If this were actually important to Bambu, we’d already have it. But that’s life in a walled garden. The flowers look nice—just don’t touch them, or the groundskeeper shows up with a clipboard and an update you didn’t ask for.
Or, better yet, maybe just support open architecture streaming protocols like:
RTSP
RTP
SRT
HLS
MPEG-DASH
HTTP/HTTPS streaming
UDP Unicast/Multicast
But who knows? Maybe Bambu’s just waiting for the industry to invent a standard they like.
