Want to turn your phone into a webcam? Both iPhone and Android phones have better cameras than the built-in webcams on Mac or ...

The process for setting up your iPhone as a webcam has gotten easier down the years, especially on macOS, though you can also use it as a connected camera on a Windows PC with a little more effort.

Use an Android phone as a webcam on Windows 11 (wirelessly) Up first: If you have an Android phone and a Windows 11 PC, Microsoft now offers a built-in way to turn your phone into a camera.

Now this app has a feature to use your Android phone or tablet camera as a webcam in any video application (such as Zoom, web apps, Windows Camera app, etc.) on Windows 11.

Does your PC have a mediocre webcam or none at all? Just use your Android phone instead. Here's how. Written by Jack Wallen, Contributing Writer May 14, 2025 at 9:47 a.m. PT ...

Depending on what kind of computer you use to take video calls, you might be one of the many that suffer from a case of “potato” cam. In most cases, your PC has a webcam, but it’s not very good.

You can easily use your Android phone as a webcam if you have the latest Google Pixel phone or a Windows 11 PC. If you don’t fall within the subset of people who own either, you can use a third ...