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.

Stop using your laptop's mediocre webcam for meeting, and use your iPhone's camera instead.

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 ...