[Easy Guide] How to use Android Phone camera as a Webcam for Windows Pc-2023

Generally, old laptop models and PC didn’t have built-in cameras. If you are lucky to have a camera but its quality is not that good as compared to your smartphone camera then at that moment you can use your phone camera as a webcam on your PC.

In this article, you’re going to see How to use a smartphone camera as a Webcam for a PC. You can use it for any type of video calling like Zoom, Meet, Skype, etc.

You are going to see all the best free methods to use a phone camera while do calling using a PC, working on both Android and iPhone.

How to use your phone camera as a Webcam

To connect your smartphone camera to a Pc as a webcam you can use specially designed software that allows you to establish a wireless or USB connection on your app.

DroidCam

DroidCam is an application that is used to make your phone camera a wireless camera.

Droidcam is very light, easy to use in Zoom, MS Teams, Skype, and many more. It supports many OS like Microsoft Windows, Andriod, and iOS.

It is free to use but it also comes with the paid version.

Features:

• Chat using your Windows or Linux computer
• Connect over wireless network
• No watermark
• Noise cancellation
• Unlimited free usage with standard features
• Ability to use phone in background
• Worked perfectly with Android and apple phones
• Simple, eaasy to use and trusted by millions of people

Paid Features:

• Auto-mute phone calls
• Flip and mirror support
• USB only mode for security
• No commercial
• High-Definition Mode

Also read: Make your Android Smartphone Hack-proof from Hackers 2023

Step 1: Download and Install DroidCamX on your Android or iOS.

Step 2: Install the DroidCam client setup on your PC.

The DroidCam client is used to make connections between your phone and computer. It can easily be downloaded in Windows and Linux versions.

Now, to connect you have 2 different types of connections:

• USB Mode: For Hi-Speed connection.
• Wi-Fi Mode: Easy to set up, but slow connection.

How to connect DroidCam via USB Mode

Making your smartphone camera a webcam via USB is more recommended than Wi-Fi. It takes battery percentage but due to the USB cable, it gets charged at the same time as well.

In USB mode, you need to enable the USB debugging feature on your device.

Step 1: Open the settings menu, tap on the ‘About Phone‘ option.

Step 2: Then select build number and tap on it 7 times to activate the developer option. Now you can see USB debugging on the developer options menu.

Step 3: Check it and click OK on the prompt.

Step 4: Now connect your phone to pc via USB cable.

Step 5: Now start DroidCam on your phone.

Step 6: Click the DroidCam Client icon on the Pc and click on the ‘USB‘ option. When you press the ‘Start button on the DroidCam Client‘ it automatically starts detecting your phone and making a USB connection.

When the connection gets stable, you can make video calls with pc using a phone camera.

How to connect DroidCam via Wi-Fi Mode

In Wi-fi mode you can make connections in wireless mode, this is the fastest way to make connections but its speed is slower as compared to the USB connection.

When you open Droidcam on your android, then you can see 2 essential data: WiFi IP and DroidCam port.

Now open the DroidCam client on your pc and select the button with the Wi-Fi icon at the top-left. Now you enter the data in boxes that we get through from the phone.

After clicking on the start button, the USB connection will be established and you are ready with your new webcam.

Now you are ready to make your video calls while using your phone camera as a webcam. If your phone wasn’t able to detect your Pc then following errors may occur:

• USB cable is faulty
• USB cable is not connected properly
• Mobile drivers are not installed on PC
• Software and hardware error on phone

You can use DroidCam in various web applications for video conferences such as Google Meet, Zoom, and other platforms.

IVCam

IVCam is a application that you’re going to use first in our article.

Features:

• High-quality, fast speed with low latency
• Easy to use
• Automatically connect with Wi-Fi or USB
• Run in the background without affecting other applications
• Support all video sizes
• Support face beauty, flash, focus, and real-time switching
• Preview video, take, and record feature available

There are 2 methods to connect your phone as a webcam. By using Wi-Fi and others is by using a USB cable.

IVCam by using Wi-Fi network.

Step 1: Install IVCam on both of your devices Windows/Android or Windows/iPhone.

Step 2: Now make sure to connect your Pc and Android both in the same network.

Step 3: Now open IVCam on your Windows Pc and on Android, soon you can see your mobile camera start showing on your PC automatically.

Method 2: IVCam by using USB Cable.

Step 1: Install IVCam on your Windows and Android Os.

Step 2: Before connecting your Android Mobile to Pc, you have to enable USB debugging on your android.

Step 3: Open Settings on your mobile, scroll to end, and go to About Phone>Software Information.

Step 4: Now, find Build Number, tap on it 7 times on Build number, and then it will unlock the Developer options on the settings.

Step 5: Now go back to settings, scroll down to end, and open the Developer Options.

Step 6: Now scroll a little bit and enable USB debugging.

Step 7: Now USB debugging get enabled, connect your mobile to Pc using the USB Cable.

Step 8: Now open IVCam on your Windows and Android.

Step 9: Now click on the Play button icon on your Android IVCam app. You can see your connection of webcam get connected.

That’s it!

How to use iPhone Camera as Webcam on Pc

To connect your iPhone camera as a webcam of your PC. Follow the below steps:

Step 1: Same here also Install IVCam on your android and windows Os. On your Pc install the latest iTunes.

Step 2: Now connect iPhone to Pc via USB cable.

Step 3: Now open IVCam on your PC then it automatically detects your iPhone camera.

Note: Make sure that apple driver is installed in your Windows Os.

Now after connecting the camera successfully, we are going to see ‘How to connect the camera to zoom app‘.

Connect Phone Camera as webcam in Zoom

Step 1: Open zoom, connect to your meeting. By default, it is using your primary camera.

Step 2: Now change the primary camera, click on the up arrow present in the ‘stop Video‘ option. Select e2esoft IVCam from the option.

Step 3: Now you can see your mobile camera get active as a webcam of your Pc or laptop.

That’s it!

If you want to know any other application to use your phone camera as a webcam then you can check out: Iriun Webcam for Pc and Mac, IP Webcam, and Camo.

Conclusion

These are the some best software’s that are used to solve your camera problem of your pc and laptop. You don’t need to own a webcam just use the above method and do a little bit of configure to make a connection and enjoy your new webcam via a phone camera.

FAQs on Android phone Camera as a Webcam

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