CAM Phone as Webcam

Use your phone as a webcam

Your phone almost certainly has a better camera than your laptop. See it live on your computer in about ten seconds — no app and no cable.

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Open this on your computer

Use My Phone connects your phone to a computer, so the code you scan has to be on the other screen. Open this page there and you are paired in about ten seconds.

usemyphone.com/webcam
Email myself the link

Nothing to install on either device, and every tool is free.

Scan to start
Ten seconds, then pick any tool
Waiting for phone…
Camera won’t scan it? Open /join on your phone and enter
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Better picture, instantly

A modern phone sensor comfortably beats the webcam built into most laptops.

Nothing to install

Rival apps want a driver and a desktop installer. This is a web page.

Any phone you own

An old phone in a drawer makes a perfectly good second camera.

In real use

What people use it for

The jobs this tool actually does, in enough detail to tell whether it fits yours.

A better camera for recordings

Most phone sensors comfortably beat the webcam built into a laptop. Frame the shot properly, then view or record it directly in the browser.

Online teaching and tutoring

Mount the phone facing you, or facing the desk, and switch views without touching the laptop. Students see the working, not the back of your hand.

Recording pieces to camera

Press record on the computer and speak to the phone. The clip saves straight to the machine you will edit on — no transferring afterwards.

Streaming a hobby table

Painting, building, soldering, cooking: point the phone at the work and watch it live on the big screen at up to 4K where your phone supports it.

A permanent desk camera from a retired phone

An old phone on a cheap stand becomes an always-ready webcam. Scan, tap, live — and its camera is still better than most built-ins.

Questions

Can I use this inside Zoom or Teams?

Not yet. Today the camera appears on this page, which covers viewing, recording and document work. Appearing as a webcam device inside other apps needs a small desktop helper, and that is coming — join the list on this page.

Is there a watermark?

No, never. Nothing we produce is watermarked on any plan.

How good is the quality?

Live video runs at up to 4K where your phone and plan support it, and photos are always captured at your phone’s full resolution.

Also free from Use My Phone: send a PDF for signature — twenty documents a month where the usual free plan gives three, ten signers on each, and nobody you send to needs an account.

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