Learn to use the phone camera as a webcam using Phone Link in Windows 11. You can switch to front/back camera, pause video, and use Effects.

Windows 11 now allows the wireless connection of Android smartphones for use as a webcam. We'll show you how to do this and what you should look out for.

Now you can use the high-quality cameras on your Android phone as a webcam for your Windows 11 PC. That means if you have the new Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, you can use its high-quality 200 MP AI ...

If you have an Android phone and you've updated to Windows 11 update 24H2, you don't need a third-party app to use your phone as a webcam anymore.

If your PC supports Windows Studio Effects, they’ll still work even when you’re using your phone camera. As expected for a new Windows feature, however, not everything works quite as it should.

Phone Link app lets you connect a Windows PC to a mobile device to access and view photos, make phone calls, use the phone camera as a webcam, view notifications on a PC, and much more.

Microsoft appears to be developing a feature that would enable you to utilize the Link to Windows app to use the camera on your smartphone as a webcam on your PC.

Afterward, your PC should recognize your phone's camera as a webcam option in video conferencing or streaming platforms. But it's only the beginning.