The Android 14 operating system will allow you to use smartphones as webcams without third-party applications designed for this. This function is built directly into the operating system itself.
A new feature that allows you to use your Android smartphone as a webcam has been spotted in Android 14 QPR1 Beta 1 released on Wednesday for Google Pixel smartphones. To use your smartphone as a webcam, you simply need to connect the device to your PC or laptop via a USB cable.
The function can be activated in the USB connection settings pop-up window when pairing your smartphone with a PC or laptop. When you select the “Use this device as…” option, the “Web camera” option will appear, as well as the corresponding video stream settings. The new feature has settings for zooming in and out, as well as switching between the front and rear cameras of the device.
The feature that turns your Android smartphone into a webcam is currently supported on all Google Pixel devices that can run the latest beta version of the Android operating system, with the exception of the Pixel Fold. Typically, Pixel smartphones are the first to receive all operating system updates. In other words, in the future, the new function should appear on Android smartphones from other manufacturers.
Modern smartphones are equipped with much better cameras compared to the same laptops, so the presence of such a feature really seems like a useful addition to Android 14, which is expected to be released on October 4. True, the need to use a cable to connect is a little frustrating. For example, Apple’s Continuity Camera feature also allows you to use your iPhone’s camera as a webcam when connected to a MacBook. But the connection is made wirelessly. At the same time, the Android webcam feature is based on the USB Video Class (UVC) standard, so it should work on all systems without any restrictions, including Windows, ChromeOS, Linux and Mac, making it more universal.
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