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»Computer Tweaks»How to Use Your Old Phone as a Webcam for Your PC
Cell phones are being updated faster and faster, and many people typically have two, if not three, cell phones - what do you do with your old ones? Would you want to put them in an old cell phone museum? Just kidding, so have you thought about how to give your cell phone a second life? Today's article will take you through how to make your museum phone a webcam for your computer!
1. Since ordinary desktop computers generally do not come with their own webcam.
2. Even if your laptop carries a webcam, the clarity of the webcam that comes with it may only be 480p or 720p, which makes it very inconvenient to use.
3. Give your old cell phone a second life and avoid eating dust.
4. If you have a need for live streaming, this will help you save your budget for a webcam.
If the above four points are helpful to you, you can follow the configuration below to see if your device supports this operation!
Windows 10/11 operating systems
Tips 1:
Install the latest version of Phone-Link app (usually comes with it)
With a network card (able to connect to the same LAN as the cell phone)
With front/rear camera (the clearer the better)
A Phone-Link supported device.
Tips 2:
Use your phone's built-in Link to Windows or go to the Google Play Store to download it.
If you fulfill the above conditions, congratulations! Just follow the steps below phone link webcam tutorial to connect your cell phone camera to your computer.
For detailed steps, you can refer to this article we wrote before: Phone Link: Easily Connect Phone and Windows PC to complete the connection
After the connection is done it's basically a big part of the process, next you just need to add your cell phone camera to webcam in the settings, follow the steps below to check it out.
Step 1 Open Windows Settings, Bluetooth and Other Devices, Mobile Devices, click Manage Devices
Step 2 Turn on the option to use as a connected camera under your phone
Step 3 Finally in the camera settings you can test your camera.
Tips 3:
The iPhone is able to connect to Phone Link, but it requires Windows 11 to use it. As for the webcam function, Microsoft may not support it at the moment, and the iPhone can use a Mac to accomplish similar operations.
DroidCam, Iriun Webcam , Camo Studio (Reincubate), etc. are all available as options, but some may require internal purchases to use them, and it is recommended to use Phone Link to make it simpler and more direct.
There is almost no latency, I could hardly feel the latency when I was using it, but of course I tested it when your internet is not laggy.