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How to Use Your iPhone as a Webcam on Windows 11

You can use your iPhone as both wired and wireless webcam

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Updated onMarch 1, 2024

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Your iPhone has a fantastic camera that offers better quality than the majority of webcams, and this is why many want to use an iPhone as a webcam on Windows 11.

This can be achieved with various third-party software, and in today’s guide, we will show you the best ways you can use your phone as an external webcam, so let’s get started.

Benefits of using an iPhone as a webcam on Windows 11:

How do I use my iPhone as a webcam on Windows 11?

1. Use Epoccam

2. Use Camo Studio

To use a wireless connection, do the following:

3. Use IvCam

Tips for getting the best video quality from your iPhone webcam

Now you know how to use an iPhone camera as a webcam for a PC via USB, and as you can see, the process requires you to use a dedicated app on both your PC and phone. However, that’s not the only thing your phone can do.

If you have an Android phone instead, here’s how you canuse its cameras as webcam on Windows 11.

Did you know you can alsouse your Windows PC microphone on your phone? Click the highlighted link for help.

With a little tinkering, you can use yourphone as a keyboard for PC, or use yourphone as keyboard for Raspberry Pi. This isn’t just limited to PCs, and you can even usephone keyboard on Steam Deck.

Thanks to the dedicated Xbox app, you can also use yourphone as a keyboard on Xbox, if needed. Many users also use theirphone keyboard on their tablet, and if you’re tech-savvy, you can even use yourphone as keyboard for TV.

And if you have an iPad,use the iPad as a second monitor in Windows.

Did we miss your favorite method for using a phone as a webcam? If so, share it with us in the comments below.

More about the topics:iOS,webcam,Windows 11 guides

Milan Stanojevic

Windows Toubleshooting Expert

Milan has been enthusiastic about technology ever since his childhood days, and this led him to take interest in all PC-related technologies. He’s a PC enthusiast and he spends most of his time learning about computers and technology.

Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s one of the Troubleshooting experts in our worldwide team, specializing in Windows errors & software issues.

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Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s specialized in Windows errors & software issues.

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