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I always wonder why do this, instead of using your phone, which probably is the best camera you own anyway?
So to use Teams for my workplace, there's a shit load of security OS shite that needs to be installed on your phone in order for it to work, I'm not doing that on my personal phone. They give out work phones, but my role differs enough from most peoples that having a work phone is a waste of time and pocket space. But I can join a meeting from a chromium type browser without issue. Also screen sharing can be useful in meetings. But yeah, you're right, 90%+ of the time, a phone is the better option
I think he meant you can use the android phone as a webcam for Linux. There are apps that let you connect via WiFi, and it essentially proxies the camera out.
Ooh right. I looked at a few of those apps. They seemed a little invasive on the permissions and data collection to me
Yes that’s what I meant, I thought Apple is (like most of the time) late to the party with a feature like this. For me it’s built right into the OSes and I don’t have to do anything. If my phone is near to my laptop, I can just select it as a webcam.
When this finally arrived in iOS and macOS it felt like one of those things that Android with Linux/Windows must have had for years tbh. 😅
Like on the Linux computer? That could be cool!
Going to look this up
I've heard of Droidcam, which needs you to install an app on your phone, as well as one on your computer and then lets you use your phone as a webcam.
Also Android 14 has a webcam mode built in when you plug your phone into your computer, though idk if this is just a Pixel specific feature