Steps To Turn Your Smartphone Into A Webcam

The demand for video conferencing is on a rise. And most of the times our webcam is not that efficient. But with very simple software, you can easily transform your smartphone into a webcam. Don’t believe me? Then keep reading.

DroidCam : For Android Phones

If you are an android user, then you can use droidcam and turn your phone camera into a webcam. You can start with a free version but if you want to upgrade it, then you need to pay.

Before staring, make sure that you have installed the above software and windows client from Dev47Apps. Once both the softwares are installed, you need to connect your phone and computer both over the same data sharing network. You need to enter the IP address of droidcam on your desktop to connect both of them.

In case you are using microphone, then check the microphone software else check the audio box for the same. With this software you get a number of features like – battery saving, choice of camera, choice of microphone and much more.

You can even connect through USB rather than connecting through WiFi for both the softwares.

EpocCam : For iPhone users

This software is available for iPhone, android, windows and Mac. You get both free and paid version with this software but the free version has got extremely limited features. And thus more and more people opt for the paid version only. But when you compare this software with Droidcam, then people have rated Droidcam much better than EpocCam. In terms of audio quality and features available, this software is quite better.

Once when you are all ready to use this software begin by downloading the drivers for both windows and Mac version. You might also need to restart your computer before installing this software. Once when you have restart your computer make sure that you open the EpocCam application on both your computer and on your phone simultaneously.

Try connecting both the devices on the same WiFi sharing. You need to connect phone and computer both through this application and thus you are done. EpocCam will come out as a webcam application and thus you can start using it just like any other video application.

The free version of EpocCam supports only webcam. You get microphone, USB connection, zoom video and HD focus with the paid version of EpocCam.

Also, another drawback is that the free version comes with a lot of ads and thus it makes the whole experience very irritating. Better to go for a paid version only if you are using EpocCam.

Other Alternatives :

And in case you are not satisfied with the above two software, then you can go for a third party software too.

The very first option is to use your phone just like your PC. Most of the video conferencing software work equally well on both your phone and PC. Be it zoom, skype, hangout or any other video calling software all of them are compatible with both phone and your laptop.

Of course the screen size becomes the biggest barrier. And thus in order to deal with the same, make sure that you use screen mirroring. Thus, you can place the call through your phone but watch the screen suing your TV or even your computer. Sounds perfect.

This is a quite fuss free process because you don’t need to install any external software at this point. Also, this process works only when both phone and your computer is connected through the same Wi-Fi network.