The camera on devices like the Pixel 7 Pro (pictured) will be vastly superior to the majority of dedicated webcams. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
The Android 14 QPR1 Beta 1 update released for Pixel devices on Wednesday enables an upcoming Android feature to use your phone as a webcam. The new webcam capability doesn’t rely on third-party apps or software and instead requires physically connecting the phone to a laptop or desktop computer via a USB cable (seen via XDA-Developers).
The feature is located in the “Charging this device via USB” option that appears in ...
