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Android 14 review: There’s always next year
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What about the fact that you can use your phone's camera as a webcam for your PC without any sketchy apps installed
Did this feature actually release? I thought it was coming in a future update.
Not released yet. It's supposed to be in the next Quarterly Platform Release. (QPR1)
How do you use this? Does the phone need to be wired in, or is there some wifi solution?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dev47apps.droidcamx
How do you do it without an app?
It's in beta right now, to be released in a month or so.
It supports wifi and usb, that’s what it says in the description of the app.
If you’re looking for a solution that requires no ‘sketchy’ client, this supports rtsp and a few other protocols. Works with obs virtual cam really well
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pas.webcam
I do this on 13 with a normal app. Why would you use a sketchy app?
I use DroidCamX, is it one of the sketchy apps you mentioned? If so, why?
So no big points, but I'd prefer a native solution, as in plug in your phone on PC and have a full webcam available as a source in every program.
I'm always suspicious of apps which setup a local web server to accomplish some basic task. When Zoom did this, it was a security nightmare.
Just based on the screenshots, DroidCamX sets up a local webserver on the phone, and then the video is accessible on the local network (for example: http://192.168.0.17:4747/video). This means anyone on the local network can access the webcam, which in an office or school setting, might be disastrous. If a coworker were in a conference room using this app, a malicious coworker could use this to spy on the meeting surreptitiously.
However it's implemented in the OS, a basic requirement is that there is some authentication to link the phone's camera to the computer, and that the video is encrypted in transit, to avoid man in the middle attacks.
Good thing I only use it locally on my own network at home. I see why this is dar from ideal, specially since the app only ask for the IP and port before accepting the connection