No webcam? (don’t buy) instead turn your smartphone into a webcam

Knowing how to connect your smartphone as a webcam can improve your live streams or online meetings. The quality of smartphone cameras has greatly improved in recent years as a result many people now use their phone as their primary camera.

If you have a spare smartphone lying around, you can use it as a webcam with the right software.

Using XSplit Connect: Webcam, you can turn your smartphone into a webcam for conference calls, presentations, video content, or live streams from your laptop or desktop computer.

To complete this process, you must download an app to both your PC and smartphone.

This application will enable USB or Wi-Fi connectivity between your computer and smartphone.

These are the steps to turning your smartphone into a webcam. First you need to download an app (XSplit Connect: Webcam & VCam).

  • Step 1 – Download XSplit Connect: Webcam Mobile App (Apple Store or Google App)
  • Step 2 – Download & Install XSplit VCam for your PC or Mac
  • Step 3 – Open XSplit Connect: Webcam mobile app and connect to your PC or Mac




VCam: Virtual Green Screen in OBS

XSplit wants to provide streamers with ALL the tools they need and also it takes a lot of time, money, and effort to have a physical green screen into your PC setup.

XSplit VCam makes cutting edge background removal and blurring possible, without the need for a physical green screen, complex setups, and tons of space – no matter where you are.

Works with your favorite streaming software such as OBS Studio – background removal, replacement and blur filters on any webcam.

By adding the Green Screen feature to OBS with XSplit VCam will make your live streaming experience even more amazing and captivating.

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