You can turn on the camera on your Windows computer immediately using the built-in Camera app, or another app that uses it.

You can test your webcam using online tools or programs that come with Windows 10 or your Mac computer.

Now Windows 11 has been updated to allow Android smartphones to be used as a webcam wirelessly via Bluetooth much more easily and effectively. The Windows Smartphone Link app is used for this purpose.

Microsoft is working to allow you to use your Android smartphone (or a spare) in place of a webcam, presumably allowing consumers access to high-quality webcams for free. That capability isn’t quite ...