Released Product · Android + Windows

Your phone.
Your webcam.

Turn an Android phone into a high-quality PC webcam, and optional microphone, for Google Meet, Zoom, or Teams over USB or Wi-Fi through OBS Virtual Camera.

Get v1.0.0 View Source on GitHub

Built and released by João Queirós · Public GitHub repository

Status Released · v1.0.0
Creator João Queirós
Platform Android + Windows
Price Free
Phone Webcam Bridge signal path from an Android phone through the PC bridge and OBS Virtual Camera to Meet, Zoom, and Teams
50-second product film

See the whole route in motion.

The camera feed stays on your devices from the phone to the meeting app.

Read the product-film transcript

At a glance

What is Phone Webcam Bridge?

Phone Webcam Bridge is a local Android-to-Windows camera system for video meetings. It streams the phone camera over USB or Wi-Fi, gives the PC control over zoom and exposure, and passes the result to Google Meet, Zoom, Teams, and similar apps through OBS Virtual Camera. No account, hosted server, or telemetry is required.

The Problem

What was broken.

A capable Android phone already has the camera hardware needed for a clear meeting feed, but Windows meeting apps expect a standard webcam device. The missing piece is a dependable route between the phone camera and the camera picker inside Meet, Zoom, or Teams.

That route also needs to work in ordinary conditions: a USB cable when reliability matters, Wi-Fi when flexibility matters, useful controls on the PC, and no hosted account sitting between the camera and the call.

The Approach

What was built.

Phone Webcam Bridge keeps the complete video path local. The Android app captures the front or back camera and streams it over USB or the local Wi-Fi network. A Node.js and TypeScript bridge on Windows normalizes the feed, exposes zoom and exposure controls, and sends it to OBS Virtual Camera.

Meeting apps then see OBS Virtual Camera as a normal camera option. Video works on its own. The phone microphone is optional and uses VB-CABLE through OBS, with headphones recommended to prevent echo.

Signal path

Four local steps, one meeting camera.

01
Open the Android camera
Choose 720p or 1080p, front or back camera, then keep the app streaming even when the phone screen is off.
02
Connect over USB or Wi-Fi
Use USB as the most reliable option, or connect both devices to the same Wi-Fi network for a cable-free setup.
03
Control the feed from Windows
Preview the camera, switch cameras, adjust zoom and exposure, select the profile, and monitor the live frame rate.
04
Select OBS Virtual Camera
Start the OBS camera from the bridge, then choose OBS Virtual Camera inside Google Meet, Zoom, Teams, or another meeting app.
Runs on your devices

The camera path stays under your control.

01Android phoneCamera + optional mic
02PC bridgePreview + controls
03Meeting appMeet · Zoom · Teams

Optional phone microphone: install VB-CABLE, route audio through OBS, and use headphones to prevent echo. The normal PC microphone remains the simplest default.

Try It

See it in action.

Dashboard and connection preview

A short view of the phone-to-PC flow, available profiles, and the local meeting-camera route.

Animated Phone Webcam Bridge demo showing the phone camera, PC bridge, OBS Virtual Camera, meeting apps, and 30 fps 720p and 1080p support
The bridge runs locally. The GitHub release contains the Android app and the setup path for the Windows bridge.
Stack

Built with.

Android 8+ Kotlin + CameraX Node.js + TypeScript OBS Virtual Camera USB + Wi-Fi VB-CABLE (Optional)
Outcomes

What changed.

30 fps smooth meeting video
720p / 1080p two video profiles
USB + Wi-Fi two connection modes
0 accounts no hosted server or telemetry

The result is a practical way to reuse a capable Android camera for everyday meetings without sending the feed through an external service. USB provides the dependable default, Wi-Fi adds flexibility, and the PC dashboard keeps the useful controls close to the meeting window.

Released · v1.0.0

Put your Android camera
into your next meeting.

Download the APK from the public release, then follow the user guide to set up the Windows bridge and OBS Virtual Camera.