Webcams are often, at best, entirely functional objects. Few of us have lain awake at night wondering what our next webcam purchase will be, such is the utilitarian nature of a device that for most is simply a PC-connected camera that lets the people you work with see your grinning visage. Still, the need to buy a separate camera for your PC may soon have passed, as Microsoft is testing out an upcoming feature that lets you use a phone instead.
Microsoft first discussed the upcoming feature as part of its March 2024 moment update, but a recent blog post by the Windows Insider team says that it's going to be gradually rolling out to all Insider channels, meaning that it should eventually appear in the Release Preview as well (via PC World). If this is the case, then we might not be far away from seeing the feature released on all Windows 11 machines.
