The webcams that come installed on computers are not very good, so many people tend to go for an external webcam.
Now it looks like Google might be working on a way to turn your Android phone into a plug-and-play USB webcam.
Mishaal Rahman, regular Android analyst, Has revealed today that Google might add support for turning your Android phone into a USB webcam. In the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) repository, there is data that suggests that Android is adding a “DeviceAsWebcam” service.
If you’re not familiar with AOSP, it’s the standard Android open source operating system development project, maintained by Google. It allows anyone to review and contribute code and fixes, under the direction and supervision of Google.
This “DeviceAsWebcam” service is described as “a new service that turns an Android device into a webcam”.
Turning your phone into a webcam wouldn’t necessarily be something new for Android, but this would be the first time Android has allowed you to turn your phone into a webcam without the help of a third-party app.
It is unknown if Google will decide to include this function in a future update of the operating system.
