CamCom for Windows
Your iPhone, as your PC’s camera and mic.
Install the free app on your PC, pair your iPhone, and pick CamCom in your call. It works over your network or a cable.
Free. Version 0.1.0, for Windows 11 (x64). You also need CamCom on your iPhone, with iOS 17 or later.
Start here
Set up your PC
It takes a few minutes, and you only do it once.
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Run the installer
Open CamCom-0.1.0-x64.msi and say yes when Windows asks for permission. No restart is needed. CamCom opens when it’s done.
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Pair your iPhone
Your PC shows a 6-digit code. On your iPhone, open CamCom, choose your PC and type the code. CamCom remembers it from then on.
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Pick the camera
In your call app, choose CamCom Camera. Windows lists it as CamCom Camera (Windows Virtual Camera).
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Pick the mic
Install VB-CABLE once (see the mic). Then choose CABLE Output as the microphone in your call app.
“Windows protected your PC”
The installer isn’t signed yet, so Windows may show this the first time you open it. Click More info, then Run anyway. If Edge asks whether to keep the download, choose Keep.
Sound
The mic
On Windows, your iPhone’s sound reaches your call app through VB-CABLE.
VB-CABLE is a free virtual audio cable made by VB-Audio. CamCom plays your iPhone’s sound into it, and your call app hears it on the other end.
Get it from VB-Audio. Download it from vb-audio.com/Cable and run its installer. It’s donationware: free to use, and if it helps you, VB-Audio welcomes a donation. Thank you to VB-Audio for making it.
Then pick CABLE Output. In your call app’s audio settings, choose CABLE Output as the microphone. Leave your speakers as they are.
With a cable
The cable
Use a cable when your iPhone and PC aren’t on the same network.
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Get Apple Devices
Install Apple Devices from the Microsoft Store. Windows needs it to talk to an iPhone over a cable.
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Plug in
With CamCom open on your PC, plug your iPhone into it. Tap Trust if your iPhone asks.
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Allow your PC
CamCom on your iPhone asks once whether this PC can use your camera and mic. Tap Allow.
On your network
Wi-Fi and the firewall
Allow CamCom on Private networks. The installer lets CamCom through the Windows firewall on Private networks. If Windows asks, allow it on Private.
Public networks don’t work. On a network set to Public, your iPhone can’t reach your PC. If your home network is set to Public, change it in Settings > Network & internet: open your network and set Network profile type to Private. On a network you don’t trust, use a cable instead.
Working remotely
Remote Desktop from a Mac
If you work on a Windows PC or VPS through Remote Desktop from a Mac, the simplest setup is to pair your iPhone with the Mac, not the remote PC.
The Mac’s CamCom Camera and CamCom Mic pass into the remote session. Your iPhone is your camera and mic, and your Mac’s speakers play the sound.
In your Remote Desktop app’s settings for that PC, turn on the camera and the microphone. Then, in the session, pick CamCom Camera and the redirected mic, which Windows calls Remote Audio. Nothing needs to be installed on the remote PC. Get the Mac app.
What you need
Requirements
- PC
- Windows 11 (x64)
- iPhone or iPad
- iOS 17 or later, with CamCom
- Mic
- VB-CABLE by VB-Audio, free
- Wi-Fi
- The same network for both, set to Private on your PC
- Cable
- Apple Devices from the Microsoft Store
- Price
- The Windows app is free. The iPhone app is free to try for 3 days at 720p, then $3.99 once.
What CamCom keeps on your PC, and how to remove it, is on the privacy page.
Stuck on Windows? Write to us.
Email support@camcom.cc
Tell us your Windows version, which iPhone you have, whether you use your network or a cable, and what CamCom shows on your PC.