Windows Camera

Windows Camera
Developer(s)Microsoft
Initial release5 November 2014 (2014-11-05)
Stable release
February 2025 Update (2025.2502.17.0) / 17 April 2025 (2025-04-17)[1]
Operating systemWindows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11, Pocket PC,[2] Windows Phone, Windows 10 Mobile, Xbox system software[3]
PlatformARM, x64, x86[3]
Websitewww.microsoft.com/store/productId/9WZDNCRFJBBG Edit this on Wikidata

Windows Camera is an image and video capture utility included with the most recent versions of Windows and its mobile counterpart. It has been around on Windows-based mobile devices since camera hardware was included on those devices and was introduced on Windows PCs with Windows 8, providing users for the first time a first-party built-in camera that could interact with webcam hardware.[4] It is similar in structure and features to the iOS and Android Camera apps.

Starting with Windows 10, Windows Camera not only captures photos and videos but also scans QR codes, barcodes, physical documents, and whiteboards.[5]

  1. ^ "Windows Camera". Microsoft Apps. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Cameras for your Pocket PC/Pocket PC Phone". Geek.com. 10 June 2003. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017./
  3. ^ a b "Windows Camera". Windows Store. Microsoft.
  4. ^ Marian Cularea (27 October 2021). "How to Access Webcam Settings in Windows 8, 8.1". Windows Report (published 29 August 2014).
  5. ^ "How to use the Windows Camera app". Microsoft Support. Retrieved 16 May 2025.

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