About Webcam Tester
A friendly, free tool that helps you walk into your next call with one less thing to worry about.
Why we built it
Almost everyone has had that moment of joining a video call and realising the camera is showing a black square, or the mic is muted at the system level, or the speakers are routed to a Bluetooth device that walked out of the room with someone else. Webcam Tester exists so that little panic never happens to you again. Open the page, click one button, and you know in five seconds whether you are ready.
What the tool actually does
The site uses your browser's built in camera and microphone APIs to show a live preview of your video, the device name, the streaming resolution, and a live input meter for your mic. There is no account, no install, and no upload. Everything runs in the tab you already have open.
You can jump straight to the webcam test, check your microphone, or confirm your speakers are playing sound.
Privacy by design
No video, audio, or device data ever leaves your browser. We do not run analytics on your media stream because we never receive it in the first place.
Built for everyone
Students before an online exam, candidates before an interview, remote teams before a stand up, creators before a livestream. The tool is the same for all of them, and it stays free.
Our promise
No ads inside the tool, no dark patterns, no pop ups asking you to sign up. Just a clean page that does one job well. If something is broken or confusing, we want to hear about it so we can fix it.