Product
Android app
The optional installable client for your Android phone — nicer than the web page, never required.
What the app adds
The phone web page already works without any install. The Android app is for people who use VirtualCam daily and want the phone side to feel native:
- App Links pairing — scanning the QR opens the app directly, camera ready.
- Native haptics — a tick when pairing succeeds, a distinct buzz on errors; off with one switch, with vibration-pattern fallbacks on unsupported devices.
- Keep-screen-on during an active call, so the feed never dies to a lock screen.
- Auto-rejoin — network drops and app switches recover by themselves.
- One-tap rejoin within ten minutes of leaving, no fresh code needed.
Permissions, stated plainly
- Camera — to stream, only while you are paired and streaming.
- Network — to reach the pairing service and your browser directly.
- Vibrate — for the haptics, optional and off-able.
No storage permission, no contacts, no location. The app has no account and collects nothing.
Availability
The app is finished and tested on device. You can sideload it today; the Play Store listing is being prepared, and the button on the download page goes active when it is live.
Download APK — v0.1.0 (91.5 MB)
Sideload in three steps: in Android settings, allow “install unknown apps” for your
browser, then open the APK. Verify the checksum before installing —
SHA-256: 8244ce138f2aee6126fca73c146f6322a0eb49953b08a306412a2549be2a864d.
No account, no ads, and the web page at phone.makewebcam.com remains fully functional in Chrome on Android today — the app is optional, never required.