A free version of YouCam is often bundled with webcam equipped laptops, such as those from Hewlett Packard (HP). Costing up to $39.95, YouCam allows you to add interesting effects to the live stream, record video, take snapshots, share the feed with multiple applications or even set it up as a surveillance camera. One of the popular commercial webcam applications is CyberLink YouCam. Windows 7, 8 or even 10 can’t do that.Īs newer versions of Windows have no built-in webcam viewer, it creates opportunities for other companies that make webcam software.

Just go to My Computer and open the device. Weirdly, Windows XP allows you to view a webcam’s feed without additional software. Normally you would have to install the software that came with your webcam or use communication software such as Skype to check the feed. It’s not possible by simply installing the webcam driver.

One curious omission in more recent versions of Windows is they don’t have any built-in abilities to view or test a webcam’s video display without installing additional third party software.

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