
Hadlee Simons / Android Authority
TL;DR
- Google brought a native USB webcam mode to Pixel phones back with Android 14 QPR1.
- Now Samsung supports the same webcam functionality with the Galaxy S26 series.
- It’s unclear yet if Samsung will update older devices with the same support.
For a whole lot of us, our smartphones are the best cameras we own. And it’s only understandable, then, that when you’re trying to get the best image quality, you’d want to use that camera in as many places you can. If…

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