Camera Test

This camera test checks the camera in your phone, tablet, laptop or desktop from the browser, with nothing to install, and it is also the quickest way to open your camera online and see yourself. It shows the live picture and measures what the camera really sends: the resolution, the frame rate counted from real frames, the brightness and the grain. On a phone or tablet you can switch between the front and back camera, and pick each back lens on its own. A verdict under the picture tells you whether it works or what is wrong, and the steps below cover iPhone, Android, Windows and Mac.

How to test your camera

1. Press Start camera test. When the browser asks, choose Allow.
2. On a phone, press Front or Back to switch cameras. Phones with several back lenses list each one in the Camera list.
3. Move the phone or wave your hand. The picture should follow smoothly, and Frame rate should read close to 30.
4. Read the verdict. A green light means the camera is fine. Yellow or orange names the problem.
5. On Android, a Torch switch appears for back cameras that have a light, so you can test the flash LED too.
6. Press Snapshot to save a picture, or Test all resolutions to see every size the camera offers.

What the results mean

A phone takes 12 MP or larger photos in its own camera app, but browsers only get the camera's video sizes. That is why the readout shows 1920 × 1080 instead of the photo resolution, and it does not mean the camera is faulty.

Switch between the front and back camera

The Front and Back keys ask the browser for the camera facing you or the one facing away. If you press Back on a laptop, the page tells you there is no back camera and returns to the front one. On an iPhone, the Camera list names each lens, such as Back Camera, Back Ultra Wide Camera and Back Telephoto Camera. On Android the names are less clear, often "camera2 0, facing back". Test each one: if a single lens shows a blurry or black picture while the others work, that lens or its cover glass is damaged.

The camera does not open on iPhone or iPad

1. Close FaceTime, the Camera app and any video call app, then reload the page.
2. In Safari, tap the page menu button in the address bar, then Website Settings, and set Camera to Allow.
3. If it is still blocked, open the Settings app, then Safari (under Apps on iOS 18), then Camera, and choose Ask or Allow. For Chrome, open Settings, then Chrome, and turn on Camera.
4. If the camera is missing for every app, check Settings, then Screen Time, then Content & Privacy Restrictions, then Allowed Apps, where the camera can be switched off.

The camera does not open on Android

1. Pull down the quick settings panel. Android 12 and later have a Camera access tile that blocks the camera for every app. Turn it on.
2. In Chrome, tap the icon at the left of the address bar, then Permissions, and allow the camera.
3. If Chrome itself is blocked, open Settings, then Apps, then Chrome, then Permissions, and allow Camera.
4. Close the camera app and any video call app. Some phones give the camera to one app at a time.

The camera does not open on a computer

Check that no other app has it, such as Zoom, Teams or OBS, then allow the camera for the site. On Windows 11, open Settings, then Privacy & security, then Camera, and turn on camera access for apps and desktop apps. On a Mac, open System Settings, then Privacy & Security, then Camera, and turn on your browser. Laptops also have shutters and camera keys, which the laptop camera test covers model by model. If the computer cannot find the camera at all, work through the steps for a webcam not working.

Test your camera for Zoom, Teams and Meet

Call apps choose their own camera, so a camera that works here can still show black in a meeting. In Zoom, open Settings, then Video & effects. In Teams, open Settings, then Devices. In Google Meet, open Settings, then Video. Each shows a preview and a camera list. Pick the same camera that worked on this page and close the other apps. The Zoom camera test walks through Zoom's own preview, and a Teams test call checks your sound before a meeting.

The picture is mirrored, rotated or upside down

A mirrored front camera preview is normal; turn off Mirror view to see what others see. A picture that is rotated by 90 or 180 degrees usually comes from a camera mounted upside down or a driver setting. On Windows 11, open Settings, then Bluetooth & devices, then Cameras, and select your camera to change its brightness and contrast and, for many cameras, its rotation. A phone in a locked portrait mode may also send a sideways picture until you unlock rotation.

The picture is blurry or dark

Clean the lens first: phone lenses pick up fingerprints and pocket lint, and a case or screen protector edge can cover part of the back lens. Tap the screen of your phone camera app to check that the lens can focus at all. Indoors, phone and laptop cameras need more light than your eyes do, so face a window or lamp. If you want to see how sharp each lens is, hold printed text at arm's length and compare the Sharpness readout between lenses, or check webcam quality across every resolution.

What this camera test cannot check

The browser only gets the video stream, so it cannot test the camera app's photo resolution, optical zoom levels, night mode, HDR or the stabilization your phone uses when recording. Torch control works mainly in Chrome on Android. To test a computer webcam in more detail, use the webcam test, and to look at yourself before a call without the readouts, open the camera mirror.

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