Gizmodo: “Smartphones can take on the roles of many other gadgets—cameras, calculators, e-readers, dictaphones, and all the rest—and they can also do double duty as webcams. In fact, this functionality is now built into both Android and iOS, so it’s easier than ever to use a phone as a webcam when it’s connected to your computer. You might want to do this for a few reasons, not least because you might not already have a webcam hooked up to your computer. Or perhaps you do, but the quality isn’t very good—certainly not up to the quality that the rear cameras on your smartphone of choice can offer. Here, we’ll cover what you can do out of the box with the latest versions of Android and iOS and what else you can do with the help of a third-party app or two.”