Webcam Preview

Shows web camera preview on top of any https site.

What is Webcam Preview?

Webcam Preview is a unique Chrome extension designed to bring life to your presentations by allowing you to show your live web camera view on top of any https site. This solution gives the opportunity to deliver dynamic and engaging presentations, especially when sharing your screen via hangouts. From switching on/off to selecting the image orientation, to tracking activities, Webcam Preview offers multiple customization options. It's even compatible with full screen sites like Google Slides.

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Users: 6,000+

Rating: 4.03 (36)

Version: 1.0.2 (Last updated: 2017-07-07)

Creation date: 2017-07-07

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
activeTab
storage
http://*/*
https://*/*

Size: 16.49K

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 12834 ▼ 143

Other rankings

#3211 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 6 #45 in preview keyword 20 ▼ 1

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Summary

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Webcamera Preview - extension that allows you to bring interest to your presentations to a new level.

At the moment, a participant who shares his screen through hangouts does not stream the web camera with his image to the viewers. The extension solves this problem.

Features: The extension shows the image from the web camera over the current tab. Second click on the plugin icon toggles the broadcast. Implemented a direct and mirror image streaming. The full screen sites like Google Slides are supported. Options page and context menu allow to adjust extension’s position in corners, frame type like rectangle, oval, circle, mirror mode, tracking of active tab, tracking of the full screen mode.

User reviews

User reviews summary

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Pros

Simple and useful
Good for online demonstrators and webinar participants
Works well in Google Slides
Useful for Google Hangouts on Air

Cons

Unable to resize image or make it fullscreen
Does not work with some https websites
Does not record video
Does not work on Chromebook

Most mentioned

Size of preview
Inability to record video
Difficulty turning it off

Recent reviews

Good!

M, 2021-10-12

Extension is pretty good, but why image is so small? Why I can't make it fullscreen? Please add this option.

Виталий Яндулов, 2021-09-21

really good

Authmane Terki, 2020-11-20

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Safety

Risk impact

Webcam Preview is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Webcam Preview if you trust the publisher.