The simplest camera on the web
This page does one thing: take a picture with your camera and let you save it. Allow camera access, press the shutter, and download. There are no settings to learn, no menus and no account.
Photos are saved as high-quality JPG files at the resolution your camera delivers, ready to attach to an email, upload to a form or send in a chat.
If you want timers, filters, other formats, video recording or manual controls, open the full Camera Studio.
How to use it
- Press Start camera and allow access when your browser asks.
- Press the round shutter button.
- Your photo appears in the strip below the camera. Tap it to download.
Take as many photos as you like - each one is added to the strip. They're kept only in this tab and disappear when you close it, so download the ones you want to keep.
Using it on a phone or tablet
On phones and tablets, the camera opens full-width with the shutter at the bottom, within easy reach of your thumb. Tap the switch camera button to change between the front and rear cameras. The page works in Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Samsung Internet and other modern mobile browsers.
"Open camera" from inside another app
If you open this page from a link inside a social or messaging app, it may load in that app's built-in browser. Some in-app browsers block camera access. If the camera won't start, use the menu in the app to open the page in your normal browser (often labelled Open in Chrome or Open in Safari).
When to use this instead of your phone's camera app
- On a laptop or desktop, where there's no camera app - or the built-in one is hard to find.
- On a shared or work computer, where you can't install software.
- When a website needs a photo file, and you'd rather take it and upload it yourself than give that site access to your camera.
- For a quick check of how you look before a video call.
Your pictures stay with you
Photos are created in your browser and downloaded straight to your device. They are not uploaded, and they disappear from this page when you close it. We never see them.
Need something more specific? Take a Photo Online adds a self-timer, filters and PNG or WebP formats, and the Webcam Test checks whether your camera is working properly.