David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

A big part of video conferencing etiquette is making sure your equipment works before your meeting starts. And that includes your webcam. There’s no reason to run into unexpected and disruptive video ...

You can test your webcam online or using programs that come with Windows 10 or your Mac. You don't have to wait for a video call to find out there's a problem with your webcam — test it ahead of time.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a lot of us are spending a lot more time peering into webcams than we once did, as well as looking at video from other people’s webcams on our own screens.

Testing a webcam seems easy enough: Assemble a bunch of them, use them to take photos or video, and compare the results. But it’s worth it to go further. When recommending a webcam, I want it to do ...