Put your GoPro Hero8 Black as your webcam for communicating with your officemates, friends and family during lockdown. Here is how you can do it... "These days, everyone has different video conferencing needs. Now that HERO8 Black works as a high-definition webcam, users can easily share wide-angle perspectives that better demonstrate their craft—from homeschooling and art teachers to chefs and aspiring chefs to fitness instructors—to their viewers. And, those simply looking for a high-performance webcam will appreciate HERO8 Black’s ability to capture themselves and their environment in a more flattering manner than traditional webcams allow.

All you need for HERO8 Black to work as a durable, mountable, ultra-high-quality webcam is a beta camera firmware update, the new desktop utility and a USB-C cord—no third-party accessories required. The GoPro Webcam desktop utility is currently available for Mac OS users with support for Windows in development.

Click here for an in-depth step-by-step guide to set up HERO8 Black as a webcam, but here is a quick rundown of what to expect as you set up the GoPro Webcam."