Turn spare phones into OBS sources.
Stream a mobile game, film a tutorial with the phone screen and your face, or use a phone's rear camera as your webcam. ByteMirror brings iPhone and Android phones into OBS Studio on Windows, over USB or Wi-Fi.
Free to start. Windows 10 and 11.
- iPhone and Android
- USB cable or Wi-Fi
- OBS Studio 31 or later
- Windows 10 and 11
How it works
Connect, pick a source, go live.
- 1
Connect a phone
An iPhone by its USB cable or AirPlay, an Android phone through the ByteMirror app over Wi-Fi or by USB debugging.
- 2
Pick a source in OBS
In OBS Studio, add a ByteMirror Phone source and choose the phone, and whether you want its screen or its camera.
- 3
Go live
Stream or record as usual. The phone's sound is part of the source, so it shows up in the OBS audio mixer.
Connect
Four ways in. Pick the one you like.
Cable when you want the steadiest picture, Wi-Fi when you want to move around. Every option carries the game's sound.
iPhone, by cable
Use the cable you charge with. ByteMirror sets up the USB driver in one step and your iPhone asks to trust the PC once. You don't need iTunes.
How it worksiPhone, over AirPlay
Open Control Center, tap Screen Mirroring and pick your PC. The game's sound comes with the picture.
How it worksAndroid, with the ByteMirror app
Install the app, scan the code shown on your PC and share the screen with its game sound. Developer settings stay off.
How it worksAndroid, by USB debugging
Already use USB debugging? Pro mode connects over the cable and installs nothing on the phone.
How it worksSeveral phones, one scene
The game on one phone. Your face on another.
Each phone is its own ByteMirror Phone source in OBS. Put the game from one phone and the camera from a second phone in the same scene, and place and crop them separately. No window capture, no capture card.
- Pro and Lifetime show up to 5 phones at once. The free plan shows one phone at a time.
- A phone only sends video while a source is showing it, which saves its battery.
- The game's sound stays in sync with the picture.
Camera
Your phone's rear camera is a better webcam.
Use the front or back camera of an iPhone or Android phone as a camera source in OBS. Watch yourself in the ByteMirror window or the OBS preview on your PC monitor while you record.
Under the hood
The parts you don't see.
Decodes on your graphics card
NVIDIA, AMD or Intel, chosen automatically, with the processor as the fallback. You can also pick a GPU yourself.
Video stays on your network
The picture goes from your phone to your PC over the cable or your Wi-Fi. It is never uploaded.
Up to 1080p at 60 fps
H.264 or H.265, encoded by the phone's own hardware chip. Free plans run at 720p and 30 fps.
Picks up where it left off
If the cable comes loose or the Wi-Fi drops, ByteMirror reconnects when the phone is back.
Pricing
Start free. Upgrade when you go live.
The free version has every feature. Paid plans remove the watermark and raise the quality to 1080p at 60 fps.
Try every way to connect.
For people who stream or record every week.
Pay once. Keep Pro on one PC.
For agencies, esports teams and studios.
Questions
Good to know.
Try it with your phone.
Download ByteMirror, plug in or pick Wi-Fi, and your phone is on screen in about a minute.
Free. No account needed.