Nintendo Swap 2: Which webcams work?

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The Nintendo Swap 2 is dearer in virtually each approach: pricier console, pricier video games, a complete Chat button you’ll ultimately need to pay to make use of. So it was good when Nintendo revealed you gained’t want its personal $55 digicam to video chat with friends.

“You need to use the Nintendo Swap 2 digicam accent (offered individually) or any suitable USB-C® digicam you’d like,” the corporate wrote. However you may be mighty disenchanted in the event you merely purchase a PC webcam off the shelf.

Many USB-C webcams we’ve tried don’t work in any respect, together with those you’ll usually discover on “greatest webcam” lists across the web, just like the Logitech Brio 4K, the Insta360 Hyperlink, and the Elgato Facecam MK.2. In the meantime, historical USB-A cameras like my Logitech C920 fireplace up immediately with no bother in any respect.

Ol’ reliable’s still got it.

Ol’ dependable’s nonetheless obtained it.
Photograph by Sean Hollister / The Verge

So: which webcams work? Neither Nintendo nor any main webcam producer had even a partial listing for us of suitable webcams. We requested Logitech, Razer, Microsoft, Anker, Elgato, Dell, Insta360, Obsbot, and Opal — however as of June 18th, none may say which of their webcams work, or why some don’t.

However we don’t essentially want these corporations to reply the previous: we players and journalists can create an inventory of working webcams ourselves! Right here is Reddit’s newest crowdsourced listing, and we’ve moreover examined quite a lot of cams which are — and aren’t — working right here at The Verge.

As a way to separate “take it with a grain of salt” from “confirmed working,” we’ll begin with our personal first-hand affirmation. Under that, you’ll discover the complete Reddit listing as of June 18th, 2025.

We confirmed it really works with Swap 2

We confirmed it doesn’t work

  • Logitech Brio 4K
  • Elgato Facecam MK.2
  • Insta360 Hyperlink
  • Opal Tadpole
  • Anker PowerConf C200
  • Obsbot Meet SE
  • DJI Osmo Pocket 3
  • Android telephone in webcam mode

Reportedly works with Swap 2 (Reddit)

  • aoni A20 – 1080p – $19
  • AUKEY PC-LM1E – 1080p – $29
  • AVerMedia Stay Streamer 313 (PW313) – 1080p – $69
  • Artistic Stay! Cam Sync V2 1080p – $37
  • Artistic Stay! Cam Sync V3 2K – $47
  • DAILINK 1080p – $10
  • EMEET C950 – 4K – $33
  • EMEET Piko 4K – $59
  • EMEET S600 – 4K – $55
  • HORI Piranha Plant Digital camera for Nintendo Swap 2 – 480p – $59
  • HORI USB Digital camera for Nintendo Swap 2 – 480p – $59
  • HP HD 4310 – 1080p
  • Jelly Comb 1080p
  • JOYACCESS JP-WEBGRAY – 1080p – $13
  • Lenovo 500 FHD WHWC500 – 1080p – $39
  • Lenovo Choose FHD (300 FHD) – 1080p – $38
  • Logitech Brio 100 – 1080p – $29
  • Logitech Brio 105 – 1080p – $45
  • Logitech Brio 300 – 1080p – $39
  • Logitech Brio 501 – 1080p – $129
  • Logitech C250 – 480p
  • Logitech C270 – 720p – $20
  • Logitech C310 – 720p – $49
  • Logitech C500 – 720p – $49
  • Logitech C505e – 720p – $64
  • Logitech C615 – 1080p – $85
  • Logitech C910 – 1080p – $99
  • Logitech C920/C920e – 1080p – $56
  • Logitech C922 Professional – 1080p – $79
  • Logitech C925e – 1080p – $77
  • Logitech MX Brio – 4K – $199
  • Logitech StreamCam – 1080p – $139
  • Microsoft LifeCam Cinema – 720p – $94
  • Microsoft LifeCam HD-3000 – 720p
  • Microsoft LifeCam Studio – 1080p – $98
  • Microsoft LifeCam VX-2000 – 480p – $19
  • NexiGo N940P 2K – $49
  • Nintendo Official Swap 2 Digital camera – 1080p – $54
  • onn. Webcam with Ring Gentle – 1440p – $30
  • Cellphone cameras with additional cables and TrueVisage app
  • Plantronics Poly Studio P5 – 1080p – $19
  • Razer Kiyo – 1080p – $47
  • Razer Kiyo Professional – 1080p – $129
  • Samsung Slim Match VG-STCBU2K – 1080p – $89
  • Tewiky TW-05 – 1080p – $20
  • Toucan W3001 – 1080p – $19
  • Belief GXT 1160 Vero – 1080p
  • Belief Trino HD – 720p – $12
  • Ubisoft Hercules WC04 – 480p
  • UVC suitable seize playing cards
  • VIZOLINK W4LS – 2K – $28
  • WAYVOSE ‎WVS0015 Endoscope

Reportedly doesn’t work (Reddit)

  • Android telephones in webcam mode
  • Angetube 920H – 1080p
  • Anker AnkerWork C310 – 1080p
  • Anker PowerConf C200 2K
  • AVerMedia PW513 Stay Streamer – 4K
  • Artistic Labs VF0040 – 288p
  • Chilletjes Autoflow – 1080p
  • Dell UltraSharp WB7022 – 4K
  • DJI Motion 2 – 4K
  • DJI Osmo Pocket 1 – 4K
  • DJI Osmo Pocket 3 – 4K
  • Elgato Cam Hyperlink 4K
  • Elgato Facecam MK.2 – 1080p
  • Elgato Facecam Neo -1080p
  • Elgato Facecam Professional – 4K
  • Fujifilm X-H2S – 4K/1080P
  • Hikvision DS-U02 1080P
  • IFROO FHD 1080P
  • Insta360 Go 3 – 2.7K
  • Insta360 Hyperlink – 4K
  • Insta360 Hyperlink 2 – 4K
  • Insta360 Hyperlink 2C – 4K
  • Insta360 X3 – 5.7K
  • Insta360 X4 – 8K
  • Jabra PanaCast 4K
  • Jabra PanaCast 20 – 4K
  • Logitech Brio 4K (one report of previous firmware v1.0.379 working)
  • Lumina 4K
  • Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect Sensor – 480p
  • Microsoft Xbox Stay Imaginative and prescient – 480p
  • Microsoft Xbox One Kinect Sensor Bar – 1080p
  • NexiGo N60 – 1080p
  • Nikon Z 6II – 4K
  • Nuroum V11 – 2K
  • OBSBOT Meet 4K
  • OBSBOT Meet SE – 1080p
  • Opal C1 – 4K
  • Opal Tadpole – 4K
  • Razer Kiyo Professional Extremely – 4K/1080p
  • Sony a7 III – 576p
  • Sony a7 IV – 1080p
  • Sony a7C II – 4K
  • Sony BRAVIA CAM (CMU-BC1) – 1080p
  • Sony EyeToy – 480p
  • Sony FX30 – 576p
  • Sony PlayStation Digital camera for PS4 – 1080p
  • Sony PlayStation 5 HD – 1080p
  • Sony PlayStation Eye – 480p
  • Sony ZV-1F – 720p
  • Sony ZV-E1 – 4K
  • Sony ZV-E10 – 720p
  • UGREEN 2K
  • wo-we HU-IRC02 – 1080p
  • Wyze Cam V2 – 1080p

Shoutouts to u/shutyourbutt69 (sure, I do know) for compiling the Reddit grasp listing, and to u/Darkwulf3 who created the sooner Reddit thread.

In our testing, it doesn’t appear to matter in the event you use the Swap USB-C ports or the USB-A ports on the dock, whether or not you’re going by a C-to-A adapter, or whether or not you daisy-chain with a USB hub: the webcams that work, work, and those that don’t, don’t.

Total, it’s beginning to seem like Nintendo didn’t imply “suitable with USB-C,” however quite “suitable with Swap 2.” So why did it recommend you should use any digicam you’d like? Nintendo didn’t reply the query.

To Nintendo’s credit score, it’s extremely straightforward to check which cameras do work with the console. Simply go to Techniques Settings > Controllers & Equipment > Check USB Digital camera and dealing ones will robotically show a picture on the display screen as quickly as you plug them in.

And to Elgato’s credit score, it tells The Verge it could attempt to replace its cameras: “For cameras that don’t work, we’ll discover firmware updates to allow compatibility with Swap 2,” reads an announcement by way of spokesperson Justin Ocbina. Obsbot says it’s going to additionally see if it may possibly replace its cameras, however it doesn’t but know what the problem is.

If you understand why some webcams don’t work with the Swap 2, tell us! I’m at sean@theverge.com.

Replace, June 18th: Added Reddit’s up to date grasp listing of cameras, and the dearth of response from any webcam firm.



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