Samsung’s new foldable devices get the S26’s USB webcam mode

Samsung The new foldables are finally official.and while this year everyone is talking about the extra-wide hardware form factor that will debut as the Galaxy Z Fold 8There are almost as many reasons to be excited about Samsung’s latest software. These devices mark the arrival of A stable UI 9and it’s been a long time since we documented all the big changes present in this version. However, our latest version marks the return of an update we’ve seen on Samsung flagships before, as all the new foldable devices learn a handy USB trick.

We’re talking about the ability to connect your smartphone to a computer via a USB cable and use your phone’s camera as a PC webcam. He The Galaxy S26 series already offers this optionand Google brought it to Pixels during the Android 14 era, but we’re always happy to see it come to more hardware.

While none of the Galaxy Z7 series foldables supported this option, we can confirm that it is, in fact, present on the Z-fold 8, Z Fold 8 Ultraand Z Flip 8 (Thanks: Dylan H).

Simply connect any of them to your PC and then tap the charging notification on the phone to get your list of USB options, including webcam mode.

With the capacity of (most of) these foldables to easily opens halfway To act as a built-in kickstand or just directly hold the camera, this webcam mode is possibly even more useful here than on the Galaxy S26.

Hopefully, this is also our sign that Samsung intends to continue supporting this mode, and we could expect to find it similarly on new Galaxy models in the future. Be sure to give it a try when your own foldable Z8 arrives early next month, or pre-order now if you haven’t already!