If you aren't seeing an image output from the microscope, or you see a message that your 'Camera is being used by another application', you may need to change these privacy/security settings. Some specific device classes, such as USB cameras, are handled differently by operating system privacy/security settings. IOS devices (iPhones, iPads) are not compatible with external cameras and cannot use our USB2-MICRO-250X Microscope. We suggest to check with the manufacturer of your Android device for official information. Select Android devices may not work, and it's up to the device manufacturer to support external cameras. Many newer Android devices support the microscope using an OTG cable and a separate viewing application.

Works on all Chrome OS devices with the built-in Camera application. We recommend using Cheese, or GTK+ UVC Viewer. Linux distributions with kernels 2.6.26 and above have built-in support for USB Video Class (UVC) devices. Companion software is available on our website that allows finer control of the device, or you can use any video capture software, including Photo Booth (with limitations). Mac computers with OS versions 10.5.x and above have built-in support for USB Video Class (UVC) devices. Companion software is available on our website that allows finer control of the device, or any other video capture software can be used. This includes Windows 11, 10, 8.x, 7, Vista, and XP. USB Video Class (UVC) support is built in to all versions of Windows from XP and above.

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