So this is the second video I’ve recorded for these EMEET Stream Cam One wireless webcams. Not because I’ve changed my entire opinion about them, they’re still a very cool concept. I’m just not really sure who they’re for now. First impressions are strange, and I thought these webcams could be a really cool piece of tech for streamers out there on a budget who want to show off more of their space with wide room shots, portrait shots and top-down shots of their desks for unboxing. However, I feel like streamers have moved on from this point, instead really adopting the DSLR for its enhanced quality over webcams. Sure the EMEET StreamCam One is wireless, and if you adopt DSLR setups you’re going to have HDMI cables and capture cards running about the place, but even still, the wireless capabilities of the EMEET cameras have some huge limitations which we’ll cover in this video. I will say now though that buying five of these EMEET cameras is significantly cheaper than buying five DSLR cameras, so there is that. Anyway, let’s dive into the nitty gritty.
The setup was fairly easy. Both phone and desktop app really reflect each other nicely, though if you’re using these on your desktop you’ll be connecting them to your home network over a 5GHz connection, and on a phone you’ll be utilising Bluetooth. In either instance, you scan for the cameras and click the connect to camera button and you’re away. The customisation options here are pretty seamless too and the app and software is very nicely laid out, with options for setting colour filters, mirrored positioning and even some more pro controls which allow you to adjust things like your exposure and colour saturation. You’ve even got simple controls on the main screen for recording video, taking screenshots, choosing which platforms you want to livestream to and even setting the video feed up as a virtual camera. This interested me as someone who likes to use OBS Studio to capture my content for YouTube, but this had some limitations as the Virtual Camera could only be selected as a single feed. I couldn’t find a way to pull in each individual camera into OBS Studio using the EMEETStream software, and there were no hotkey or scene selection options to make life easy. I had to physically interact with the EMEETStream software with my mouse top switch cameras. Let me know in the comments though if there is a way because I couldn’t find it for love nor money. If you plugged them in using the included USB Type-C cables though you can select them as individual cameras. Go figure.
Anyway, if you’re an OBS user, this setup probably isn;’t going to be for you, so I’d recommend sticking to the EMEETStream software for the time being, which again came with some limitations. Again, depending on the medium used to record, I found that there were some hefty latency issues. If I used my desktop to record in 1080p using the Mod video latency option, it caused absolute chaos with my video. T remind you, the cameras at this stage are connected to my PC wirelessly using a 5GHz bandwidth. And for transparency, I only have a Virgin Media Hub 4 here and no third-party router. Maybe something with faster wireless data transfer speeds would be better, I don’t know. I don’t have the gear here to test that unfortunately. The audio was fine and my voice speaking into the included wireless lavilier microphone that comes with the cameras sounded alright, but there’s no way you’ll be using this footage for your own content creation needs. Just take a look at this.
Dropping the quality down to 720p while keeping the Mid video latency option worked much better, but it’s 2025, who’s making videos in 720p anymore? Something like this I think will be fine for your podcasts if you’re going to be clipping them and using them on TikTok, but the video over wireless is still incredibly noisy. Just take a look.
But it wasn’t until I tested recording to my phone, where the cameras were then broadcasting over Bluetooth, that I could actually get somewhat of a usable picture when recording at 1080p on the Mid video latency option. Again take a look.
It’s somewhat bizarre, and I may be completely wrong about this so apologies I’m not an expert in network speeds or anything like that. But I would have assumed that it would have been the other way around when it came to video quality. I would have assumed my wireless network would be able to transfer far more data than Bluetooth to handle a 1080p video stream. However, even though I’d found a better way to capture content I wasn’t out of the woods yet, because every time I went back to the EMEETStream app on my Google Pixel 7 Pro, after that initial launch and video test, the app crashed. A LOT. So much so that I had to uninstall the app and redownload it through the Play Store to get it working again. It’s not the slowest or most unreliable phone on the market by any stretch, though I kept having issues with it which wouldn’t be convenient if I wanted to just get up and go and start creating content.
Having a wireless lav microphone on top of each camera is a decent touch, and it means that if you have got multiple cameras and even multiple video hosts, you can give them a lav each and audio will capture alongside your video seamlessly. And to charge them back up all you need to do is hook them to the top of the cameras. They’re magnetic so they’ll stay in place with no problem.
I do have a couple of concerns when it comes to the webcams, and two I think are pretty major. The first is there are no physical privacy shutters on the lenses. Sure you can power the cameras down when you’re done with them, but if you need to plug them directly into a constant power source then there’s that. The second, which is also linked to privacy, is the fact you’re adding webcams to your wireless network in your house. Now even though they don’t show up as wireless devices under your wireless settings on a phone, I did see a couple of unknowns connected to my network when I logged into my router settings. Whether this poses security risks I don’t know, but some privacy shutters would have been nice as a just-in-case right? Or am I alone in this one?
I did find all of this somewhat of a shame, because I was really looking forward to getting these cameras integrated into my gaming setup so I can capture various angles when I’m creating content and make my videos look more interesting, but unfortunately with that latency, they’re a no go from me. Maybe if I had a better router? Who knows. Recording smoothly in 720p unfortunately just feels a bit dated, and unfortunately, the video is still very noisy to get away with it in this day and age. I’m not averse to using webcams, I mean hell I’m still using the OBSBOT Meet 2 for my top-down desk shots in my keyboard and mouse review videos, and I’ve been spoiled by Elgato with their Facecam.
If you’re a content creator who primarily uses their mobile phone then maybe these could fit into your content needs, but again I don’t think the quality is there compared to some newer mobile handsets. It’ll be great for a podcast, or cooking show, or talking head video. But again, quality is going to suffer. They’re a cool idea don’t get me wrong and I think with some work they’d be a much better product. Maybe when wireless signals become better and data can be transferred at a faster rate, I know obviously the technology for such things exists, but in a consumer-focused webcam like this? I’ve never seen it. Comment down below if I’m wrong though and let us know your thoughts on what you’ve seen today. I will say though, nice try EMEET, but 720p quality video is just a bit too old to be passable for today’s content creation needs.
