Online Mirror
Turn your webcam or phone camera into a free live mirror. Allow camera access below. The video never leaves your device.
Your camera feed is never recorded, stored, or sent anywhere. It runs entirely in your browser.
What Is an Online Mirror?
An online mirror uses the camera already built into your laptop, phone, or tablet and shows the live feed back to you on screen, flipped horizontally so it behaves like the glass mirror on your wall. Raise your right hand and the reflection raises its hand on the same side, exactly as you expect.
There is nothing to download, no account to create, and no app to open. It works on Windows, Mac, Chromebook, iPhone, and Android in any modern browser. If you have ever grabbed your phone to check your teeth or your hair, this is the same idea with a bigger picture and no photo roll clutter.
Mirror View vs True View (Reversed Mirror)
This tool gives you two ways to see yourself, and understanding the difference is what makes it useful.
Mirror view is the default (Mirror: On). The image is flipped left to right, the way a physical mirror reflects you. This is the view you are used to, and the one to use for makeup, shaving, fixing your hair, or straightening a collar, because your hands move in the direction your brain expects.
True view (Mirror: Off, sometimes called a reversed mirror, inverted mirror, or true mirror) shows the raw camera feed with no flip. This is how other people see you in real life and how you appear to everyone else on a Zoom, Teams, or Google Meet call. Faces are never perfectly symmetrical, so true view can look slightly off the first time you try it. That is normal. It is simply the version of your face that everyone but you sees every day.
Use the Mirror toggle to switch between the two at any time. Text and logos read correctly in true view and backwards in mirror view, so if you are holding something up to the camera to read it, switch to Mirror: Off first.
How to Use the Online Mirror
- Click Enable Camera. Your browser will ask for permission the first time. Choose Allow.
- The live feed appears in mirror view within a second or two.
- Click Fullscreen for a larger, distraction-free reflection. Press Esc to exit.
- On a phone or tablet, use Flip Camera to jump between the front and rear cameras. The rear camera is usually sharper, which helps for close-up detail.
- Use the Mirror toggle (Mirror: On / Mirror: Off) to switch between mirror view and true view.
Closing the tab or navigating away turns the camera off automatically. The camera light on your laptop will switch off as soon as the page unloads.
When a Webcam Mirror Beats a Real One
A typical laptop webcam records at 720p or 1080p, which means it shows your face larger and in more detail than a compact hand mirror, and you do not have to hold anything. A few situations where people reach for this page:
Before a video call. Check your framing, background, and lighting exactly as the camera sees them. True view shows you what your colleagues will see, which a bathroom mirror cannot do.
Makeup, hair, and grooming. Mirror view keeps your hands moving the way you expect. Fullscreen on a laptop gives you a reflection larger than most vanity mirrors.
Trying on glasses, hats, or earrings at a desk, in a store without a mirror, or when comparing two options side by side.
Practising a presentation or interview. Watch your posture, eye line, and expressions while you rehearse out loud. Streamers and teachers use it to confirm what the camera shows before going live.
No mirror nearby. Hotel rooms, offices, shared study spaces, and cars all have a laptop or phone but not always a mirror at the right height.
Tips for a Clearer Reflection
Cameras need more light than your eyes do. If the image looks grainy, dark, or soft, the fix is almost always light from in front of you, not behind. Face a window or turn on a desk lamp and the noise disappears. A bright screen behind you or a window at your back will silhouette your face no matter how good the camera is.
Wipe the lens. Laptop and phone cameras pick up fingerprints and dust that show up as a milky haze, especially in low light.
If the picture stutters, close other apps that may be using the camera, such as Zoom, Teams, or a browser tab with a video call left open. Only one app can hold the camera at a time on most systems.
If you want to check your screen at the same time, the dead pixel test runs a quick display check.
Does It Work Without a Webcam?
No. An online mirror needs a camera to capture your image. There is no way for a website to show your reflection without one. If your desktop has no built-in webcam, any USB webcam will work, or open this page on your phone instead. Almost every phone made in the last 10 years has a front camera that is good enough.
Is It Private?
Yes. The video is handled entirely inside your browser using the same WebRTC camera API that video call apps use. No frames are sent to our server, saved, or stored anywhere. We cannot see you. The browser asks for explicit permission before the camera turns on, and you can revoke that permission at any time from your browser's site settings. The camera indicator light on your device is the proof: it turns on when you enable the mirror and off when you leave the page.
Troubleshooting
The browser never asked for permission. You may have blocked the camera for this site earlier. Click the lock or camera icon in the address bar, set Camera to Allow, then reload.
'Camera not found' or a black box. Make sure a camera is connected and not in use by another app. On Windows, check Settings > Privacy > Camera and confirm browser access is turned on. On Mac, check System Settings > Privacy & Security > Camera.
Works on my laptop but not my iPhone. Use Safari or Chrome on iOS 14.3 or later. Older versions of third-party iOS browsers could not access the camera.
The image is reversed and text reads backwards. That is mirror view doing its job. Switch the Mirror toggle to Mirror: Off for true view.
Fullscreen does not work. Some browsers, particularly in-app browsers inside Instagram or Facebook, block fullscreen video. Open the page in Safari or Chrome directly.
Setting up a workspace? The keyboard tester and mouse tester check your other hardware in the same browser tab.