The Obsbot Tiny 3 packs best-in-class AI tracking, sharp 4K video, smooth 1080p120 recording, and excellent microphones into an even smaller body, making it the most capable and polished webcam you can buy if you’re willing to pay a premium.
Obsbot continues to deliver impressive webcams in small packages. At $349, the Osbot Tiny 3 is $20 more than the Tiny 2, but Obsbot adds even more AI tracking features, 1080p120 recording support, and better microphones while further shrinking its size. The $99 Obsbot Tiny SE also offers mechanical pan and tilt capabilities and remains our top recommendation among affordable 1080p models, but if you want even sharper 4K resolution, plus the most advanced recording and tracking modes, and voice control support, the Tiny 3 is worth the hefty premium and earns our Editors’ Choice award for high-end webcams. Design: Somehow Even Smaller Than Last Gen
The Tiny 3 sits atop Obsbot’s webcam lineup, launching alongside the Tiny 3 Lite ($199). The Lite version is also very good, though its video isn’t as sharp, and it lacks some of the recording and tracking modes of its higher-end sibling.
The Tiny 3 is Osbot’s smallest cam yet. It measures only 1.5 by 1.5 by 1.9 inches (HWD), making both the Tiny 2 (1.9 by 1.7 by 2.4 inches) and the Tiny 3 Lite (1.6 by 1.6 by 2.3 inches) seem downright large. It keeps an otherwise nearly identical design to its predecessor, featuring a base and camera module connected by a gimbal. The base is made of black plastic, while the gimbal and camera are encased in dark gray metal. The entire construction feels very solid. Like with the Tiny 2, there’s an indicator light bar on the front edge of the gimbal’s base plate. A USB-C port sits on the back of the base.
Turning the Tiny 3 upside down will expose a screw mount for attaching the base to a tripod or another stand, as well as a ring-shaped rubber foot to keep the camera stable on a flat surface. The base is magnetic and snaps securely onto an included small, square clip for putting the camera on the top of your screen. The clip has three hinges that offer the right amount of resistance to keep the camera securely attached to your monitor or laptop at your desired angle.
A hard-shell gray fabric case is included with the Tiny 3. It’s roomy enough to hold the camera, clip, and USB cable together. It’s a nice extra if you want to bring the webcam with you wherever you go, instead of using it only at your desk. Features: Automatically Track Whatever You Want
The Obsbot Center software for Windows and macOS enables a number of settings and automatic features on the Tiny 3. Extensive image controls are available, including manual focus, upper and lower ISO sensitivity limits, and white balance, each with an auto mode you can toggle. The more typical contrast, hue, saturation, and sharpness sliders are here, plus 50Hz and 60Hz anti-flicker, device resolution and frame rate, and even a mode for using it as a webcam with the Nintendo Switch 2.
Particularly useful and varied are the Tiny 3’s AI-powered tracking options. The camera can automatically pan and tilt to follow you around like the affordable Tiny SE, but it doesn’t stop there. You can set the Tiny 3 to automatically zoom in on your face, full body, upper body, lower body, or headless full body. There are also separate modes for single users and groups, plus hand tracking, voice tracking (based on the direction of your voice), and object tracking (based on a specific object you select in the preview window, similar to many mirrorless cameras’ subject tracking).
