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A Logitech at a no-name price, with the privacy shutter built in

Logitech Brio 101 1080p Webcam

The cheapest camera Logitech puts the Brio name on, and the name is the thing to be careful about: this is 1080p, not the 4K Brio also in this subcategory, at a small fraction of its price. What it does bring is a sliding privacy shutter — which the C920x does not have — RightLight auto light balance, and zoom and framing you can adjust from the Logi Options+ app rather than living with whatever the lens sees. Plug and play over USB-A, f/2.0.

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Pros

  • ✓ Sliding privacy shutter is part of the camera — the C920x in this subcategory has none and Logitech says so in that listing
  • ✓ RightLight auto light balance lifts brightness and softens shadows without you touching a setting
  • ✓ Zoom and framing are adjustable from the Logi Options+ app, so the shot is not fixed to whatever the lens happens to see
  • ✓ f/2.0 aperture on a 4mm lens, and H.264 capture, which keeps the USB bandwidth down on older machines
  • ✓ Plug and play with Teams, Zoom and Google Meet, and Logitech lists it as working with Nintendo Switch 2's GameChat
  • ✓ Made with at least 77% post-consumer recycled plastic, which Logitech states on the listing
  • ✓ #1 in Amazon's Webcams across 7,513 ratings at 4.4★

Cons

  • – The name is the trap. The Logitech Brio 4K in this same subcategory is a different camera at several times the price, and "Brio" on its own does not tell you which one you are buying
  • – The headline light claim is smaller than it reads: Logitech's own footnote scopes "boosts brightness by up to 50%" to a comparison against previous-generation Logitech webcams, not against the cameras it sits beside here
  • – The built-in microphone is mono, per the listing's own audio specification. Fine for a call; the EMEET C960 next to it has two mics for the same money
  • – USB-A on a captive cable. A laptop with only USB-C needs an adapter, and the cable length is not yours to choose
  • – Zoom and framing need the Logi Options+ app installed. On a locked-down work machine that install may not be yours to make, and without it the camera has no controls at all
  • – The 7,513 ratings cover the Brio 100 and Brio 101 together across colours — Amazon's own colour selector names them as one family — so a review may be describing the other model
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Logitech Brio 101 1080p Webcam

A Logitech at a no-name price, with the privacy shutter built in

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