eMeet’s Piko+ webcam was the best new webcam I saw during 2025, but it had one flaw: The version I was shipped for review included a tripod, but no webcam mount. Sometime this year, eMeet quietly fixed this, and you can now buy a “traditional” version of the webcam at Amazon.
Webcams simply have become progressively better over time, but the quality of the eMeet Piko+ was revelatory. It’s an odd little dual-lens 4K camera that performed especially well in the low light cast by a display, with decent performance in fuller, more natural light.
My only problem with it at the time I reviewed it, was that only a tripod option was available. For me, a tripod means an easy opportunity to jostle the webcam, or for one of my kids or a wandering cat to either move it or knock it over entirely. A webcam that can be mounted to a display or screen is up and out of the way.
Interestingly, eMeet appears to have replaced the tripod-mounted Piko+ with the more traditional version, “selling out” of the model I reviewed. I’ve updated the link on my Piko+ review to reflect the “traditional” webcam. If you do prefer a tripod, however, the Piko+ includes the standard screw hole, so you can either pick up a cheap tripod or use an existing one that you may already own.
In any event, I really liked eMeet’s Piko+, and it appears as the runner-up for the best webcam on our list of the best webcams for 2025.
Currently priced at about $90, it hits that sweet spot between cheaper budget models of $35 to $50 or so, and the ultra-premium webcams that are priced at around $200. I can’t say what the Black Friday sales have in store for this webcam, but it looks like the lowest that Amazon has ever discounted it has been about $76.
Pick it up now or wait; but add it to your wishlist. eMeet’s Piko+ is a quality webcam at a quality price.
Author: Mark Hachman, Senior Editor, PCWorld
Mark has written for PCWorld for the last decade, with 30 years of experience covering technology. He has authored over 3,500 articles for PCWorld alone, covering PC microprocessors, peripherals, and Microsoft Windows, among other topics. Mark has written for publications including PC Magazine, Byte, eWEEK, Popular Science and Electronic Buyers' News, where he shared a Jesse H. Neal Award for breaking news. He recently handed over a collection of several dozen Thunderbolt docks and USB-C hubs because his office simply has no more room.