Hi Brendan,

I am Dave, an Independent Advisor, I will help you with this.

Windows 10 Hello Facial Recognition is more secure than most of the facial recognition technologies used on devices these days and it requires a webcam with Infrared capability.

I checked the specs of the Logitech HD pro webcam c920 webcam and it does not have Infrared capability and so, it is not compatible with Windows 10 Hello Facial Recognition.

Answer from DaveM121 on learn.microsoft.com
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May 14, 2021 - Logitech - C920s Pro 1080 Video Conferencing, Streaming, and Gaming Webcam with Privacy Shutter - Black · User rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars with 6673 reviews.4.7(6,673) Hi there, the C920S HD Webcam does not work with Windows "Hello" authentication. This authentication is very specific in ...
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No, for Windows Hello, a camera must have additional sensors for face recognition, and these are missing from this model.
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March 31, 2023 -

Hello,

I've got the new AMD Ryzen 7950x3d on a Windows 11 Pro 22H2 desktop. I have had the C920 for the longest time on my previous computer, and it was working fine on this one. However all of a sudden when I opened zoom, I noticed it was freezing, so I went into logitech capture and noticed no video was coming out. I tried a bunch of things. Putting it into another USB. Updating the firmware, reinstalling the software, uninstalling zoom. Nothing seemed to work, so I assumed it had seen its last legs, so I decided to upgrade to the Brio Windows Hello 4k Webcam.

Same issue with this, Tried it on multiple ports.

Does not work in any other situation. In Windows hello, the camera is detected, and starts the process with the IR blaster going through rapid red blinks. However the camera never turns on.

I've reinstalled drivers, restarted the computer, tried different ports to no avail. I even created a new user account, to see if that would work, nope, still not working.

I've plugged into into a different USB port and it doesnt' make a difference (they are all USB 3.0)

I've never seen this happen and am utterly confused. This is also a fairly fresh install of Windows 11 Pro.

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. How do I get my webcam to work.

Now I just tried it and went into cameras and settings, and clicked on bluetooth and devices and on camera, and all of a sudden the camera turned on. However when I go to Windows hello it won't work. If I go onto anythin but the defualt logitech page it won't work. If I go to the part of logitech where I can edit the effects I get the message, the camera is being usined by another app.

I've gone onto permissions and the camera has all the permissions it needs. Everythign has been enabled and there has been no difference. I'm baffled by this issue, and would appreciate a solution.

I tried the registry trick HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Media Foundation\PlatformIf

And now the camera app from Windows is finally opening, and the camera shows video. However I go back to logitune and the camera isn't showing.

When I go to windows hello, the ir blinks red but no video shows up.

I'm. utteraly confused why this is happening. I even did an SFC check and it didn't find any issues. I really don't want to do a fresh install of Windows given that this is a 2 week new installation so things should be good to go.

Any solutions for this please would be greatly appreciated. I have already posted this on the Microsoft forums and they weren't really able to help apart from the things I already tried.

On logitune I'll often see the message that the camera is being used by another app even though I know it's not.

Thanks so much!

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Camera requirements for Windows Hello Facial recognition | Microsoft Learn
March 8, 2022 - About Hello Copanion Device Framework: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/device-experiences/windows-hello-companion-device-framework ... No, common cameras like Logitech C920 does not meet requirement.
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October 20, 2023 - Logitech - C920s Pro 1080 Video Conferencing, Streaming, and Gaming Webcam with Privacy Shutter - Black · User rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars with 6425 reviews.4.7(6,425) Hey! No, the C920s webcam is not compatible with Windows Hello on Windows 11.
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I did some further investigation since I answered your question and I have not found any Logitech webcams that are compatible with windows Hello at this time. For a camera to work with Hello, it must have infrared in order to penetrate the facial hair and read the skin only.
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February 19, 2023 - Logitech - C920s Pro 1080 Video Conferencing, Streaming, and Gaming Webcam with Privacy Shutter - Black · User rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars with 6093 reviews.4.7(6,093) Yes it is. I'm using it with windows.
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February 7, 2017 - Background replacement, a Logitech ... tell from its specifications. It's a webcam for the most hardcore of streamers, the most serious of video podcasters, or even fans of Windows Hello....
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October 31, 2020 - Windows hello is not recognizing my webcam but the windows 10 camera app does, I cant figure out why, I have a Logitech c920.
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3 weeks ago - If you don’t believe our review below, then listen to 17,000 Amazon customers who have awarded it nearly five out of five stars. Interestingly, Logitech focuses on the webcam aspect first — the camera captures great images and great audio…and then offers Windows Hello capabilities on top of that.