# Building Smarter Camera Applications with esp-video

DevFeed: [Building Smarter Camera Applications with esp-video](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/building-smarter-camera-applications-with-esp-video-13721.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.espressif.com/blog/2025/09/esp-video-introduction/>)

Author: John Lee

Published: 2025-09-22T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Blog on Developer Portal](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-on-developer-portal.md>)

Topics: [ESP32](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/esp32.md>), [Application Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/application-development.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [Framework](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/framework.md>), [Internet of things](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/iot.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [application-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/application-development.md>), [applications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/applications.md>), [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [camera](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/camera.md>), [esp32](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/esp32.md>), [esp32-c6](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/esp32-c6.md>), [esp32-p4](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/esp32-p4.md>), [esp32-s3](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/esp32-s3.md>), [framework](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/framework.md>), [iot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iot.md>), [multimedia](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/multimedia.md>), [video](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/video.md>)

## AI overview

This article introduces Espressif's esp-video camera application development component for ESP32 chips. It describes supported camera applications, including image and video transmission, segmented capture, on-device AI features, and multi-camera systems, and compares esp-video with the earlier esp32-camera component.

## Source excerpt

The esp-video component provides a solution to build camera applications on the ESP32 chips. This article will introduce the esp-video component, how to use it, and will give an overview of the framework around it.