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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
This topic seems to come up every few years.
I'm surprised at how much difficulty I'm having finding a baby monitor that has audio/video, a receiver unit, but you can also access on a smartphone.
If it can connect through the Google Home that's a nice bonus but not needed.
If it can be a home security camera that'd be a nice bonus but not needed.
Seems like everything is either smartphone only, or you can't use it at all.
We had a Motoroloa one that didn't work well when using your smartphone/computer.
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I used Yi cameras in the past. Especially the 360 one. It worked as a security cam, linked to smart phones etc. Instead of an offline tablet, I think you can just install the app on a cheap tablet. This was around 4-5 years ago. It was pretty easy to have multiple cameras on a single account. The notifications and sensitivity of detecting movement/crying was very good IMO and much better than most camera options out there and definitely more convenient with the smart phone app.
The one Regulator linked is similar to the Yi 360 I used. The current Yi cameras seem to be a little spotty, so I'd roll the dice on that little elf. TBH, it looks nearly identical to the original one I used, so fingers crossed it's a copy/clone, because it was a very good camera.
If it's like the camera I had, you might need a micro SD card to playback short clips of the movement and crying detection, but you don't need a big one. Just a small one. I also purchased a small floating shelf and attached the camera to it. I turned off 360 auto cruising and just had it in a fixed position, but it was always nice to be able to scroll around from the phone if needed.