Guides

Plain answers about using a phone as a baby monitor.

• How to use an old iPhone as a baby monitorWhich phones work, where to put the camera, and how to keep it going all night.
• Free baby monitor apps: what to check before you choose oneSix questions about cost, privacy and alerts to ask any monitor app.
• Are phone baby monitors reliable?What can go wrong with a phone as a monitor, and what a good app does about it.
• Watching your baby monitor away from homeWi-Fi versus mobile data, privacy, and sharing with a grandparent or sitter.