Second connection to camera

Good morning!!

I was wondering if more than one phone can connect to and control a camera.
I have my phone connected to my living room one. Can my boyfriend connect his, too??

Yes. Some cams like the OG have a limit of 2 connections at once. Other cams allow more connections at once, but they all allow at least 2 at a time, assuming your internet and the devices have sufficiently strong signals and good connections to support it. :+1:

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Would I be able to see if another device is attached to the cam? Would it show in the app?

No there’s not currently a way to see logs of who watched the cameras or who is live viewing them as you’re looking at them or anything like that. It’s generally accepted that if you share your login with someone you understand they have access to the camera and also if you use the option to “Share” The camera your understanding they have the ability to view it and limited control over it.

It won’t show up in the app, but in theory it will change the color of the status light if someone is watching the live stream.

The problem with this is that for you to check the status light color, you will then be in view of the camera causing a motion event, and so YOU will change the color of the status light too, so now you won’t know if the status light color changed because of your motion or because someone else is watching the live stream…unless you hold really still far enough away long enough.