Mobile apps
The iOS and Android apps are viewers for live view, recordings and notifications. They connect to a server running elsewhere (the desktop app or a server install).
Download
- iOS / iPadOS. Currently in beta. Join through TestFlight: install Apple's TestFlight app, then open the invite link on your device.[1]
- Android. Currently in beta. Join the beta group with the Google account you use in the Play Store, become a tester, then install from Google Play.[2]
| Platform | Requirement |
|---|---|
| iOS / iPadOS | 17.4 or newer |
| Android | 8.0 or newer (API 26) |
Connecting to your server
Sign in with your camera.ui account (Google, Apple, or email) and your paired servers appear. The app picks the route itself:
- At home. On the server's network it connects directly, so live view starts faster. It trusts the server's certificate for local addresses automatically.
- Away. Off the network, it goes through camera.ui Cloud.
On the server side this needs:
- Remote access via camera.ui Cloud enabled.
- The server paired to your account.
Notifications
A signed-in app receives push notifications for events. What you get alerted about is set under Notifications.[3]
Biometric login
Settings → Account → Biometric login signs you in with Face ID or Touch ID instead of your password. The credentials are kept in the device's secure storage; sign out and back in once after enabling it so they get stored. Turning it off removes them.
App lock
App lock with Face ID / Fingerprint in the app's settings asks for biometrics (or the device passcode as fallback) at every start, and again after a few minutes in the background. A brief switch away doesn't re-prompt. It is independent of biometric login.
Updates
The apps update through the App Store and Google Play (during the beta: TestFlight on iOS, the Play Store testing track on Android), plus over-the-air updates to the interface. See Updating.
The app moves to the App Store with the public release. ↩︎
Google requires testers to stay enrolled for at least 14 days before the app can go public, so please stay opted in. For beta builds, turn on Beta updates under Settings → System in the app. ↩︎
An active camera.ui subscription covers recording (NVR) and the features built on it, such as playback, export, face recognition, semantic search, and AI descriptions, plus push notifications. Live view and real-time detection are free. ↩︎