You know that old phone you banished to a drawer and occasionally stumble upon while looking for your passport? “Look at it, with its tiny screen and prehistoric bezels!” you mock. “Never turning that on again.” Wrong. That old phone is your new security/dog-watching camera. Simply download the Manything app to the discarded device, open the camera, select the ‘viewer’ option on your current handset, and you’re off. Following a recent update, you can now zoom in on recorded video and jump to the exact date a clip was taken. For absolutely zilch, you get a live feed from one camera and alerts when motion is detected, while opting for a subscription makes clips accessible from the cloud. It can’t offer pin-sharp resolution, but you won’t find an easier route…
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Stuff UK (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2018