Using face detection, it can detect if the baby's face is covered or if the baby rolled over, sending an alert to the smartphone that, in keeping with the design of the camera itself, also sounds like a bird. While any video baby monitor will allow you to hear the baby, the camera inside the Cubo actually knows what it's seeing.
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The settings offer a good set of options: You can turn on both covered face and rollover alerts, or only covered face alerts, or turn sleep safety alerts off, set a "danger zone," and adjust the sensitivity of the cry detection. The third tab houses the settings, where you can customize alerts, add your baby's profile, and even turn the built-in nightlight on and off. Mine were mostly images of the baby crying and sucking on his hands, and the app often went several days without snapping any pictures.Ī second tab inside the app houses the alerts, which are paired with an accompanying video clip to replay the moment that triggered the alarm. Under that live view are moments that the Cubo AI camera snapped by looking for movement and smiles. A timeline allows you to rewind the live footage (up to 18 hours), including a helpful gray bar that notes when the baby was in the crib. If you tap again, additional controls pop up for the two-way audio. Tap on this to enter a full-screen mode with controls for taking a photo or video. Inside the app, the home screen includes a live view with a time stamp and the room's temperature and humidity. The Wi-Fi and app were particularly easy to set up
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From there, setup is simply a matter of adjusting alert preferences in the app and even customizing them with your baby's name.
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The app walks you through the steps, which include placing a QR code in front of the camera - after which, the monitor will confirm the connection. The option to use multiple stands made it easy to grab the monitor from the nursery and plug it in the mobile stand so I could watch the baby while hauling out the trash or checking the mail. The mobile stand is as simple as plugging it in and rotating the camera. The crib stand was fairly easy to assemble.
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The Cubo needs to be mounted above the crib for the facial recognition features to work, but the included stands mean that's possible without mounting anything to the wall.
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The camera records and livestreams in 1080p HD (with black-and-white night vision), offering sufficient detail for monitoring but not quite enough to use the 4x digital zoom to see breaths. The device can be mounted three different ways. The last mount is a mobile stand that sits on a shelf. A free-standing mount uses a water-weighted bottom to get that same overhead view on beds like a bassinet or playpen. It's plenty sturdy for monitoring a baby but may need to be switched for toddlers who like to climb and pull on everything. I used the crib mount, which is designed to fit most crib railings and arch over the top. Mounting the camera above the crib is required for the covered face and rollover alerts. That center piece moves to switch from the lens looking below the bird for mounting above a crib to in front of the bird to sit on a shelf. The glossy white body is shaped like a bird, while a fake wood-grain piece in the middle houses the camera.
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The Cubo looks more like a nursery decoration than a security camera. And the second? Getting a taste of what an AI baby monitor can do only leaves an appetite for even more smart features. The first is that the Cubo has the same downsides of every app-powered monitor, which I'll get into later in this review. While not perfect, Cubo's faults fall into two categories. Designed by a parent who knows that panicked feeling when you check on your baby only to find their face covered and a pediatrician, Cubo is made to offer more peace of mind without resorting to expensive wearable monitors. Using facial recognition, the Cubo AI Smart Baby Monitor alerts parents if the baby's face is covered, or if the toddler just climbed out of the crib entirely. I'm not trying to use a tired cliché - I'm talking about Cubo, an artificially intelligent video baby monitor that also happens to look more like a little plastic bird than a camera. A little birdie told me that my baby wasn't okay.