What's New
Every update brings new features, improvements, and fixes. Here's what we've been working on.
Version 1.2
August 2026
✨ Added
- Remote Start — Start a camera device remotely from your monitor. No need to physically interact with the camera device.
- Front / Back Camera Selection — Choose between front-facing and rear camera before starting. Ideal for different mounting positions.
- Customizable Appearance & Themes — Customize app interface appearance with dynamic Material You color profiles and dark mode settings.
- Remote Settings — Configure camera settings remotely from the monitor device, including alert sounds and motion detection.
🔧 Improved
- Updated to latest Android SDK (targetSdk 35, compileSdk 36)
- Improved overall stability and performance
- Enhanced Koin dependency injection (4.0.2 → 4.x)
Version 1.1
February 2026
✨ Added
- Custom Sound Picker — Select custom audio files for alerts from your device storage.
- Alert Looping — Option to loop alert sounds continuously until dismissed.
- Alert Duration — Configurable alert duration from 1 to 120 seconds.
- Motion Detection — Detect motion in your camera's field of view and receive instant alerts when movement occurs.
- Web Interface — Access your camera stream from any browser on your local network.
- Black Screen Mode — Stealth mode for covert monitoring. Turn off the camera device's screen while streaming continues.
- Remote Alert Settings — Configure alert preferences from the monitor device.
🔧 Changed
- Renamed "Siren" to "Alert" — more appropriate terminology throughout the app.
- Updated CameraX 1.5.2 → 1.5.3
- Updated Ktor 3.3.3 → 3.4.0
- Updated Compose BOM 2025.12.00 → 2026.01.01
- Migrated from Koin 3.5.6 to 4.0.2 with new API
- Improved localization — added missing translations for all supported languages
🐛 Fixed
- Motion detection zone bounds not persisting across app restarts
- Audio permission flow on Android 13+
- Black screen mode not syncing with monitor device
Version 1.0
December 2025
🚀 Initial Release
- Real-time video streaming over WiFi
- Audio streaming support
- Motion detection with configurable sensitivity
- Remote camera controls: zoom, torch/flash, photo capture, video recording
- Device discovery via NSD (Network Service Discovery)
- Material You theming with dynamic colors
- Portrait and landscape orientation support
- Settings persistence
🌐 Languages
- English (default)
- German (Deutsch)
- Spanish (Español)
- French (Français)
- Portuguese (Português)
Coming Soon
On the roadmap
🗺️ Planned
- Local network storage (NAS) export
- Multi-camera support
- Push notifications for motion alerts
- Recording schedule configuration
- Enhanced web interface with full controls
- iOS companion app