Best WiFi Baby Monitors of 2025, Lab-Tested and Reviewed

The convenience of checking on your little one from nearly anywhere is a major perk of a WiFi video baby monitor. These monitors also connect to apps that can offer an assortment of features, like video recording and storage, multidevice access for multiple caregivers, unlimited range with a WiFi connection, sleep tracking, and even diaper change tracking.

As part of CR’s comprehensive baby monitor ratings process, we’ve tested more than 10 WiFi video baby monitors from top brands in our lab, including products from Eufy, Nanit, Owlet, and MomCozy.

In addition to assessing each device for its ease of use and display quality, we looked at how secure they are.

For example, CR testers evaluated each company’s public documentation to understand how it uses customer data. We also inspected the user interface and network traffic, and looked for security vulnerabilities.

Below are the best WiFi baby monitors to keep tabs on your little one from your smartphone. For more options, explore our comprehensive baby monitor ratings. For shopping tips, including additional features to look for, check our baby monitor buying guide.

While the most secure video baby monitor is one that isn’t connected to the internet, there are a few steps you can take to make your smartphone-connected WiFi baby monitor less vulnerable to hacking. 

Use a complex password. Some baby monitors allow you to use a six-character password, but our privacy experts urge you to use one with at least eight characters in a mix of letters, numbers, and other characters.

Enable multifactor authentication. Not all baby monitors will require multifactor authentication, but it should be standard on any important connected device or online account. It can prevent someone who gets your password from logging in to your account. Once you’ve set it up, you’ll also be alerted if someone with your credentials tries to log in from a new device. 

Routinely update the device’s firmware. Some baby monitors perform automatic updates, while other models require you to do it manually. If you buy a model without automatic updates, our experts suggest that you check for and perform firmware updates once a month to keep on top of security fixes and enhancements. Many manufacturers will allow opting into product updates without also opting into promotions or third-party advertisements. That can be helpful for knowing when security updates are available.

Our baby monitor buying guide takes an in-depth look at the different types and the variety of features available. Check it out if you want to learn about what type of baby monitor may be right for your family and how to choose one. In the meantime, here’s a list of the top features that many parents prioritize.

HD screen resolution: Most WiFi video baby monitors have color cameras and high-definition screen resolution. Our testers found that while even lower-res models are adequate to see what a child is doing, it’s probably worth getting a monitor with high definition. 

2-way talk: Most baby monitors feature 2-way communication, which allows you to hear a baby’s noises and talk back. Some models can even play music or sounds.

Multiple cameras with split-screen displays: Most baby monitor manufacturers will sell you additional cameras that can feed the same display, which can be useful if you have more than one small child. If you’d like to be able to see multiple children at once, look for a model with an app that offers split-screen displays. 

Temperature sensors: While most modern baby monitors report on the temperature in the child’s room, some also add a humidity reading, which might be useful, say, if you’re running a humidifier or a vaporizer in a sick child’s room.

Volume control: With a WiFi video baby monitor, you’ll access the live feed via an app on your phone. It’s important that you can still hear the live feed even if you’re not actively in the app. That way, you can use your phone while monitoring your child. 

Notifications: Many WiFi monitor apps offer a variety of notification options. For example, some models can distinguish between a cough and a cry, and allow you to select whether you want to receive notifications for both, just one, or none. Our testers like monitors that have specific notification settings because they reduce the likelihood of false alerts but don’t miss when a baby needs soothing. 

Night vision: Most baby monitors have a feature that uses an infrared setting on the camera so that you can see your baby in a dark room.

You may notice that some new WiFi baby monitors employ AI technology to monitor breathing and other vitals, analyze crying and sounds, estimate when a baby is likely to wake, and send alerts, such as when something is covering the baby’s face, or if they’ve rolled over into a potentially unsafe position. For anxious parents, these features may seem like a boon, but Grace Gedye, CR’s AI policy analyst, recommends that parents approach this new technology with caution. 

“New AI features are not always accurate and reliable,” Gedye says. “The AI features in baby monitors could alarm parents with false positives or, on the flip side, fail to provide the proactive alerts that may be promised.” 

If you’re considering a baby monitor with AI features, keep in mind that the maker of the monitor may be using footage of your infant to train its product. In fact, it may even be selling footage of your infant to other companies so they can train their models, or for other purposes. If that’s a concern for you, check the fine print on the user agreement to see whether the company makes any specific claims about not using feed data to train AI and not selling consumer data. 

“Some AI products show promise,” Gedye says, “but right now, companies’ AI features are rarely tested by independent third parties for accuracy and reliability. Too often, companies can get away with selling products that don’t live up to their lofty, but ambiguous, marketing claims.”

Your monitor will come with instructions for a safe setup, but there are a few foundational guidelines you should follow.

• Never put a baby monitor in a baby’s crib or mount it on the crib rails.
• Never put a baby monitor on a shelf or stand, where it’s likely to fall.
• Make sure electrical cords are at least 3 feet away from the crib.

In addition to the top picks on this list, we also tested baby monitors from CuboAi, Momcozy, Miku, MomCozy, TP-Link, and Halsa.

Our lab technicians started by listing each monitor’s features, noting such details as video quality, volume and notification controls, and noise, temperature, and motion sensors. Then we tested the battery life of each parent unit in our labs and compared it with the claimed life on the box. Finally, we asked our parent testers to use each monitor at home, paying special attention to how easy it was to set up, the stability of the WiFi connection, and the practical experience of using the monitor during naps and overnight.

To evaluate the security of the baby monitors, our testers used the same protocol that we employ for wireless security cameras. We started by evaluating each company’s public documentation, such as privacy policies and terms of service, to see what claims it made about the way it handles customer data. The tests included an inspection of the user interface and network traffic from each camera and its companion smartphone app to make sure it was using encryption, adhering to manufacturer policies, and not sharing data with irrelevant third parties. And we attempted to find security vulnerabilities that cybercriminals could exploit.

Final data privacy and security scores are aggregates based on dozens of questions from our Digital Standard framework. No internet-connected device we tested has ever received a perfect score, and according to our testers, most products come in at the 3-ish mark, which is also true for WiFi video baby monitors. CR will never recommend products with significant security issues. If we find one during testing, we’ll alert the company before publishing our ratings.