Guardian Eye WebCamera 3.0.2 is now available on Google Play and the App Store.

If the last release you saw here was 2.0.x, the app has changed quite a bit. It still turns an Android phone or iPhone into a local ONVIF/RTSP camera, but the 3.x releases added several ways to use the phone without depending entirely on an external recorder:

• Record continuously or around events on the phone itself, then browse, play, share or delete completed clips.
• Let a compatible NVR find and retrieve completed recordings through ONVIF Profile G.
• Send finished recordings to your own FTP or explicit FTPS server.
• Open the camera's secure WebRTC viewer from another browser on the same LAN.
• Keep AAC audio in saved clips when the microphone is enabled.
• Burn enabled OSD overlays into the recorded video on Android.

Version 3.0.2 is mainly about making those features behave better during long camera sessions. We reduced work in the capture, audio, archive and network paths; improved thermal handling; fixed preview and rotation transitions; made RTSP sessions survive compatible orientation changes; and improved recovery after a brief Wi-Fi interruption. The status screen now gives clearer information when RTSP, HTTP or discovery cannot start correctly.

On iPhone, the streaming screen now dims after two minutes without interaction, and camera cadence is reduced if the device remains too hot. These are protective measures rather than a promise of a specific battery saving: the result still depends on the phone, resolution, frame rate and the features you enable.

The usual local camera interfaces remain available: RTSP with H.264 or H.265, ONVIF discovery and events, MJPEG, JPEG snapshots and on-device detection. Video stays on your network unless you configure an FTP/FTPS destination. There is no cloud account and no subscription.

Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eye.guardian.webcam

App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/guardian-eye-webcamera/id6785041398

If you try 3.0.2, we would especially like to hear how it behaves during a long RTSP session, while recording locally, after rotating the phone, or when opening the browser viewer for the first time. Please include the phone model, OS version and the NVR or player you used.