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Picture and sound quality Although you won't be watching Netflix on your baby monitor, you'll want to be able to see and hear your baby clearly. The best baby monitors will have smooth, steady video quality on a parent unit and/or app, and well-produced sound will help you tell a snuffle from a full-on cry.
Calming sounds is a brand new collection of audio on CBeebies Radio designed to help your little one relax.You turn on the radio and feel a bit left behind,” says Lloyd, co-founder of Boom Radio. “As you get older, there’s a feeling that no one cares about you any more and you’re seen as an old fart. But when you get to your 60s, you realise that you’re not. You have decades to give and lots of energy. We wanted a final hurrah.” Elsewhere, you can play bird songs and lullabies at the touch of a button, and it lets you speak to your baby. The battery doesn’t last long (around six hours) if you leave the display on, although it will last the night if you keep the audio on and use the video display occasionally. Or you can just leave it plugged in. A poll among listeners of Boom Radio, a station aimed at those born between 1946 and 1964, also showed that more than 60 per cent of over 50s were irritated by poor diction from newsreaders and mumbling in films. The song began climbing charts around the world, eventually reaching the top 10 in twelve countries – hitting #1 in six of them including the UK and the US (where it became the first chart-topping rap single in history). He has never been one to hold his tongue and his criticisms of Radio 2 are biting. “It is now full of D-list TV celebs who know nothing about music at all,” he continues. “Rylan Clark-Neal, for f**** sake, was a contestant on The X Factor singing badly, and now he’s everywhere.”
More than two-thirds (69 per cent) of listeners said paying for parking via a smartphone and a QR code was also “deeply frustrating”.
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Some parents find them reassuring but they can cause worry when false alarms happen. You may find they create more anxiety. This monitor just comes with the camera that connects to your smart device via Wi-Fi and Sense-U’s free app, but other more advanced options are available from the brand including the Baby Monitor 3 that comes with a device that attaches to your baby’s clothes or nappy to monitor their temperature, their movements, and if they’ve rolled over. There’s also a Pan-Tilt-Zoom Video model that allows you to move the camera via your phone, and the Video + Breathing version that can monitor your child’s breathing (much like the Angelcare AC527). Age UK, the leading charity for elderly people, said the findings show how dehumanising technology can be for those struggling to keep pace with the latest advancements. Researchers asked more than 650 of the station’s 641,000 weekly listeners to admit what annoys them about everyday life.