I’m a ’90s baby, so I grew up in the era of clunky, walkie-talkie baby monitors that crackled with static and whose volumes were turned by a dial. The system was simple: one unit in the nursery, one unit with the parents. Then technology evolved, and somewhere along the way, many baby monitors lost their parent units. Smart monitors like the Nanit (8/10, WIRED Recommends), which has been at the forefront of the market for years, shifted access to your phone and offered everything from crystal-clear video to sleep tracking, and sophisticated apps that turned your baby’s sleep into a data-rich experience.

Now, brands are reverting back. Nanit’s newest product, the Nanit Home, is a tablet-like screen that pairs with Nanit's Smart Baby Monitor ($289) and does (almost) everything the ap

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