The Foscam FI9826W is Foscam's first 1.3 megapixel indoor camera with 3x optical zoom. The optical zoom feature allows you to physically zoom in on objects with amazing clarity and without losing picture quality. The FI9826W features 1280 x 960p video resolution, h.264 video compression, 3x optical zoom, built-in DVR via SD card (upto 32GB), two-way audio, wifi-N capability, pan/tilt, remote internet viewing, motion detection, night-vision as well as network video recording capability. In addition, it is smartphone compatible (iPhone, Android - app required) as well as viewable over the internet using standard browsers on PC (Firefox, IE and Chrome) or Mac (Safari only). The camera functions well as a smartphone baby, pet or elderly parent monitor or as part of a complete home/office security system with remote internet monitoring ability. The FI9826W adopts a high performance media and video processor capable of H.264 video compression which allows for ultra-smooth high definition video transmission, increased FPS and minimal bandwidth consumption. In addition, due to the small file sizes produced by H.264 video compression it has the ability to save tremendous disk space when doing video recording.