Does Motorola MBP855CONNECT work with 2.4GHz Wi-Fi?

What works & limitations

• Connects to 2.4GHz WPA2 or WPA3 networks — initial Wi-Fi credential setup is done via the Hubble Connected app (iOS 12+/Android 5.0+) using Bluetooth LE to transfer SSID and password to the camera in approximately 90 seconds
• Simultaneous viewing on the 5-inch 720p parent unit display and in the Hubble Connected app on smartphones — both streams are active at the same time with no additional bandwidth overhead beyond the single camera upload stream
• 1080p HD video with infrared night vision (automatic IR activation below 0.5 lux ambient light) streamed via 2.4GHz at 2–3Mbps upload bandwidth; the camera compresses video in H.264 before transmission
• Bidirectional audio over 2.4GHz — the camera microphone captures sounds above a configurable sensitivity threshold (Low/Medium/High in app); speaking into the phone microphone or parent unit transmits audio to the camera's speaker at approximately 400ms round-trip latency
• Motion and sound detection push notifications: configurable sensitivity in Hubble Connected app; notifications include a thumbnail image captured at the moment of detection — requires an active Hubble Connected account and push notification permissions in iOS/Android settings
• Pan 270°, tilt 150°, and 4× digital zoom remotely controlled from the parent unit D-pad or the Hubble app on-screen joystick — camera remembers its last position between sessions; a "Home Position" preset can be set in the app
• Hubble Connected app supports up to 4 simultaneous viewer accounts — each viewer signs into their own Hubble account and accesses the same camera stream; useful for parents at work, nannies, and grandparents accessing simultaneously
• Motorola MBP855CONNECT does not support 5GHz Wi-Fi — camera hardware is 2.4GHz 802.11b/g/n only; a combined SSID router using band steering may cause setup failures if the band steering logic directs the camera to the 5GHz band during association
• Remote access from outside the home requires active internet on both the camera's 2.4GHz connection and the viewer's device — if home internet is down, remote viewing fails; the parent unit display continues to work locally via the direct 2.4GHz router connection
• Motorola recommends placing the MBP855CONNECT camera within 30 feet of the 2.4GHz router with no more than one standard drywall wall between camera and router — each additional wall reduces signal strength by approximately 30–50%; for cameras located 2+ walls from the router, a Wi-Fi range extender placed between router and nursery (e.g., TP-Link RE315, $30) improves connection stability
• Hubble Connected cloud service: the free tier includes live viewing only — no cloud recording, no video history storage; the Hubble Premium subscription ($3.99/month or $39.99/year per camera) adds 24-hour rolling cloud storage, video clip downloads, and extended event history; the subscription is per-camera and activates through the Hubble Connected app
• The MBP855CONNECT supports up to 4 additional cameras (sold separately as Motorola MBP85CONNECT) registered to the same parent unit — each camera appears on its own channel; the parent unit displays up to 4 cameras in a quad-split view simultaneously; all additional cameras must also connect to the same 2.4GHz home network
• If the camera disconnects from Wi-Fi (router restart, DHCP lease expiry), the camera reconnects automatically within 60–90 seconds of router availability — the parent unit display shows "Wi-Fi reconnecting" during this period; no manual reset is required; assign the camera a static DHCP reservation in your router admin panel (using the camera's MAC address, printed on the base label) to prevent IP address changes after router restarts