Tuck

Tuck · Travel

The baby monitor that travels in your pocket

TL;DR. Tuck is two iPhones running an app — no hardware to pack, no router to find, no Wi-Fi to log into. It works on planes, in hotels with broken networks, in cabins off the grid, on cruise ships, and during road trips. Bluetooth Coded PHY connects the two phones directly when there's no internet.

Why baby monitors fail at travel

Hardware baby monitors are bulky to pack, fragile in checked luggage, and useless without their proprietary parent unit. Wi-Fi-only app monitors fail in hotels with broken networks, on planes, on cruise ships, and in remote rentals. The class of monitor that survives travel is one that doesn't need any infrastructure — just two devices that talk directly.

Tuck was designed for travel from the second product spec. The Bluetooth Coded PHY transport is the explicit travel-mode escape hatch — and because it's always running as a warm fallback, you never have to flip a setting when the network drops out from under you.

How Tuck travels

  1. Pack the same two iPhones you use at home

    There's no separate travel monitor to pack. The two iPhones you already use as a Tuck monitor at home are the travel monitor — same setup, same pairing, same accounts.

  2. Trust Tuck's transport tier picker on the road

    Tuck monitors three transport tiers continuously: Wi-Fi (when both phones share a network), cellular (when at least one has signal), and Bluetooth Coded PHY (when neither). On a trip, the tier flips moment to moment, often without you noticing.

  3. On the plane, switch the nursery iPhone to airplane mode + Bluetooth

    Bluetooth is allowed on planes. Tuck's offline transport works through Bluetooth alone, so the monitor keeps running gate-to-gate, even on long-haul flights with no Wi-Fi.

  4. In hotels, ignore the captive portal

    Don't bother trying to log the nursery iPhone into hotel Wi-Fi. Just leave it on Bluetooth. The two phones connect directly — Tuck doesn't care whether the hotel's network works.

  5. When you get home, no reconfiguration needed

    Tuck reconnects to your home Wi-Fi automatically and upgrades back to full HD video over LiveKit. Your settings, voice clones, sleep diary history, and pairing all carry over.

Travel scenarios — does Tuck work?

Frequently asked questions

What's the best baby monitor for travel?

An honest answer: any monitor that uses devices you'd already pack. Hardware monitors require carrying the parent unit, the camera, mounting hardware, and chargers — easy to forget, easy to break in transit. App-based monitors that need Wi-Fi struggle on trips. Tuck is built for travel because it uses two iPhones (which you already have on you) and works without internet.

Does Tuck work on a plane?

Yes. Bluetooth is allowed on planes; Tuck's Bluetooth Coded PHY transport doesn't need cellular or Wi-Fi. The two iPhones — one in the bassinet area, one with the parent — connect directly. We've validated this on real flights.

Does Tuck work in a hotel without Wi-Fi?

Yes. The two iPhones talk directly via Bluetooth, regardless of the hotel network. Hotels famous for 'broken Wi-Fi'? Doesn't matter — Tuck never touches their network for the offline transport.

What about international travel — different countries, different SIMs?

Tuck doesn't care about your SIM or roaming status. The Bluetooth transport is purely peer-to-peer between the two iPhones. If you have international cellular, Tuck will use it for the LiveKit transport when available; if not, Bluetooth carries the monitor entirely.

Can I use Tuck on a cruise ship?

Yes. Cruise ship Wi-Fi is famously unreliable; Tuck's Bluetooth transport works fine in cabin proximity. The two iPhones connect directly inside the cabin without needing the ship's network. For excursions on shore where you want to monitor remotely, Wi-Fi/cellular handle that case once you're in range.

What about a long road trip?

Common pattern: nursery iPhone in a car-seat-mounted cradle behind you, parent iPhone in the front passenger seat. Tuck's Bluetooth transport works at car-cabin distance with no signal worries. When you stop at a Wi-Fi-equipped rest area or hotel, Tuck transparently upgrades.

Can two parents in two different rooms both monitor?

Yes. Tuck supports multi-caregiver: Free includes 2 caregivers, Pro 4, Pro+ 6. On a trip, both parents can have the live feed on their own iPhones simultaneously, even if you're staying in adjoining hotel rooms.

Can I use Tuck with a stroller?

Yes — common pattern is to pop the nursery iPhone into a stroller cup holder when baby is napping in the stroller and you're a few meters away (e.g., having coffee). Bluetooth range comfortably handles the typical cafe-table-to-stroller distance.

Does Tuck support multiple babies on the same trip?

Multi-baby is a Tuck Pro+ feature ($11.99/month). With Pro+, one parent device can monitor multiple nursery devices at once — useful for twin parents, families with two young kids in separate hotel beds, or families traveling with the grandparents and a niece.

What about international power adapters and the nursery iPhone?

Bring a USB-A or USB-C wall adapter for your destination country, plus a Lightning or USB-C cable. The nursery iPhone draws roughly 3W during monitoring — any standard USB-A 5V adapter will keep it charged. We recommend keeping it plugged in overnight.

What if I forget the nursery iPhone at home?

Any iPhone can be the nursery device. If you forget your dedicated nursery iPhone, install Tuck on any spare iPhone you can borrow — your old SE in a drawer, a partner's old phone, even a friend's lent device. Pairing takes 30 seconds via QR code, and you can unpair when you're done.

Try Tuck

Travel monitoring is part of the Tuck Free tier — no subscription needed to use Tuck on the road. The cloud-AI features (lullabies, scene understanding) require Wi-Fi or cellular and switch off automatically in airplane mode; the core monitor keeps working.

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