Dual mode baby monitoring

A method, comprising:

• establishing a communication link with a monitoring device;
• receiving monitoring information associated with a baby or associated with an area in which the baby is located from the monitoring device via the communication link;
• receiving a notification from the monitoring device via the communication link, the notification being associated with the monitoring device detecting a threshold amount of monitoring information;
• in response to receiving the notification, prioritizing output of at least part of the monitoring information at a computing device over other information currently being output at the computing device, wherein a monitoring interface that displays the monitoring information is automatically maximized or brought to forefront to allow a user to view a streamed video, to hear audio/noise in an area, and/or to view temperature of the area;
• causing the at least part of the monitoring information to be output at the computing device;
• simultaneously performing one or more functionalities configured on the computing device in addition to continually receiving the monitoring information associated with the baby or associated with the area in which the baby is located;
• wherein the monitoring device is configured to communicate with the computing device via both a primary monitoring communication mode and a secondary monitoring communication mode concurrently.

A method comprising:

• determining, by one or more processors, whether a computing device is within a particular range to communicate with a monitoring device;
• if the computing device is within the particular range, configuring the computing device to communicate with the monitoring device via a primary monitoring communication mode;
• if the computing device is outside the particular range, configuring the computing device to communicate with the monitoring device via a secondary monitoring communication mode;
• receiving, at the computing device and from the monitoring device via the primary monitoring communication mode or the secondary monitoring communication mode, a notification including monitoring information associated with a baby or associated with an area in which the baby is located;
• prioritizing an output of the monitoring information associated with the baby or associated with the area in which the baby is located on the computing device over another output of one or more functionalities of the computing device by generating and communicating an alert notification informing a user to focus on the monitoring information over the one or more functionalities in response to the monitoring information indicating more than a threshold amount of motion, more than a threshold amount of noise, more or less than a threshold temperature, or presence of a person other than a designated person, wherein the output of the monitoring information automatically maximizes or brings to a forefront on the computing device;
• and
• simultaneously performing the one or more functionalities configured on the computing device in addition to continually receiving the monitoring information associated with the baby or associated with the area in which the baby is located;
• wherein the monitoring device is configured to communicate with the computing device via both the primary monitoring communication mode and the secondary monitoring communication modes concurrently.