# The Cameras tab

> Your cameras at a glance in Fregata Mobile — the grid, list and column layouts, what each tile's line and dot mean, Recent Alerts, camera groups, reordering, and the go2rtc restream notice.

The first tab shows every camera on your server, with a recent picture of each and what it last
saw. Tap a camera to watch it [live](https://mobile.fregata.app/docs/cameras/live/).

_Picture: The Cameras tab in the grid layout: five camera tiles, each with its name and latest activity, and a row of recent alerts along the bottom._

1. **Cameras ⌄**: the title is a menu. It chooses a [camera group](https://mobile.fregata.app/docs/cameras/groups/), and the [notification filter](https://mobile.fregata.app/docs/alerts/filters/) in force.
2. **Layout**: grid, list or column.
3. **A camera**: a recent picture, the camera's name, and what it saw last and when. Tap it to watch live.
4. **Recent Alerts**: the newest alerts from every camera shown, newest first. Tap one to open its recording.

## What a tile tells you

The picture on each tile is a still, not video, so a screen full of cameras costs almost no
data. It refreshes on its own while something is happening: every second while Frigate is
tracking an object, every few seconds while there's only motion, and not at all when the camera
is quiet.

| On the tile | Means |
|---|---|
| **Person · 12 min. ago** | The last thing Frigate detected, and when. |
| **Person — now** _(in violet)_ | Frigate is tracking it right now. |
| A violet dot in the corner | **Motion now**: the camera sees movement at this moment. |
| **No recent activity** | Nothing detected lately. |
| **Disabled in the config** | The camera is turned off in Frigate's configuration, so it has no picture. |

Objects you've hidden in **Settings › Device Notification Settings** don't appear here: a
camera whose only recent activity was a hidden label reads **Motion**. See
[Hidden labels](https://mobile.fregata.app/docs/alerts/pictures-video-sound/#hide-labels-you-never-want-to-hear-about).

## Layouts

_Picture: The layout menu open over the grid: List, Grid (ticked) and Column._

- **Grid**: two tiles across. The default.
- **List**: a small picture beside each name, so more cameras fit on the screen.
- **Column**: one wide picture per row.

The layout is remembered on this iPhone.

## Groups and the notification filter

_Picture: The title menu open: All cameras (ticked), the groups Outside and Doors, New Group…, Manage Groups…, and Active filter._

Tap the title to show one [camera group](https://mobile.fregata.app/docs/cameras/groups/) instead of every camera.
Groups come from your server, so they're the same as in Frigate's web interface. With an
administrator account, the same menu creates and edits them.

When you use [notification filters](https://mobile.fregata.app/docs/alerts/filters/), **Active filter** switches between
them, and the filter in force is named under the title. That's here because it's the switch you
reach for on the way out of the door.

## Reorder your cameras

Cameras are in alphabetical order to begin with. To change it, show **All cameras**, choose
**List** from the layout menu, tap **Edit**, and drag the handles. A group keeps its own order,
set in the group itself. The order follows you to your other devices when
[iCloud Sync](https://mobile.fregata.app/docs/reference/icloud-sync/) is on. (Synced with iCloud)

## Recent Alerts

The strip along the bottom holds the 20 newest alerts, from the cameras the screen is showing.
Each card is a short animated preview; tap one to open that moment in the camera's
[recordings](https://mobile.fregata.app/docs/cameras/recordings/). Detections and motion aren't included: those are in
[Review](https://mobile.fregata.app/docs/cameras/review/).

## "Not restreamed through go2rtc"

If a notice at the top says some cameras **are not restreamed**, their live view falls back to
Frigate's own low-resolution picture: smaller, slower, and with no sound. That's a setting on
your server, not in the app. In Frigate's configuration, add a go2rtc stream for each camera
named in the notice; Frigate's documentation, **Setting up go2rtc**, explains how. Until then,
those cameras still play, just in lower quality. Dismiss the notice with **✕**.

## When there's nothing to show

- **No cameras for this account**: your account hasn't been given any cameras. In Frigate, an
  administrator can add cameras to your account's role.
- **No cameras**: the server reported none. Check the connection in **Settings › Connection**.
- **Reading your cameras**: the app is waiting for the server's answer. If it never finishes,
  see [Can't connect](https://mobile.fregata.app/docs/troubleshooting/connection/).