A free lightweight surveillance app
gDMSS Lite is a free utility mobile app that allows you to monitor locations with your synced devices. Developed by Zhejiang DAHUA Technology Co., Ltd, this mobile surveillance software supports web cameras, CCTVs, alarms, and even smart doors—regardless of their connection type. This is the lite version of the gDMSS Plus app. However, despite its lightweight performance, it’s riddled with a lot of issues.
What is gDMSS Lite?
Upon launching gDMSS Lite, you need to enable permissions for file access to your media and GPS location tracking. Then, you’ll need to select your country from the displayed list. You’ll be sent to the Home menu, which simply displays four icons: Camera, Door, Alarm, and More. The first three are where you can check out the live feed of your registered devices. The Camera function, in particular, lets you playback videos.
If your devices are capable, you can also use their microphones to speak through them or record your voice. When you open up each of these tabs, you can access a side panel menu for more settings, like Device Manager, Local Files, and the like. Take note that these will vary between the three—Camera, in particular, has more configuration options available. It’s easy enough to add devices but you may often encounter problems like corrupted playback.
Meanwhile, the “More” button opens up more settings like Protection, Reset Device Password, and information about the app. Compared to gDMSS Plus, there aren’t a lot of other advanced features included here since it’s designed for casual users. However, it constantly pesters you with different issues. It will sometimes ask for permissions already previously enabled. Some of your settings might not save properly. Your live feed quality will also drop even though you’re connected to the Wi-Fi.
Requires some heavy improvements
All in all, gDMSS Lite is definitely lighter and much easier to use compared to the Plus version. However, it’s not much better than that one since you’ll often encounter frustrating performance issues that can easily make the app unusable for most people. The developer offers other apps like gDMSS HD Lite and gDMSS HD, so you can try those out. Alternatively, you can check out the DMSS and DMSS HD.
