You can watch live continuously ... the camera will only record to the CLOUD when it senses motion / sound ...
the GOOGLE NEST cam is way better in this regard , because you can set it to constantly record to the cloud . It is also easier to share the link ( the wife & I can monitor the 3 cameras in our home 24/7 & we can go back and look at anything in the cloud ) ...
I purchased the ARLO ( NETGEAR ) cam for my parents to keep an eye on them & the visiting nurse that comes daily . But it will only record if it picks up motion / sound . I can however watch live anytime . You can share the camera with multiple people too , but it is very involved ... I do not trust Google / Nest though , with my recordings ! ... and Google / Nest seems to go down once in a while ( where you can’t log in to cameras , only to find out Google is down ...