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Right now, there is no way to connect 2nd gen Essential cameras (at least the wired ones) to a SmartHub. They can only connect to wifi, which means they cannot record to local storage.

I saw a post on on one of the Arlo forums that there would be an update in 2024 allowing 2nd gen Essential cameras to connect to a SmartHub. Any idea when that is coming? It sucks that this wasn't made clear from the beginning. I have 4 other cameras that connect to the SmartHub, so I never suspected that newer models would __lose__ functionality.

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This isn't the first time that a new Arlo product was released with only WiFi connection possible (IIRC, the original Essential cameras also had this limitation). We don't know if 2024 will see the release of a hub-capable firmware update will be released but I would think that it's very likely. I'm waiting for that release, too.

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