topic Re: Apple Homkit in Arlo Essential Outdoor 2nd Gen

Apple Homkit

Frank1974 — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 19:06:19 GMT

my Essential Cameras gen 2 are connected to my smarthub (VMB4540). The smarthub appears on the homekit as bridge. Yet the cameras and my doorbell do not appear on HomeKit. Can you help me ?

Re: Apple Homkit

StephenB — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 23:56:52 GMT

@Frank1974 wrote:

my Essential Cameras gen 2 are connected to my smarthub (VMB4540). The smarthub appears on the homekit as bridge. Yet the cameras and my doorbell do not appear on HomeKit. Can you help me ?

Gen 2 cameras and doorbells do not support homekit yet.

Re: Apple Homkit

kevroth — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:24:50 GMT

This article lists the cameras that are HomeKit compatible:

https://blog.arlo.com/arlo-innovations/which-arlo-cameras-and-doorbells-work-with-homekit/

The 4th item on the list takes you to this page,

https://www.arlo.com/en-us/cameras/essential/arlo-essential.html , which is the 2nd Gen outdoor camera.

Make it make sense.

Re: Apple Homkit

kevroth — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:33:23 GMT

PS, I would like a reply from an Arlo Moderator.

Re: Apple Homkit

JamesC — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 23:28:29 GMT

2nd generation cameras are not yet compatible with Apple Home. While the certification process is underway for these devices, I do not have a date for when this integration will be complete.

The article you're referring to above incorrectly links to 2nd generation devices. I've asked for this to be corrected.

JamesC

Re: Apple Homkit

JamesC — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:03:16 GMT

Apple Home integration is now available for Arlo 2nd Generation devices. For more information on this release, take a look here: https://community.arlo.com/t5/Announcements/Apple-Home-integration-is-now-available-for-Arlo-Essential-2nd/m-p/2444686/thread-id/300

JamesC