topic Don’t want to buy a plan? in Arlo Essential Outdoor 2nd Gen

Don’t want to buy a plan?

Harley2006 — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:08:17 GMT

Starting yesterday, my camera trial ran out, but says I can still use my camera without a plan. Don’t know how to get off the page that asked me which plan I want can you help me please?

Re: Don’t want to buy a plan?

jguerdat — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 12:32:27 GMT

That frequently is caused due to use of premium features that require a subscription such as activity zones. Remove the zones as well as any other such features and that message should disappear.

Re: Don’t want to buy a plan?

StephenB — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 18:02:38 GMT

@Harley2006 wrote:

Starting yesterday, my camera trial ran out, but says I can still use my camera without a plan. Don’t know how to get off the page that asked me which plan I want can you help me please?

You can livestream without a subscription, but the cloud recordings in the Feed require a subscription.

If you are willing to get a VMB4540 or VMB5000 smarthub, you can make local recordings without a subscription. The overall user experience isn't as good, but there are folks who find it ok. As @jguerdat points out, there are other features that require a subscription (activity zones while on battery power being one of the them).