https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Essential-Spotlight-Q-A/Why-isn-t-there-an-option-to-record-when-sound-is-detected-like/qaa-p/1786194#M101 <P>Hi</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Essential Spotlight Camera only supports motion detection. It does however have a speaker, so you can have a 2 way conversation or activate a loud 80dB siren via the Arlo App (or upon motion detection if you optionally enabled a custom rule during a desired time frame).</P> Thu, 30 Jul 2020 19:04:56 GMT Sarath_Inampudi 2020-07-30T19:04:56Z https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Essential-Spotlight-Q-A/Why-isn-t-there-an-option-to-record-when-sound-is-detected-like/qaq-p/1786130 <P>Why isn't there an option to record when sound is detected on the Essential camera, like there is on other Arlo cameras with sound?</P> Thu, 30 Jul 2020 17:57:26 GMT https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Essential-Spotlight-Q-A/Why-isn-t-there-an-option-to-record-when-sound-is-detected-like/qaq-p/1786130 DogLover65 2020-07-30T17:57:26Z https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Essential-Spotlight-Q-A/Why-isn-t-there-an-option-to-record-when-sound-is-detected-like/qaa-p/1786194#M101 <P>Hi</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Essential Spotlight Camera only supports motion detection. It does however have a speaker, so you can have a 2 way conversation or activate a loud 80dB siren via the Arlo App (or upon motion detection if you optionally enabled a custom rule during a desired time frame).</P> Thu, 30 Jul 2020 19:04:56 GMT https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Essential-Spotlight-Q-A/Why-isn-t-there-an-option-to-record-when-sound-is-detected-like/qaa-p/1786194#M101 Sarath_Inampudi 2020-07-30T19:04:56Z