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Arlo Baby not working with Amazon Alexa Show

sw0811 — Sun, 03 May 2020 03:31:58 GMT

Hi,

I have been using my Arlo Baby on my two Alexa Show devices in my home and the connection will no longer work. I have tried many different things such as resetting devices on both ends, disabling the feature on my Alexa and then enabling, etc ...

This used to work with no issues on my Alexa devices.

Please let me know if there is any way you could help me.

Arlo disconnecting with Alexa

kll5086 — Mon, 04 May 2020 02:35:11 GMT

Arlo Baby will randomly close During the night on Alexa Show 5. Some days it works fine and others it will shut off during the night which is very concerning with a newborn baby. And now it only works 5 seconds before closing the skill. This product does not offer a screen and we purchased with the understanding that it works with smart homes. We have had trouble with this product from the very beginning. I would never recommend it to anyone until this issue with the compatibility with smart homes is figured out.

Re: Arlo Baby not working with Amazon Alexa Show

myoder — Mon, 04 May 2020 14:28:34 GMT

I am having the exact same issue, and there are a lot of complaints on the Alexa skill app recently. Seems that someone at Arlo messed up the support for the Echo Show. Please fix this!

Re: Arlo Baby not working with Amazon Alexa Show

sw0811 — Mon, 04 May 2020 15:20:08 GMT

It's very frustrating as I purchased this camera for the sole reason that it connected to Alexa's!! Hopefully someone from Arlo can give us some information.

Re: Arlo disconnecting with Alexa

ShayneS — Tue, 05 May 2020 20:41:21 GMT

HI @kll5086

Please contact the Support Team to further investigate this issue. You will find several options for contacting support in the provided link. Arlo Tech Support

Re: Arlo Baby not working with Amazon Alexa Show

Black_Hawk — Wed, 06 May 2020 08:09:15 GMT

Hey everyone,
I'm from Germany and I've got the same problems with Arlo Baby and the Echo System. The Echo 5 does only show some seconds or nothing, after displaying "waiting for Arlo" the Echo Show always says "buffering" and nothing more happens. I've 5 other arlo cams, everyone is working fine with Alexa, only the Arlo Baby doesn't work anymore!
Best regards and stay healthy

Frederik Feldmann

Re: Arlo Baby not working with Amazon Alexa Show

ncruz129 — Wed, 06 May 2020 13:40:00 GMT

We are having the same issue (again). It worked for a few months but a few days ago it hasn't been working even after trying all the recommended things. It seems to connect for a split second then buffer until eternity. My ring cameras are working fine. We have had the arlo baby and echo show for about a year. It happened a few months ago and started working after a software update but its back at it again! Phones are connecting without issues, it's just alexa having issues.

Re: Arlo Baby not working with Amazon Alexa Show

sw0811 — Wed, 06 May 2020 14:07:04 GMT

Same EXACT. Baby Arlo works on my phone etc. Just not on Echo Show as it has done before. My ring cameras and everything else works on my echo, so I know that it is not my Echo Show.

Arlo Baby Camera and Echo Show still dropping video after a few seconds

DRebel — Tue, 19 May 2020 21:55:27 GMT

Hello. I’ve gone through the forums and seems like nothing really recent and so thought I would bring this up again. We have a couple of Amazon Echo Shows and for the first week the Arlo baby camera worked with it. Now, every time it connects to show the video, it drops within a few seconds after connecting back to the home screen. I can’t seem to get the image on the Echo to show the camera. I’ve reset everything. I’ve disconnected and reenabled everything on both the Arlo and Echo. Is this still a known thing and are there any tricks or updates forthcoming?

Echo Show Stuck in Buffering for Arlo Baby Only

Patcheyfam — Tue, 19 May 2020 11:26:22 GMT

I can ask Alexa to show me any other of my cameras and it works totally fine. When I ask to see Arlo Baby it just says “Waiting for Arlo” then says “Buffering” and hangs there. The blurred picture o when it shows buffering is the still image of the camera the moment it gets opened up so I know the feed is there, just not sure why it’s stuck in buffering. I’ve rebooted everything wit no luck. I haven’t changed any settings from when it was working previously. Please help!

Re: Echo Show Stuck in Buffering for Arlo Baby Only

JessicaP — Wed, 20 May 2020 14:17:48 GMT

Hey Patcheyfam,

I would suggest to contact the Support Team to further investigate this issue. You will find several options for contacting support in the provided link.

Re: Arlo Baby not working with Amazon Alexa Show

ncruz129 — Thu, 21 May 2020 13:23:36 GMT

Anyone have any updates on this?!? Arlo had me reset everything and nothing worked still. Haven’t heard anything from them after I updated the case.

Re: Arlo Baby Camera and Echo Show still dropping video after a few seconds

R1C8 — Thu, 21 May 2020 13:30:14 GMT

I reset my echo show and disabled/enabled the skill and it continues to say “waiting for Arlo” before going back to the home screen! I bought Arlo baby camera because it was Alexa compatible. I’m very frustrated!

Re: Arlo Baby not working with Amazon Alexa Show

sw0811 — Thu, 21 May 2020 13:38:06 GMT

NOPE! I'm so upset that I spent money on this camera and it doesn't even work properly. I would have spent the money on another brand.

Re: Arlo Baby not working with Amazon Alexa Show

sw0811 — Thu, 21 May 2020 13:38:38 GMT

...... and, I also have done all the resets as you have!!!!!

Re: Arlo Baby not working with Amazon Alexa Show

DRebel — Thu, 21 May 2020 13:50:50 GMT

I posted this similar question / issue earlier and all I got was the same canned response above, talk to support. I haven’t had any luck there and not sure why someone won’t respond to this forum. Arlo needs to step up its game, otherwise how can we trust them with our children.

Re: Arlo Baby not working with Amazon Alexa Show

myoder — Thu, 21 May 2020 14:08:38 GMT

Same here, I'm only getting canned responses from support. No indication that they are actually working on the issue. I'm really bummed out because having the monitor up on my Echo show was really useful while I'm working so my phone can be free for conference calls. Really disappointed by the lack of service from this company.

Re: Arlo Baby not working with Amazon Alexa Show

jhd121 — Sun, 24 May 2020 05:32:08 GMT

Exact same issue. Anyone found a way to fix?

Re: Arlo Baby not working with Amazon Alexa Show

sw0811 — Sun, 24 May 2020 23:32:27 GMT

NOPE 😞 And nobody from Arlo has addressed this issue. I have to have my cell phone constantly run all night with the video on now as prior I was using an Alexa Echo Show. It is very frustrating.

Echo Show 5 Live Stream

highnoon619 — Mon, 25 May 2020 16:21:13 GMT

Our Echo Show 5 will take one or two attempts before showing the Arlo in our nursery. If and when it does, it’ll only show the camera for 10 seconds before going back to the home screen.

How do I get it to show for an extended period of time (30 minutes or more)?

Please let me know. Thanks.