topic Homekit support for Arlo Pro? in Arlo Pro

Homekit support for Arlo Pro?

techbrian — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 17:20:57 GMT

I wonder if Netgear put the Apple auth chip in the new base station so they can enable homekit support for Arlo cameras?

Re: Homekit support for Arlo Pro?

JamesC — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 16:37:47 GMT

techbrian,

There are discussions on this topic within the Arlo Idea Exchange. The Arlo development team routinely reviews these posts for ideas on how to improve and introduce new features to the Arlo system.

I encourage you to visit these discussions and offer your support by adding Kudos.

Thank you for your contribution,

JamesC

Re: Homekit support for Arlo Pro?

mitchellbrand — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 22:32:51 GMT

Unfortunately the base station probably does not have the Homekit chip installed. I only say this because any device that is HomeKit compatible has it advertised on the package and the compatibility is well advertised as well. However, we can still hope!!

Re: Homekit support for Arlo Pro?

CooperCGN — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 10:26:04 GMT

I just got an email from Netgear, they're working on a software based solution. It's also confirmed here (in German) https://community.netgear.com/t5/Arlo-Gedankenaustausch/HomeKit-f%C3%A4hig/idc-p/1302141#M570

Re: Homekit support for Arlo Pro?

Hdg — Sun, 01 Oct 2017 23:11:50 GMT

D-Link, Ring, Logitech, Netatmo all have cameras with homekit compatibility now. I have avoided purchasing arlo Pro cameras and I will certainly switch to another vendor if Netgear doesn’t implement compatibility!

Re: Homekit support for Arlo Pro?

waxwing1 — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 10:58:45 GMT

Agreed! Lack of HomeKit is a dealbreaker. The camera's look good but with the rest of my system HomeKit compatible, there's no way I'll start adding cameras that aren't.