topic Arlo pro 4 XL Home Kit in Arlo Pro 4

Arlo pro 4 XL Home Kit

DoubleA — Sun, 18 Jul 2021 20:18:16 GMT

So my hub can not reach the front door with an arlo 3 camera so I installed a arlo pro 4 that hooks direct to WiFi works great except arlo pro 4 cameras can not connect to home kit without a hub? So Arlo only works in very small homes if you plan on using home kit. The base station has very little strength. Help any solution?

Re: Arlo pro 4 XL Home Kit

dcfox1 — Sun, 18 Jul 2021 21:05:40 GMT

Have you tried moving the hub to a more central location. You can connect the hub to a wifi extender or powerline extender with an Ethernet connection. I have a smart hub on one end of the house and it connects fine with a camera beyond the other end of the house. Also try moving the Base/hub at it's current location as far as the cable will allow from the router as it is a common problem with interference being to close along with house construction.

Re: Arlo pro 4 XL Home Kit

DoubleA — Sun, 18 Jul 2021 21:13:47 GMT

My WiFi booster sits in a hallway outlet at mid point of house I can’t imagine sitting on the floor some white box even then each camera barley reaches and makes connect times long. . Arlo should just update firmware and let it work with HomeKit without a hub.

Re: Arlo pro 4 XL Home Kit

StephenB — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 11:56:03 GMT

@DoubleA wrote:
. Arlo should just update firmware and let it work with HomeKit without a hub.

That would be ideal, but of course isn't the case now.

In the meantime, you either need to place the base(s) within range of the camera(s), or you just wait and hope that Arlo will eventually add homekit support w/o a hub.