topic Do you have to subscribe to a plan to use your cameras? in Arlo Ultra

Do you have to subscribe to a plan to use your cameras?

Rackerman — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 21:28:38 GMT

Do you have to subscribe to a plan to use your cameras???

Re: New york

StephenB — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 18:33:19 GMT

@Rackerman wrote:

Do you have to subscribe to a plan to use your cameras???

No. But several features do require the subscription

cloud storage
activity zones when on battery power
smart classification (person, vehicle, package, etc).

More details are here:

https://kb.arlo.com/000062312/What-options-will-I-have-when-the-Arlo-trial-ends

Re: New york

Rackerman — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 18:38:59 GMT

Will I still have access to both live view and the library… will I get notifications when there is motion… ????

Re: New york

StephenB — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 18:54:59 GMT

@Rackerman wrote:

Will I still have access to both live view and the library… will I get notifications when there is motion… ????

Read the article. Yes to live view and motion notifications.

The library holds stored videos - normally saved in the Arlo Cloud. And cloud storage requires a subscription for all currently sold cameras.

If you are connecting the cameras through a VMB4540 or VMB5000 smarthub, then you can use direct access to local storage instead of a subscription. But there are quite a few limitations - in particular, remote access to your recordings doesn't work with all internet service providers.

https://kb.arlo.com/000062337/What-is-Direct-Storage-Access-and-how-do-I-use-it