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Arlo alerts with smart home

Novadriver — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 03:54:22 GMT

I was curious if there was a way to have Arlo alert my Google home when it detects motion. I don't have the siren hub and turn my phone on vibrate at night. So I would like Arlo to have Google make some sort of notification sound when motion is detected to wake me up. Any suggestions or ideas and products to make this feature work?

Re: Arlo alerts with smart home

steve_t — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 04:31:24 GMT

Have you got a Smartthings hub?

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Scott2ya — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 07:08:42 GMT

You should look into Stringify. I don't have a google home yet, but I am pretty sure it can do that. IFTTT can probably do it as well.

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Novadriver — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 12:13:03 GMT

Okay I'll look into stringify. Ifttt didn't work. I tried to create an applet that does what I'm asking. It's not supported.

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Novadriver — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 12:12:06 GMT

No I do not. And Ifttt does not support it. Do you think the hub would allow it.

Re: Arlo alerts with smart home

steve_t — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 19:25:23 GMT

Yes, you could do it and much more with a smartthings hub.

Alternatively, and this is what I have done, is at night, my phone automatically goes into Do Not Disturb mode but I have an exception for the Arlo app so I still get an audible notification if one specific camera detects motion (as set by the mode)