topic Wireless Capabilities in Arlo

Wireless Capabilities

marco101 — Wed, 26 May 2021 18:36:34 GMT

Hi,

I do not own an Arlo but am wondering...

Are the wireless battery-operated Arlo cameras capable of recording video and audio? and how does the footage get saved?

Do the Wirless battery-operated arlo cameras have motion detection?

Thank you

Re: Wireless Capabilities

StephenB — Wed, 26 May 2021 19:33:31 GMT

@marco101 wrote:
Are the wireless battery-operated Arlo cameras capable of recording video and audio? and how does the footage get saved?

All cameras will stream to the Arlo Cloud, which can then save recordings. For the newer cameras, that requires a paid subscription. That is definitely the easiest approach.

One camera model (the Arlo Go) has a microSD slot where it can store recordings. Several models can be paired with a base station that also can store recordings. However, it's not that easy to access those recordings.

@marco101 wrote:

Do the Wireless battery-operated arlo cameras have motion detection?

Yes. They have PIR sensors that will detect motion. Most can also trigger on audio.

Re: Wireless Capabilities

marco101 — Wed, 26 May 2021 20:02:12 GMT

Thank you Stephen, and does the motion detection alarms on the wireless battery arlo pop up as notifications on the application?

And what does the time in the left hand top corner mean? IE: 1 H ago

Does this mean the last time it recorded or the last time it was accessed? If its on clound and continually recording, will it still say 1 H ago.

Also can multiple apps use the same camera? like 2 people accessing the same camera?

Re: Wireless Capabilities

StephenB — Thu, 27 May 2021 11:34:35 GMT

@marco101 wrote:

Thank you Stephen, and does the motion detection alarms on the wireless battery arlo pop up as notifications on the application?

Yes. There are some settings that control that (including some that only apply if you have a paid subscription).

@marco101 wrote:

Also can multiple apps use the same camera? like 2 people accessing the same camera?

You can access the camera from multiple apps - though you can only have one login on the account at a time. There is a way around that, which is to enable "friend" access from another account. https://kb.arlo.com/000039122/How-do-I-add-friends-to-my-Arlo-account

I don't believe you can livestream the camera to two apps at the same time (not something I've tried, as I don't use the friend access myself).