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Moxham
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I have an Arlo essential spot light camera and the talk function won’t work on my iPhone with cellular data, it will work when on the same wifi network, but not away from home.
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JamesC
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Community Manager

Moxham,

 

What happens when you try to use it away from home? Do you see an error message?

 

JamesC

Moxham
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No messages, it just appears as though it is working, but it is not
JamesC
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Moxham,

 

What carrier do you have and which model iOS device?

 

JamesC

Moxham
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Am with Telstra, have iPhone 11 Pro Max 15.4.1
JamesC
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Moxham,

 

Try uninstalling and reinstalling the mobile app. Is the behavior the same?

 

JamesC

Moxham
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Yes, same behaviour and does the same thing when installed on iPhone X also
JamesC
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Moxham,

 

Do you have access to a different mobile device/different carrier to test to see if you experience the same behavior when using a different device?

 

JamesC

Moxham
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Yeah, behaves the same on both iphones
JamesC
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If you connect to a different WiFi network, do you still experience an issue or is this only failing when connected to mobile data.

 

JamesC