Arlo|Smart Home Security|Wireless HD Security Cameras
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Android App fixes/changes/improvements

Having had the arlo pro for a while and now the ultra, I've got a few android app gripes:

 

1) Uninstallng the app (rebooting) and re-installing does not clear everything. There should be an option or something to reset/clear everything. In particular, device names on accouts that are shared to. For the life of me I cannot seem to change a base station name and have it stick throughout (eg Activate siren holds old name no matter what). Camera names don't seem to clear either but at least I can manually change those to match control account. Also probably related, I have one camera continually resorting to "Press the live button to see your new camera in action" only on the shared to account, not the control account.

2) Deleting zones. It took me way too long to find out how to delete a zone by sliding left.

3) perhaps a snapshot option might save time/bandwidth for camera positioning? Live video has way too much delay and just didn't work on my 20M/0.5M Down/up bandwidth.

4) This perhaps might be more of an android thing in the way it plays vids but that play/pause thing in the middle of the frame when playing a vid cature obscures what can often be the only few seconds of a moving object.

5) Not sure it this is an app or hardware thing but turning off camera auto zoom and tracking while positioning a camera would be nice.

 

Cheers

P