Currently the new Smart options allow you to set an activity zone, outside of which no notifications are generated.  However, recording still takes place ouside of the activity zone.   I think it would be a good idea to have the option to only record within the activity zone and activity outside is ignored.  This would be useful (as in my case) when a camera is postioned for covering property entrances but also has a lot of background activity.  I would still like to be able to view the wider area (live feed) but i dont want to record, other than direct activity around the entrance.   ... View more

I have been using Arlo for the past 7 months. While the hardware is great the operation is very basic for the price. The below are concerns that should be addressed. 1. NAS storage While cloud storage is good for most people at this price point I would like the option to record locally to my nas and not be restricted by the need for an internet connection all the time. 2. Timeline search To be frank your method of searching is terrible. It's the worst I have seen as an IT pro. Instead of image blocks, why can't you use a time line showing a grey bar with green bars showing motion recording. This makes it easier for the user to search and scroll through recordings. 3. I use Exacq for my business and the motion detection works excellent. The Arlo's on the other hand misses a lot of data which at times could be vital to an investigation. 4. Customizable views. Arlo allows for only one view to be reviewed at a time. There should be an option to view any cameras at once. Example let's say I have 8 cameras with 4 being outside and I want to view/review the 2 in the front and 2 at the back during a party I would have to constantly switch, unlink Exacq where I would just need to select the 4 camera I want to view Thanks, SC ... View more

You already have an option to create trigger zones, why not add one to create 'ignore zones'. I have one tree outside our house that triggers the camera constantly in the wind. the only way to stop it making 30+ recordings in a day is to turn the sensitivity down but then I miss actual events. It would be good to just highlight the tree and say ignore this thing... ... View more

To my understanding Arlo cameras measure temperature and even switch themselves off it the temperature drops below -20C   It would be very usefull to show this temperature measurement in camera status display in Arlo Live. Then you could for example monitor that heating of a remote building is working OK without any other sensors. I would be also good to know if the temperature is approaching switch off point with outdoor cameras   I have Arlo Pro system with 3 outdoor cameras in Nothern Finland where temperature will drop below -30 C duirng winter time ... View more

I would like the option to be able to choose what type of motion deploys the siren on my Pro base station.  As an example, I have a schedule set that from 1am to 6am the base station siren will alarm if motion is detected.  However, I do not want it to alarm when general "motion" or animal is detected...I am only concerned about a person or vehicle.  So now I have to turn off motion detecting for general motion and animal completely or it will alarm unnecessarily in the middle of the night.  Being able to choose what type of motion activates the siren would be extremely useful and shouldn't be too difficult to code, it just needs to be available when you schedule a specific time.  Thanks ... View more

I've experimented with several security cameras over the past few weeks, and Ring has the best alerting implementation BY FAR. When a motion alert is received from Ring, it leads directly to a Live View of the event. If you view the alert some time AFTER the event, it leads directly to the Recording of the event. I never precisely timed this, but if roughly 20 to 30 seconds had elapsed after the motion event occurred, Ring was smart enough skip the live view, and take you to the recording. This was MUCH more elegant and faster than what Netgear is doing now with Arlo.   Nest also has a nice alerting method that shows a short video clip of the event embedded in the alert itself. Apparently this has been previously suggested on this forum, and it is marked as coming soon...which is great!   I'm currently testing Blink XT as well as Arlo Pro 2. Arlo is SIGNIFICANTLY higher quality than Blink, but I am really surprised that I can get to the Blink event video faster than Arlo's. Blink's alert always leads directly to the event. No additional taps or logins. This still isn't better than Ring's method, but it shows that Netgear has some work to do.   If embedded alert videos are coming soon, then my suggestion is to blend this with the Ring implementation. If we view the alert quickly, send us directly to the Live View. If we view the alert later, send us to the Recording. No additional taps or delays. While you're at it, eliminate the constant login requirement. My phone is very secure already. ... View more

Each and every camera has a speaker for the PRO 2, why not create a patch file to enable the use of the siren through the camera speaker.  If the owner has cameras setup around their house that would be a great outdoor deterrent ... View more

Hi,   Id like to suggest the posibility of setting alert zones which match the shape of the area you are trying to cover. For example, a trapezoid shaped alert zone would better match a path or driveway as it tapers off into the distance without having to make-do using rectangles and squares which overlap into other areas. Also, it may be useful to have alerts based on which alert zones are triggered. So in this case, you may have footage recorded of a postman entering your back garden to drop off a parcel but be alerted if he enters an alert zone covering your back door etc.   Cheers! ... View more

The website - arlo.netgear.com - could really use an option for a dark background (should be someting as simple as changing the background color from #FFF to #000 --- and the advantage I see here is I can leave the cameras monitoring while I am resting or sleeping on my desktop near my bed, and if there is a noise in the house, I would then be able to glance at the monitor and verify it was either nothing or whatever, and then could go back to resting/sleeping etc. without a bright background keeping me awake.   Often times, they call the dark background "night mode" if you're looking for a name, and yes, during the day maybe a 'day mode' with a bright background like the existing is not a bad idea -- the idea is the screen color should generally match the ambient lighting. ... View more

It would be nice to be able to stream from the base while on the same network rather than from the cloud server.  Our DSL provider here is pretty pathetic. Live view has about a 12 second delay. This is not very useful for watching the other room. ... View more

Our installation will be very remote beach house. There is a need for mains failure detection in case intruder has deliberately switched of the power. This would be a nice sofware update feature. ... View more

Add a feature that allows us to see what sensitivity levels are being hit when recordings take place. I am forever struggling to adjust the sinsitivity of the camers on the outside of my house. When a recording is made it wouldbe good to know what sinsitivty % was hit so I can tell what level a tree moving in the wind vs a car driving down the street vs a person walking along th epath is and fine tune it. I know I can sort of do this in the motion detection test but I then have to be outside where I can see the blue led and wait for these actions to occur, very hard to reproduce! Would be good to see the actual % number stored alongside the recording that was made, and even better the realtime percentage during the whole recording length. I regularly get a recording of someone pulling up in a car but once they stop and the person gets out the recording stops. So obviously I need to up the setting to get that person walking but by how much? Trial and error is infuriating.. ... View more

I have somewhat unreliable internet that sometimes drops out for 5 minutes then comes back.   My concern is that an intruder my break into my house during that downtime, or at least do some reconnaisance.  I'd like any records that only went to USB not cloud, during the downtime, to be uploaded to the cloud once internet is restored. This would stop me having to periodically check the USB to look for suspicious activity.   The software implementation would just have to record what was the lastest file uploaded and the latest file saved.  When internet was detected, it could periodically check if saved > uploaded, and uploaded until uploaded = saved.   ... View more

I believe that if the Arlo Pro could playback a pre-recorded message at the time of motion detection, it would add another effective level of deterrent.    I for one am not able to speak "live" through my phone for all occurrances of a motion detection (could be in a meeting, showering, sleeping, etc). If the message can be along the lines of..."Hi! This is an Arlo Security Camera!" it would not be inappropriate for a wanted visitor (eg delivery man) and at the same time give notice to any unwanted visitor of the presence of a security camera, which is not always seen.    When I woke up this morning I saw a motion detection event had occured at 3AM. My phone was on silent because...well...sleep is pretty damn important to me. I saw on the video a young man in all black clothing with a flashlight looking through the windows of my car on the driveway. He probably didn't notice the camera above him. Luckily I had just cleaned out my car, so there was nothing for the man to take, but if he had heard an automated message from the camera, I imagine he would have fled immediately and not even look inside the car.    ... View more

Because of Arlo's excellent video quality and excellent field of view I am able to see most of a large room/outdoor area with one camera. Unfortunately this tends to minimize the effectiveness of the motion detection as the camera tends to be more centrally located and so it does not detect something/someone until it is halfway or more across the room/area if it detects it at all.  This leaves users with the undesirable options of either compromising their camera placement to accomodate motion detection or using an entire camera exclusively as a motion detector with little to no useful function as a camera. This latter scenario is a situation for which the camera is over-qualified and overpriced.  A separate motion sensor that would trigger the camera to start recording when someone enters the room/access point would alleviate this issue. It could also help with the issue that myself and others  are having with lag in recording start time. The sensor could be placed further out from the camera when necessary so that it could trigger the camera to start recording earlier, accounting for the lag time and recording what users actually wanted recorded.   An additional sensor would not be something that would be required of all cameras and placements, but it would be useful for specific scenarios and even having two sensors at opposite inds of a room/area triggering one camera could be a useful setup. As it is though, it is relatively cost prohibitive to expand your system to do this as the cameras are the only sensor option and cost too much to be wasted on being merely a sensor. Additinally these "wasted" cameras eat into your allotment under the current subscription you have and could create additional cost to the user for an upgraded subscription. As it is, I am hesitant to expand my system (currently at 4 cameras), even though I would like to have greater coverage, because of the up front cost of the cameras not being used to their full potential combined with the monthly cost of the upgraded subscription. I would be far more willing to expand my system and upgrade my subscription if there were external sensors that would allow me to use my system effeciently and effectively like I want to without the inflated up front cost.     I could see how this could be achieved either through hardware development of sensors exclusively for Arlo or through software development of integration with already established systems which perform comlementary functions. With either one, if the price is right I'm in, if it stays as it is my expansion is stuck. ... View more

what if I can draw with my mouse the zone I want to be notified? the squares are not doing a good job, because if I have to divide the zoning in 3 areas I want activity. Please fix this problem. ... View more