Should be able to trigger the siren only when motion by a human is triggered

[Homesickalien2]

I don't understand how Arlo has had the ability for years to detect whether the motion is by a human, vehicle or animal but doesn't allow you to trigger events based on this.  I feel this should be the #1 priority at this point.  I understand there could be some lag if the analysis must be done in the cloud.  So be it.  Offer the option and just let people configure it with that understanding.  Honestly, I doubt the lag would be significant anyway. 

Instead, the siren is effectively useless to me. If I leave it on, it goes off all day long and annoys my neighbors as it picks up every wasp or bird that flies by.  So frustrating!

I'll add to this that I just got back from a trip where the alarm on my deck was going off like crazy all week from wasps and birds and recorded them.  However, an animal (probably a squirrel) chewed off both latches of my RTIC cooler (and must have spent a fair amount of time doing it!) and then took both of latches and stacked them together on the deck railing. The cooler and the railing are both completely within my configured zone.  The camera caught none of it, nothing on the feed, no recording, no siren, nothing.

I'm really regretting the investment I made in my Arlo 4 purchase at this point 😞

[jguerdat]

Smart notifications are processed by the servers only after the video is recorded. They do not exclude any recordings. To be able to record only specific subjects, the camera would somehow need to decide on-the-fly what caused the trigger and then possibly record. Especially for a battery-operated camera that would potentially use a lot of power, lowering battery life significantly (and probably increase price significantly for the extra processing). These cameras, like many others out there, use PIR (passive IR) sensors which can only detect motion so couldn't make a decision as to the subject matter.

[jguerdat]

Smart notifications are processed by the servers only after the video is recorded. They do not exclude any recordings. To be able to record only specific subjects, the camera would somehow need to decide on-the-fly what caused the trigger and then possibly record. Especially for a battery-operated camera that would potentially use a lot of power, lowering battery life significantly (and probably increase price significantly for the extra processing). These cameras, like many others out there, use PIR (passive IR) sensors which can only detect motion so couldn't make a decision as to the subject matter.

[Homesickalien2]

I hear you. I'm more concerned about triggering the siren rather than the video. I actually want the video of animals but I don't want a siren to go off every time a bird, squirrel or wasp enters the frame (which is a lot!).  I don't think it would be a significant lift or impact to battery to send 1 (or a few) snapshots (rather than the entire video) to the cloud for processing.  Again, this would be optional. So, if I am ok with some reduced battery life (again, I don't think this would have to be as significant as suggested) for the added benefit of the siren actually being useful, that's on me.  Many others have posted about this in the past.  So, I know I'm not alone here. I would gladly charge my cameras twice as often if needed (again, I don't think it would be) for the siren to be a usable feature.