Camera and base station compatibility

[Vacc]

Is the Arlo Essential security camera VMC3050 compatible with an Arlo Pro base station, Model VMB4000?

[StephenB · Accepted solution]

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@Vacc wrote:

Is the Arlo Essential security camera VMC3050 compatible with an Arlo Pro base station, Model VMB4000?

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No (at least not yet).

None of the Gen 2 cameras can be paired with a base/smarthub.  Arlo has said this feature is coming, but haven't said exactly when.

Note that even after they add this, you will need a subscription for the camera in order to see any recordings in the app or browser.  Legacy cameras (pro, pro 2 etc) were sold with free 7 days of rolling cloud storage.  None of the currently sold cameras have that feature.

So you could just connect this camera directly to your home wifi.