Wireless doorbell battery

[Rickstorey]

My doorbell is only 6 months old. Initially the battery lasted a good three months but now lasts about 6 hours? Can’t figure or why? 

[jguerdat]

While it could be a faulty battery or doorbell, it could also be the total amount of recording and live viewing the doorbell is doing, with <5 minutes per day being the spec. You may need to disable Smart notifications so you see all recordings in your library/feed. Add all the video lengths up and see whether you're grossly exceeding 5 minutes.

[StephenB]

Also, you'd need to remove any activity zones to see the amount of video streaming.

[bparker86]

Mine is doing the same.    I have the motion detection down to 6!    This seems recent.   

[BrookeN]

Can you go through these steps and see if it helps with the life of the battery?

https://kb.arlo.com/000062585/How-can-I-extend-the-battery-life-of-my-Arlo-Essential-Video-Doorbell-...

[bparker86]

My Arlo Wireless Doorbell battery life has never been good.    Very disappointed.     And I have thought about buying a second one to swap out when it dies because it also seems to take forever to charge back, but the batteries are so expensive.

I was synced with the Arlo base, but we had to move the base farther away and battery life got ridiculously bad.   Only lasted about two days.     I have since resynced the doorbell to my wifi and it is doing better so far.    One week in and it's at 93%.    I have the motion detection very minimal at 10.    

In my case I believe the poor battery life to be an issue with poor connection to base.  But, still I think Arlo should do better with this product!

[BrookeN]

Please reach out to support. You get that by going in the support area of the app (not my.arlo.com), and selecting a camera in a subscription plan. Scroll down to the contact section, and you will see an option for phone support. It is available between 6 am and 6 pm US pacific time.