Essential Outdoor Camera provides smart home security with crystal-clear 2K resolution. Zoom in 12x to see license plates and eye color in detail, perfect for home security. Get alerts and watch live video from your security camera on your phone. This wireless security camera lets you ward off intruders with the Integrated Spotlight, or with the Integrated Siren by triggering it automatically or manually from the Arlo Secure App. Identify details in low light with Color Night Vision and hear and speak clearly with visitors with noise-canceling audio. Set it up in minutes by connecting directly to Wi-Fi. Install these outdoor security cameras with full confidence thanks to their rechargeable battery and weather-resistant design. An Arlo Secure plan trial is included. After trial, a paid plan is required to keep premium features like 30-day video cloud storage, People, Package, Vehicle Detection, 24/7 Emergency Response, and more. This camera is compatible with Arlo SmartHub and BaseStations. To connect your Essential to Arlo SmartHub/Base Stations, ensure your camera has the latest firmware, then remove it, re-onboard it, and connect it. Apple Home is not yet compatible with Essential Cameras (2nd Gen).This camera is for use in US only. However, you will be able to access and control your camera remotely from anywhere with the Arlo Secure App.
Exceptional Indoor & Outdoor Wireless Camera (3 Cameras) – Watch, listen & talk. Monitor your home, property & keep loved ones safe, 2K video quality. Complete home monitoring system, add additional cameras throughout your exterior & interior.
Arlo protects your everything. Including your privacy – At Arlo, we are as passionate about privacy as we are about safeguarding your home & family. Arlo is designed to keep your personal information private and in your control.
Don’t miss a moment with the Arlo Secure App – Get real-time notifications with motion activation & live video 2-Way Audio, streaming in the Arlo app. Remote siren activation, Color Night Vision & large Field of View (130 degrees) & Integrated Spotlight.
Get more with an Arlo Secure Plan (subscription required) – Share & store video for up to 30 days, see animated previews from your phone’s lock screen, personalize your security with people and vehicle recognition + package and animal detection.
Customer service designed for you – Get help for your products within the Arlo app and join the Arlo community to learn, ask questions or share feedback. 24/7 chat is also available on the Arlo website and in the app.
Connect with your favorite smart home partners – Works with Amazon Alexa & Google Assistant. Get more from Arlo with IFTTT automations such as receiving low battery notifications & turning on compatible lights when motion is detected.
Accessories & Compatible Products – Arlo Essential Wireless Security Camera comes with one indoor USB charging cable, wall mount & screw kit, and quick start guide. Also compatible with the solar panel charger, 25 ft power cord & protective camera covers.
E.M.S. –
Great wireless indoor security cameras!
These are the first indoor wi-fi security cameras I have ever purchased. So far I’m very pleased with these compact and lightweight, attractive, mod little cameras! I bought four of them before the holidays because I wanted to keep an eye on our three kitty children while we were out of state. Even though we had a 2x daily cat sitter friend come by, I wanted a piece of mind so we could see our fur babies to make sure they were okay when they were alone and because we missed them so much as any good pet parent would! Ha! But I digress.These cameras are very easy to set up, install, and connect with wi-fi. They use AA batteries and are still full of power after 1.5 months of use. Though it will give you a warning (when you are viewing through your Blink app) that you may risk draining your power quicker if you’re constantly looking through the cameras or recording all the time. Anyway, I mounted one on a wall, but kept the others mobile to adjust around the rooms as needed. The picture quality is pretty sharp and clear. When it’s daylight or well lit in the room, you get a full color picture. When it is dark or low light in the room, you get a black and white picture. There is a delay of a few seconds during live time viewing, but it is not a big deal at all and to be expected. The speaker feature works very well when speaking and listening through the app and cameras and is very clear and audible…my husband and I tested this out while one of us was out or from different parts of the house. We also tested it out by speaking to our cats through the app from another state and they perked right up and looked right at the cameras when they heard our voices! Awwww!You can either set your camera system to “disarm or armed”. When you set it to “armed”, it will automatically record when it detects movement with short video clips. You can vary and set the duration and sensitivity of movement detection of the recordings for each camera as well as tailor privacy settings for areas where the cameras are set up (but I haven’t explored the privacy areas feature yet). And then you can view the clips afterwards and either choose to keep or delete them in your archive list stores in your app. I downloaded the Blink app onto my Android phone and it’s very easy to use and see what’s going on in my rooms in live time during any time of day.Note: You DO need a monthly Blink subscription for recording and storing those recorded clips after your 30-day free trial ends. But even without a subscription, you can still VIEW what’s going on in your home in live time. But without the monthly subscription, you will not be able to arm your cameras to sense or detect movement to RECORD and SAVE the clips. Take it from someone who’s never had indoor cordless wi-fi security cameras before…these are EASY BREEZY and well worth it!!So far I’m VERY happy I bought these!
E.M.S. –
Elise in Palm Springs –
Great Little Cameras; Easy to Set Up and Use
I already had Blink cameras outside on my patio. I wanted a way to monitor the inside of my house without having to have a friend drop by to check on things when I am out of town, so bought the 3-pack set of the Blink Indoor Wireless cameras.Set up of the cameras was an easy-to-do task since I already have the cameras for the outside. I just added them to the app. Once identified to the app, you can easily “Arm” and “Disarm” them via your phone. I have turned them on and off via my phone long distance (from another state than my home), so can attest to the fact that distance is not an issue to operating them.Once armed, any tiny bit of motion causes the camera to start filming. (You can set or remotely change the duration of the clip.) You hear a signal on your phone, notifying you that the camera has picked up something. You can then check the video to see what has set it off.For example, I was surprised to hear the notification signal on a daily basis around the same time each day, but not at the exact same time. That puzzled me, first because it wasn’t clear to me what set the camera off, and second, why it was at a slightly different time each day. It took me three days to figure out that the camera was picking up the light from around the top of my room-darkener drapes. Apparently, the sun reached a spot overhead as it made its trajectory over the house and lighted the space between the top of the drapes and the patio door frame. The camera was sensitive enough to notice this and began filming.I was also able to check that the cameras were working as expected (i.e., that filming began when a person came into the room), by them filming me when I armed the system the first time.The cameras are small and unobtrusive, so likely wouldn’t be noticed by someone at all or certainly not in time to prevent the filming. However, a small blue light does come on to show that the camera has begun to record, so the cameras are not completely invisible. But they have an excellent picture and anyone whose motion set off the recording would not have time to get to a camera if they noticed the blue light and moved the camera. However, if you wanted to prevent the “recording” light being noticed, you could cover the light with a small piece of black electrical tape.Bottom line, I am very pleased with the size, ease of set-up and operation, the sensitivity of the camera, and the quality of the recording.
Elise in Palm Springs –
steve –
Easy set up.
Love these! Inexpensive, easy to set up, turns on and off easily from my phone. Great way for me to monitor temperature in my house while I’m away to assure heat is working to prevent frozen pipes.
steve –