How to trigger an Alexa device upon motion detection on the Arlo camera?

Alexa is not just about weather updates, keeping reminders, and playing music and stuff. It’s much more than that. When paired with your Arlo cameras, it can help you manage tasks effectively. Alexa-enabled devices can help you receive announcements or trigger other smart home devices whenever motion is detected on any of your installed Arlo cameras. To understand this, if motion is detected at your front door, Alexa can activate the smart lights on the front porch. This ability can help you automate several of your smart home functions and make the most out of your devices. If you are looking for information on how to activate Alexa devices and perform a certain task, this blog will walk you through the complete information.

Things you’ll need

Before you activate these Alexa skills on the Arlo camera, you’ll need to create an Alexa routine. To do that, you’ll need some equipment as under:

●     At least one Arlo camera

●     Amazon Alexa App installed

●     Alexa-enabled device (can be your Echo, FireTV, Fire Stick, etc.)

●     Arlo Alexa Skills enabled.

If you don’t know how to enable Alexa skills you can ask Alexa to enable the same for you. Say- “Alexa! Enable Arlo Skills.” Or, you can launch the Alexa app and search for the Arlo Skill and then tap on Enable Skills to link your account with the Alexa account.

Motion Announcement

In order for Alexa to make an announcement when motion is detected, you can follow the steps:

●     Launch the Amazon Alexa app.

●     Tap on Devices at the bottom-right corner and tap on the All Devices menu or Cameras button.

●     Now, select an Arlo device to enable for the announcements.

●     Next, enable the toggle button next to Motion under Motion Announcement. The settings will now be saved automatically.



Create an Alexa Routine to Trigger devices

To trigger a smart home device whenever motion is detected on Arlo cameras, here are some steps you can follow:

●     Launch the Amazon Alexa app and tap on the menu icon from the upper-left corner.

●     Tap on routines from the list of options.

●     Tap on the ‘+’ icon from the upper right corner.

●     Tap on When this Happens and then click on the Device option.

●     Select an Arlo camera from the menu and tap on Detected and then Save.

●     Set the days and time when you want this routine to execute.

●     Now, tap on Add action button and then Smart Home.

●  From the Smart Home screen, tap on Control Device to trigger a device when motion is detected. The Control Group option will trigger devices in a group when motion is detected. Finally, tap on the Control Scene option to trigger a scene.

●     Review the auctions that you want Alexa to do when motion is detected by your Arlo camera.

●     Tap on the Save button from the upper-right corner.

Now, every time your Arlo camera detects motion, it will trigger your selected smart home device for action. If you need more help with accessing the Arlo camera settings, you can always reach out to the team at our end.

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