What are the Arlo Smart advanced object detection features?

With an Arlo Smart subscription, you can stay alert to what’s happening at home with A.I. enabled notifications for people, packages, vehicles, animals, and smoke/CO alarms. Read this article to learn more about Arlo Smart’s advanced object detection features.

You can activate any combination of the following features in the Arlo app to determine what kind of detection notifications you want to receive.

Person Detection

With the Arlo Smart Person Detection feature, you receive real-time alerts when people approach your home. The person detection feature also allows you to search your recording library for videos containing people.

For more information, visit How do I enable the Arlo Smart Person Detection feature?.

Package Detection

The Package Detection feature allows you to receive rich notifications when your Arlo camera sees a package being picked up or dropped off. With Package Detection turned on in the Arlo app, your camera detects packages as small as a shoe box.

For more information, visit Arlo Smart Package Detection.

Animal and Vehicle Detection

The Vehicle Detection feature detects cars, trucks, buses, motorbikes, and bicycles, and allows you to receive rich notifications when your Arlo camera detects a vehicle.

The animal detection feature allows you to receive rich notifications when your Arlo camera detects an animal. It detects any animal larger than a small rodent.

For more information, visit Arlo Smart Animal and Vehicle Detection.

Alarm Detection

The Alarm Detection feature notifies you on the Arlo app when an Arlo camera hears a smoke and/or carbon monoxide (CO) detector’s alarm. Your Arlo camera records until activity stops or for a fixed length of time.

For more information, visit What is the Arlo Smart Alarm Detection feature?.