What is Animated Preview on Arlo Camera? How Does It Work?
Arlo cameras capture everything happening in and around your house. They have some wonderful features that level up the home security. One such feature is Arlo Animated Preview.
With this feature turned on, the Arlo motion alerts will display a short video summary of the event that notified you. This comes to help if you want to view the notification quickly without the need to open the Arlo app.
How Does Arlo Animated Preview Work?
The Animated Preview notification on an Arlo camera works in a very simple way. Here’s how you can view the quick recording of the notification on your mobile phones:
- Android: Tap down the arrow on the Arlo motion alert.
- iOS: Press and the hold the notification of the event.
This is to inform you that you will need an Arlo subscription plan to use the Animated Preview feature. Let us now move ahead and discuss the steps to be followed in order to enable the feature on the security camera.
How to Enable Arlo Animated Preview on Camera?
Before getting started, you should connect your mobile phone to the same WiFi network to which you have connected the Arlo security camera.
If You are Using Arlo App with Feed
- First of all, launch the Arlo Secure app on your mobile phone.
- Tap the Account icon.
- Now, you have to choose the location with the Arlo Secure Plan.
- You can easily find the option to choose a location under Locations and Plans.
- Tap the Smart Notifications option.
- Select Active Cameras > Choose the Camera.
- Tap the Animated Preview switch to toggle the feature to the ON position.
Note: In case you are not able to see your Arlo security camera in the Active Cameras section, you need to add it manually. For this, tap the Edit option. Thereafter, tap the three bars to the right of your camera name. Drag and drop the Camera name from the Inactive Cameras list to the Active Cameras list. Tap Save.
If You are Using Arlo App with Library
- Launch the Arlo Secure app.
- Log in to the camera using the Arlo login details.
- Now, tap Settings > Smart Notifications.
- Go to Active Cameras and select the camera.
- Toggle the Animated Preview switch to the ON position.
This is how you can enable the Arlo Animated Preview on your wireless security camera if you are using Arlo account with feed/library. Know that the Animated Preview is created only after the camera is done recording the motion event. If you try to view a push notification during recording, the Animated Preview will not work.
The Final Words
Arlo security cameras have myriad features in their gallery that help a person improve home security. Since we talked about Arlo Animated Preview feature in the blog, it is expected that after reading the information given above, you will be able to enable the feature. However, if you want to disable it, the same steps can help you out.
