Link Alexa and Arlo so you can see your Arlo cameras and doorbells on your Echo Show or Fire TV
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes
Having smart security cameras is one thing but having smart security cameras that you then connect to smart assistants, like Alexa, results in a much better experience overall. If you have Nest cameras, you’re better to connect them to Google Assistant, while if you have Ring security cams, these player nicer with Alexa and Amazon’s Echo range overall.
For Arlo however, you can connect these up to either Google Assistant, Apple HomeKit for use with Siri, or indeed, as the title of this feature might have led you to believe, Amazon’s Alexa. Without further ado then, here’s how to connect Arlo to Alexa and what you can do.
What you’ll need
- Your Arlo device setup
- The Alexa app
- The Arlo Secure app
- A smartphone or tablet
The short version
- Open the Arlo Secure App.
- Tap on the profile icon.
- Tap ‘Connected Accounts‘.
- Tap ‘Alexa‘.
- Tap ‘Allow‘.
- Tap ‘Link‘ when the Account Linking screen appears or sign into your Amazon account when prompted and tap ‘Allow‘.
- Tap ‘Finish‘.
- Enable the Arlo skill in the Alexa app.
How to link Arlo cameras and Alexa and what you can do
There are a number of things you can do when you link up your Arlo cameras and Alexa. You will be able to create Alexa Routines using your Arlo cameras, so you could change detection modes based on when you come home for example, and it will also be possible to see live feeds of an Arlo camera or doorbell on your Amazon Echo Show or Fire TV.
Elsewhere, should someone press your Arlo video doorbell for example, you will be able to set it so an Amazon Echo speaker or smart display will notify you that someone is at your door, and you can also ask Alexa on Echo Show devices or Fire TV to show you a view of your Arlo cameras or doorbell.
You’ll need to start off by linking your Arlo and Alexa accounts, but you will also need to enable the Arlo skill to make sure everything works as it should.
Time needed: 5 minutes
- Connect your Arlo and Alexa accounts
The first thing you will need to do is link up your Arlo and Alexa accounts. To do this, head into the Arlo app and tap on the profile icon in the top left. You then need to tap on Connected Accounts from the menu and tap on Alexa. The app will guide you through linking the accounts, but make sure you have your Amazon account and password ready.
- Find the Arlo Skill
Once you have linked your Alexa and Arlo accounts, you need to enable the Arlo skill. You can do this to prompt linking your Arlo and Alexa accounts too so you can start with this step if you want to. Open the Alexa app and tap on ‘More’ in the bottom right. From here, tap ‘Skills & Games’ and search for the Arlo skill.
- Enable the Arlo skill
Once you have found the Arlo skill, tap on ‘Enable to Use’ and sign in with your Arlo account.
That’s it! You should now see your Arlo devices in the Alexa app, allowing you to move them to the rooms you want them in. You will also be able to add them to Alexa Routines, and see them on devices like the Echo Show or get notifications from them on an Echo speaker.
FAQs
To see your Arlo cameras, you will need one of the following Amazon devices:
Echo Show
Echo Spot
Fire TV (all generations)
Fire TV stick (second generation only)
Fire TV Edition smart TVs
All Arlo cameras are compatible with Alexa.
