Night owl wired security system4/27/2023 Nest, by contrast, offers person, vehicle and animal alerts for free, along with three hours of event history (that's paltry, but it's something). The Arlo Pro 4 really isn't that: Without paying for Arlo Secure, you lose out on smart alerts, event history and a handful of other features. If you're allergic to more subscription services like I am, then you might want to buy a camera that will work well enough to avoid the monthly fees. The intent is always to get you to end up paying over time. Free trials abound here - Wyze and Google Nest both offer a free month, while Arlo offers a generous three months. It's no secret that smart security camera developers want to hook you with a monthly subscription. Which brings me to my one criticism of Arlo: the lack of subscription-free features. The one thing Wyze has that few other companies offer is 14 days of free cloud storage. That's really solid, and since it only takes about five hours to charge, your monitoring should remain nearly uninterrupted year-round, even if it's a little less efficient than it seems. Over the course of a week and a half of testing, though, the Pro 4 only went down about 5% - which put the battery life on track for about seven months for me. Arlo says the battery should last between three and six months per charge, which is fairly standard among wireless cameras. But it made me a little nervous about the impact on battery life: Wi-Fi is less energy efficient than other communication protocols, like Bluetooth or Zigbee. Unlike the Pro 3 - and other cameras from generations past - the Pro 4 connects directly to your Wi-Fi, which is convenient, since you won't need a separate hub. In the settings, you can also fiddle with a slew of other tools, like auto zoom & tracking, power management settings and activity zones (with a subscription). The Arlo app is simple and straightforward, with all the features I want to toggle easily accessible on the live stream screen. From there, I was able to start testing out the Pro 4's features right away, manually switching the spotlight on and off to see the difference (bright enough during the night), triggering the siren to see how loud it is (loud, but not deafening) and zooming into various corners of the live-streaming video.
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