Lighting

Arlo Camera Support

twrecked/hass-aarlo · vv0.8.1.27

HACSCloud push

Asynchronous Arlo Component for Home Assistant

In Apple Home through HomeKit Bridge

What HomeKit Bridge makes of each kind of entity this integration creates, read from its source code. A device only gets the ones that apply to it.

Entity	Shows up as	Note
`light`	Light
`switch`	Switch or outlet
`media_player`	TV, receiver or media switches	Needs its own HomeKit Bridge in accessory mode
`camera`	Camera	Needs its own HomeKit Bridge in accessory mode
`alarm_control_panel`	Security system
`binary_sensor`	Sensor (motion, contact, leak, smoke…)
`sensor`	Sensor (temperature, humidity, air quality…)

1 report below say how a device from this integration behaves in the Home app.

What people report

Cloud-push Arlo integration that repeatedly breaks on Arlo and Cloudflare changes. Streaming to HomeKit is unreliable, and the newer Wireless Video Doorbell 2K cannot live stream.

Works3
Partly works2

Device	In Home Assistant	In Apple Home	What they said	Source
Arlo cameras	Works Cloud		Aarlo custom integration is a favourite Saved copy Currently my favourites are Aarlo and Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box, but they are very specific use cases. I do have a lot of Frontend ones which is great for more customizable Lovelace cards. TBH I have a lot installed simply because I implement Homekit Infused which is just awesome. I didn't really like how Lovelace worked and looked but HKI makes it really advanced. Auto-filling cards etc. Work a look. Excerpt saved from the Arctic Shift Reddit archive on 2026-10-23.	Reddit comment · 2021-05
Arlo Pro 5 camera	Works Cloud		Support added in merged PR Saved copy Ass the subject says... Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23.	PR #819 · 2023-10
Arlo wired video doorbell	Works Cloud		Built-in siren support added Saved copy Adding support for the siren built into the wired doorbell. https://github.com/twrecked/hass-aarlo/issues/404 Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23.	PR #405 · 2021-03
Arlo cameras via HomeKit Bridge	Partly works Cloud	Partly in Home Live view only works if stream already started in Home Assistant	Snapshots show but live stream times out unless HA stream already running Saved copy Here's the error: Logger: homeassistant.components.homekit.type_cameras Source: components/homekit/type_cameras.py:342 Integration: HomeKit Bridge (documentation, issues) First occurred: 2:42:40 PM (13 occurrences) Last logged: 3:26:25 PM Camera has no stream source Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23.	Issue #716 · 2023-02
Arlo Wireless Video Doorbell 2K	Partly works Cloud		Last image and recorded events work; live stream fails with vzmodulelive URL Saved copy Hello, I've got the Wireless Video Doorbell 2k without a subscription. I tested it for 2 weeks and everything seems to be working fine but not the live stream view. I didn't find my device in the compatibility list, so I hope I can help you to support this new model. I tried various configuration to start the stream on the glance card, but it never start. The card is able to get the lastIlmage if I start the stream from the Android or Web App. I don't have the paid subscription so I cannot test the recording or snapshots. ### Home Assistant version - Home Assistant : 2024.11.2 - Aarlo : … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23.	Issue #1014 · 2024-11

Gathered from GitHub issues, pull requests, discussions and docs, and from r/homeassistant. These are individual reports, so check the linked thread and the date before you buy.

How it connects

Cloud push

Goes through the maker’s cloud, which sends updates as they happen. Needs the internet and an account.

Details

Installs (analytics)	2,163 (0.31%)
GitHub stars	484
Latest version	v0.8.1.27 (2026-10-22)
Set up in the UI	Yes
Maintainers	@twrecked
License	LGPL-3.0

In ReReHome

Whatever HomeKit Bridge shares reaches Apple Home as normal HomeKit accessories behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls them like any other.

Bridges get their own settings page listing the accessories behind them.

Sources

Documentation: https://github.com/twrecked/hass-aarlo/blob/master/README.md
Source code: https://github.com/twrecked/hass-aarlo
Issues: https://github.com/twrecked/hass-aarlo/issues
HACS: https://hacs.xyz