The new Arlo Pro 3 (2K) camera slips into the middle of Arlo wireless security camera range, giving you new tools to catch a thief. And it is now compatible with Apple HomeKit, Google Assistant and Alexa.
The one Arlo ecosystem now has Arlo Ultra (4K HDR) where you need ultra-detail, the new Arlo Pro 3 (2K HDR) where you need good detail and Arlo Pro 2 (FHD) where it is all about intrusion monitoring. Use the right tool for the job.
The new Arlo Pro 3 is about performance and price choice.
Do you need to be able to see the forest or the trees?
Typical security cameras have been 720 or 1080p and suffer from Wi-Fi connection vagaries, poor internet speeds, and at best give you a ‘forest’ perspective. They are even worse in low light. Frankly GadgetGuy finds it hard to recommend any of them without caveats.
Standard 1080p camera 
Arlo Pro 3
The Arlo Ultra 4K (the same resolution as your TV) surprised us (review here) with its rock-solid Wi-Fi performance (it uses a SmartHub base station independent of Wi-Fi or Internet) and gives crisp details and colours even in low light. To thwart thieves, you need actionable details, e.g. ’trees’.
Arlo has taken the Ultra learnings (it was a gutsy move to be one of the first to market with a 4K Wireless security camera) and introduced a more affordable 2K camera – the Arlo Pro 3 (2K) (website here).
The Arlo Pro 3 uses the Ultra technology
This is a quantum leap over the older Arlo Pro/2 technology. That includes things like colour night shots, people/animal/face detection (cloud subscription required), and common use of Ultra batteries, chargers, mounts, accessories etc.
Like the Ultra it has a LED spotlight, full-duplex two-way voice, a siren, better IP rating and a wider, distortion-free 160° field of view.
The full system (cameras and 2K hub) comes with a complimentary three-month trial to Arlo Smart, for rolling 30-days of 2K cloud recordings. It allows customised notifications and settings to spot people, vehicles, animals or packages. After that time basic functionality is free or pay $3.00 per camera or $12.99 per month (up to 10 cameras) with annual discounts.
Why Arlo?
Arlo is a security camera company spun out of NETGEAR. In the past 12 months, it has cemented its #1 position with the Arlo Ultra (4K) and now the Arlo Pro 3 (2K). And what is best is that all current Arlo products work together in the Arlo Ultra ecosystem.
GadgetGuys’s mini-review is here.
Price:
- $419 Single-camera
- $949 dual-camera kit with hub
- $1,299 three-camera kit with hub
- $1,699 four-camera kit with hub