This automation scenario allows you to connect Arlo and Gmail
It can be build using Ifttt, a no-code workflow automation tool. Ifttt allows you to create automated bots using a simple drag-and-drop interface for non-technical users. This is a ready-made scenario, but it can be customized by adding more apps, actions, filters or branches.
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Arlo and Gmail can also be integrated using automation tools other than ifttt:
When this trigger fires in Arlo
This Trigger fires when your Arlo device detects motion.
Then this action happens in Gmail
This Action will send an email to up to twenty recipients from your Gmail account.
This guide contains information on how to set up an automatic workflow that allows to Arlo motion detection.
Part I
First, we need to connect Arlo and Gmail to IFTTT.
Create IFTTT account.
Create IFTTT account if you don't have one.
Connect Arlo to IFTTT.
Give IFTTT access to your Arlo account, using Arlo credentials.
Connect Gmail to IFTTT.
Give IFTTT access to your Gmail account, using Gmail credentials.
Part II
Next, we need to create a workflow automation scenario using graphical no-code web interface of IFTTT.
Set up a Trigger action for Arlo
Choose the following trigger: Motion detected (This Trigger fires when your Arlo device detects motion.).
Then set up an Action for Gmail
Choose this action: Send an email (This Action will send an email to up to twenty recipients from your Gmail account.).
Part III
Finally, we need to test this automation and publish it.
Customize data flow
Configure the data that is exchanged between Arlo and Gmail.
Test the workflow and turn it on for production use
Test your scenario and publish to production. Now you have an automatic workflow, that will Arlo motion detection!
Triggers when a new e-mail appears in the specified mailbox.
Triggers when you receive a new email that matches a search string you provide.
Triggers when you label an email.
Triggers when you receive a new attachment (triggers once per attachment).
Triggers when a new email is received to be processed according to specified criteria.
Triggers when you receive a new email and star it within two days.
This Action will set your Arlo mode to Armed.
This Action will set your Arlo mode to Disarmed.
This Action will start recording with the selected camera.
Update an existing contact
Update an existing registration
Finds a contact by searching
IFTTT helps to create applications connections with a simple statement: if this then that. For example: "Tweet your Instagrams as native photos on Twitter". You define a task by a trigger and an action.