Arlo is launching a contactless tag that disarms its safety system

Arlo is including a brand new gadget to its good residence safety lineup that ought to make it simpler to disarm its Arlo Dwelling Safety system with out digging by the corporate’s companion app or utilizing its keypad when you’re in the home. The press launch for Arlo’s new Important product sequence — which features a new video doorbell, out of doors digicam, indoor digicam, and XL safety digicam — mentions an “Arlo Safety Tag” that may be held in opposition to the brand new doorbell itself to swiftly disarm the corporate’s safety system when the little fob launches in “This autumn 2023.”

When requested for remark in regards to the product, Arlo spokesperson Hannah Block mentioned that the Arlo Safety Tag would be the “first NFC Touchless Disarm machine,” and that additional particulars can be launched nearer to the tag’s launch date later this yr. Pricing was not offered and the knowledge we have now is slim, however the tag seems to be akin to a contactless keyfob just like the now-discontinued Google Nest Safe tags. 

Having fast entry to the Arlo Safety Tag ought to assist keep away from by chance blasting any of the sirens that characteristic on the corporate’s new Necessities lineup — offered it hasn’t fallen into the palms of a thief.