In app Panic Button

Arlo has a panic button with their cameras 

Just installed my system today and shocked to learn that there is NO panic button in the app?!

This is extremely necessary. I just had a situation in which this feature would’ve made me feel much safer. I almost always have my phone on me, but I won’t always be near a panic button sensor. 

Davey_d, This is the company answer. You have used it every time someone asks for a panic button on the app. What if many of us don't have SS monitoring and are self monitoring? If we are out of town and cannot respond with an alarm to something we see on the camera, then your whole system is crippled for us.  I understand the company prefers to get the monthy income for monitoring, but .........

Hi, ive seen more than a handful of people reach out via your forums and twitter etc etc etc, but a feature that needs to be added DESPERATELY is the option to trigger the alarm from in app, as a person who doesnt have motion sensors or key fob or stand alone panic button in my home and has no intention to be upsold, this is a necessary addition that needs to be added. In a potential event of someone breaking in and doesn't set off my door sensors , im more or less out of luck, i understand the purpose of a panic button is to alert emergency dispatch that people are on the premise, BUT and a big BUT at that, there is the potential and has been the potential for people to forget their panic button or key fob, and to be dependent on some proprietary hardware is a bit ridiculous, in high stress moments like a break in the #1 thing people grab is their phone, the panic button is a deterrent that shouldn't be stuck behind a paywall especially when paying 1000s of dollars for a system. Its a no brainer. if safety is the priority, this needs to be added. safety should be simple the company name implies that, safety shouldn't be your out of luck because you didn't opt for our premium hardware... Please, add this for the sake of peoples safety and the COUNTLESS people in the community who have been asking for it. People have been asking for it for years, this is a quality of life update that is necessary. Camera connectivity issues also need tackling, my cameras went off line the other day and randomly go off line while im just left waiting for the life view, there has not been any issues with my internet, and with the updates that are pushed out to the keypad, and infrequent as they are, it has gotten better, better it is still a battle. Without trying to sound rude, ive had 30$ video door bells do better. Please listen to the people and let people feel safe easier...

I could not agree more. I have cameras setup outdoors on my vacation home and I am totally out of luck if I see somebody "sneaking" around my property. I cannot setoff the siren to possibly scare them away, I can just talk to them, wow how effective is that? Even with the new outdoor camera, you cannot turn on the light or trigger the siren via the App.

And I totally agree with the fact that the cameras need to be "fixed", so they stop randomly dropping off the network. I tried the new outdoor camera mounted in same place as the indoor camera with outdoor kit and it would not hold the network at all. I had to return the cameras and go back to indoor cameras with outdoor kit. 

The capabilities of the outdoor cameras are overstated as they lead you to believe that you can turn on the spot light and siren via the APP if you happen to see an intruder or the camera motion is set off, but you cannot do either. Big miss SimplySafe!

SimplySafe needs to keep up with the competition as a lot of the other cameras have the capability of setting off the siren and spotlights via the app. 

I also want an in-app panic button.  My wife has crippling anxiety from a home break-in a few years ago and when I'm not home she would feel a lot safer if she had a panic button at her fingertips rather than having to run to a bedroom.  It would make her feel safer and thus my life easier.