If you see a green circle next to SD Card and the status message Ready, skip to step 9.Tap or click Settings > My Devices and select the Arlo Go camera into which you inserted the Micro SD card.

Launch the Arlo app or log in to your Arlo account at my.

For more information about compatible SD card types, see What type of Micro SD card do I need for my Arlo Go camera?. You must insert a compatible SD card to continue.

If the Arlo Go's LED is blinking amber and purple, the inserted SD card is not compatible.

Reinsert the battery and close the battery compartment.

Insert a compatible SD card into the right-hand card slot of the camera, with the contacts facing up and the text facing down, until you hear and feel it click into place.

Removing the battery makes it easier to access the SD card slot and ensures that your Arlo Go camera recognizes the inserted SD card when it powers up again.

Open the battery compartment by pressing the latch and pulling back gently.

To set up local backup storage on an Arlo Go camera: You need more storage space if your Arlo Go is in a high-traffic area, your camera is set to record long video segments, or you do not want to use automatic overwrite. For more information about SD card types, see What type of Micro SD card do I need for my Arlo Go camera?. If you are using best quality video settings, one hour of recordings is approximately 180 MB.

An SDHC or SDXC Micro SD card with at least 200 MB of available space.

Unrelated files that are not in the Micro SD card’s Arlo folder are not deleted by automatic overwrite. If you select automatic overwrite, the oldest recordings are automatically deleted when available storage on the Micro SD card is below 20%. The Arlo app notifies you if the Micro SD card is low on storage space or is full. For more information, see How do I view Arlo videos saved on an Micro SD card?. To view Micro SD card recordings, you must remove the Micro SD card from your Arlo Go camera and view them on a computer with an Micro SD card reader.

Micro SD card recordings made while your camera is not connected to the cloud are not uploaded to the cloud. If the camera is powered on but its LTE connection drops, the camera continues to record to the Micro SD card. If you connect a Micro SD card, the camera records to both the cloud and the Micro SD card. Local storage on a Micro SD card cannot be used on its own as a substitute for cloud recording. All Arlo video recordings are stored to the cloud, but you can connect a Micro SD card to your Arlo Go camera and use the Micro SD card as a second location to store Arlo Go recordings locally.

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