Important: Early notification performance depends on factors such as clip length settings and network speeds.
When early notification is turned on, your camera sends a notification to your mobile device as soon as motion is detected. If early notification is turned off, the notification is sent after the clip has been recorded and is available to view in the clip list. Learn more about motion detection and motion notifications.
What happens when you receive an early notification?
When you tap a motion notification while a clip is still recording, you'll be taken directly to the clip list where a "Recording in progress" message will appear. Once the clip finishes recording, it will automatically update to "The clip is ready to view."
If you exit the clip list before the clip has finished recording, a banner will appear at the bottom of the app letting you know that a new clip is available to view.
Early notification availability
Early notification is available for:
- Outdoor and Indoor (3rd Gen)
- Mini
- XT2
- Mini 2*
- Outdoor 4*
- Wired Floodlight Camera*
- Video Doorbell*
*Early notification is turned on by default and cannot be turned off.
Turning early notification on/off
To turn early notification on or off:
- Tap the More (...) button located at the bottom-right corner of the device thumbnail.
- Tap Device Settings.
- Tap Motion Settings.
- Toggle on Early Notification.