About Camera Settings on Your Echo Device with a Camera

Enabling or disabling your camera can affect features on your device.

Your Echo Device with a camera powers features like Live View, Drop In, and Visual ID. Learn how enabling or disabling the camera impacts your device's functionality and personalization options.

Table 1. Camera Settings

Live View	Live View allows you and household members to check in on your home while away by viewing your compatible device's live camera feed remotely through the Alexa app. Turning off the camera disables Live View.
Drop In	The Drop In feature lets you easily connect with your closest friends and family on supported Echo devices. For contacts outside of your household, Drop In works only with contacts pre-approved by you. When Drop In is enabled on the device, you can start an instant video (if camera is enabled) or audio call without the other person having to answer.
Visual ID	Visual ID uses the device's camera to recognize you and other enrolled individual household members. Once you or household members are recognized using visual ID, the device offers content personalized to you, and it can also trigger personalized routines, including playing the news, turning on the lights, setting the temperature, and more.
Presence Detection Using Camera	Your device uses the camera to detect presence or proximity (without identifying any specific person). The device may also use ultrasound and, in some cases, ultrasound combined with Wi-Fi signals to detect presence or proximity. Once presence is detected, the device can perform routines, such as turning on a light when someone enters a room. Presence detection is also used to power Adaptive Content.
Visual input	Visual input gives Alexa continuous visual awareness through your device's camera while you're in conversation, enabling natural, fluid interactions about what's happening around you. For example, you can ask "Alexa look and help me choose between the two outfits I'm holding," then follow up with "which of these shoes would go better with the outfit?". When you ask Alexa to look, Alexa remembers the visual context so you can ask about items Alexa saw during recent conversations. You can disable Visual Intelligence in Device Settings or by turning off the camera.
Presence Detection with Fire TV	Your device senses when you enter or leave the room, and works with your compatible Fire TV to: Wake your Fire TV when you walk in, showing an ambient screen with artwork, personal photos, and more Pause your content when you leave the room so you don't miss anything Resume playback right where you left off when you come back To turn off Presence Detection, disable the Microphones & Camera enable/disable button on your device.
Adaptive Content	Adaptive Content adjusts the content on Echo devices with a screen, based on your proximity to the device using the camera or Presence Detection using ultrasound.