Blink generally makes great home security cameras, but if a Blink camera starts flashing a green light and isn't working, it can quickly become a nuisance. Smart home technology is more prevalent today than it's ever been. There are smart doorbells, smart lights, smart cameras, smart speakers, etc. Leading much of the smart home charge is Amazon. Between its own Echo speakers/displays and home security options from its Ring and Blink brands, there's a good chance most smart homes have at least one Amazon gadget in the mix.
Despite its dominance in the smart home space, that's not to say Amazon smart home gadgets are perfect. In fact, no smart home device is perfect! Digital assistants get questions wrong, smart lights stop responding, Wi-Fi issues come out of nowhere — the list goes on. This is also true of Blink cameras.
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One of the most common Blink camera issues happens when a green light on the camera starts flashing for no reason. The camera can be working like normal, and then out of nowhere, its built-in LED starts flashing green. If a Blink camera has a solid green light, that means the camera is connected to its local and internet networks without any problem. If that green light starts flashing, however, it means there's an issue with the camera's internet connection.
There are a few different reasons why a Blink camera would lose its internet connection and flash green. The most likely reason is that there's a problem with your home Wi-Fi network. Check your router to verify that other connected devices are working, and make sure there isn't a local outage in your area. If everything's working there, it could be that the Blink
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