There once was a time where a “smart house” was something out of movies and entertainment. In today’s technology era, home automation is anything but sci-fi fantasy. In fact, with Amazon Echo and Echo Dot, your home can become the closest it’s ever been to having its own persona. You can even control the complete security of your home simply by speaking. But how?
Amazon Echo Home Automation
Amazon Echo revolutionized home automation when it first came onto the scene. Equipped with more than just the capability to vocally answer questions, the Echo can control the functioning characteristics of your home when paired with smart devices. For example, Echo home automation and voice control allow you to:
Control the internal temperature of your home
Control lighting
Operate certain smart appliances, such as ovens, washers and dryers
Play music, movies, and television
Control your home security system
When used to its fullest potential, Amazon Echo is the brain of just about all your home’s technological infrastructure. This brain can be controlled by your vocal communication with Alexa, which offers several benefits when paired with your home security system.
Who is Alexa?
Alexa is the digital persona behind Amazon’s Echo or Echo Dot. Equipped with a lot of the same functionality of Apple’s Siri, Alexa is your virtual connection to just about anything that can be done online. Much like an actual virtual assistant, Alexa can set appointments on your calendar, tell you the weather, call a taxi, play your music or do a ton of other helpful (and some off-the-wall) duties for you.
To communicate with Alexa, all you have to do is say “Alexa” followed by your query. She’ll respond right away with your request or the answer you’re looking for. This instant exchange allows you to control all aspects of your home, including the ability to completely control your home security from virtually anywhere.
Home Security and Amazon Alexa
One of the biggest benefits of Alexa home automation is its home security functionality. When paired with smart home security systems, such as the ADT Pulse mobile app from the most trusted provider in automated home security systems, you’re able to:
View the video surveillance from various views around your home
Arm or disarm your security system or check the status
Detect unwanted intruders through the ADT sensors on windows and doors
Automate the call to emergency departments in the event of carbon monoxide or smoke detection
Lock and unlock your doors with the tap of a button or voice command
Open, close or check your garage door
Speak to or view visitors at your door
Control indoor and outdoor lighting
Help sense rising water with optional flood monitoring
Use Alexa to control lights, locks and security using only your voice through biometric voice recognition
To get started using the benefits of Alexa home automation with an active ADT Pulse system, all you’ll have to do is:
Download the Alexa App
Search for the “ADT skill” using the search in your app, and hit “enable”
You’ll be prompted to enter the email address and password you use for your ADT Pulse account, which pairs the ADT Pulse account to your Alexa app
Log in and click “Yes” when asked if you’d like Alexa to access your home security features
You’ll be prompted to create a unique PIN which will be required whenever someone asks Alexa to control a feature of ADT Pulse
Despite how interesting it was to see old sci-fi movies show smart houses controlling lights and opening doors, in today’s world, perhaps the biggest benefit of home automation is the advancements in home security. Automating your home by pairing ADT Pulse with Amazon Echo’s Alexa is simple, convenient and offers security features that help make our homes safer than ever before.
