Using Your Security System With Alexa or Google Nest
Did you know you can control your ADT security system with intuitive voice commands? Wouldn’t it be wonderful if your security system was even easier to control? Well, good news! Using voice commands from your smart speaker with your security system you can create an amazing improvement.
Here’s how to pair your security system with Google Nest or Alexa:
Enable The ADT Control Using The Google or Alexa App
To turn on voice prompts on your security and automation system, you’ll need to enable the ADT Control skill in the Alexa or Google Nest app. Then you can instruct your devices to perform many of the commands that you can do in your mobile ADT Control app. With natural voice prompts, you can arm or disarm your alarms, control your smart lighting and smart thermostat, or see if the garage door is opened.
Conversely, you can use other Google or Alexa skills to work with each alarm, sensor, and automation item, but that can grow to overkill. One of the advantages of linking your security system to Google Nest or Alexa is that all your voice commands are found in the same place. Luckily, you can personalize your house with all sorts of security and automation components that will work all together with voice commands.
What Vocal Instructions Can You Issue When You Pair Your Security System To Google Nest or Amazon's Alexa?
Google and Alexa can do more things than just turning on the lights or arming your alarms. You can check the status of your camera or change your thermostat to a custom setting. You may also tell your smart speaker to plan a timetable for your components just like you could in the ADT Control mobile app.
Try out these prompts for your Google Nest or Alexa:
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“Arm my home security system.”
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“Lock the back door.”
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“Turn off my porch light.”
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“Did I set the alarms?”
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“Record a clip from my garage door camera.”
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“What temperature is my thermostat?”
You can also set a routine in the Alexa or Google app that links many components together. For instance, say “Hey, Google, I’m leaving,” and lock your smart locks, turn on your window and door sensors, lower the air, and extinguish every light in the house. Or preset a routine for “bedtime,” and relax as your AI assistant lowers the lights and resets the temperature. The alarms, cameras, and home automation you can pair together to make a custom routine are seemingly endless.
Should You Buy All Your Smart Devices From The Same Place Or Or Build Over Time?
Is connecting your security system to Google Nest or Amazon's Alexa simpler if you order your alarms and cameras from the same place, or can you mix and match? While you can get non-ADT components -- most use z-wave tech -- many times it’s more convenient to get all your devices connected at the initial install.
By having your alarms, cameras, safety detectors, and automation devices installed together, you make a powerful, cohesive security system from the outset. Then you can pre-set away and create groups and routines, with everything working on day one. You could get different security alarms and cameras as you go, but then you might have hope that they work in sync. However, make sure that any added devices are paired to your security system first, and then have your AI assistant respond with the ADT skill.
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