You have decided on investing in a good home security system for your family’s safety and your peace of mind. Kudos! But did you know, by increasing the budget by just a few hundreds, you can make your home a smart home, thus making it close to impossible for ill-intended people to break-in and increasing its potential value. Interested enough? Let’s dive in!
Security systems now a days, with the help of Artificial Intelligence, has advanced so far that it can offer a lot of other smart features than just a typical alarm system for intruders. They can give you a futuristic home experience where you can do anything with a mere voice command even when you are away from home. Below are some of the features which you can integrate with your home security system and make it a secure and cool place to live in.
- Smart doorbells
Someone just ringed your doorbell. You have to go all the way up to the door just to see through the peephole who it is, and it might even be someone you do not want to come in. Smart doorbells avoid these interactions. They have a small camera incorporated in the doorbell button. Whenever someone rings the bell, an alert is sent to your phone which activates the camera allowing you the see who is at the door. Some of them also provide a two-way audio which enables you to talk to the person at the door.
- Smart locks
Smart locks are a great way to add extra security to our house while making it more convenient for you. They allow you to easily lock or unlock the door without the need of physical keys with the help of smartphone connected to a WiFi. Amazing, isn’t it?
- Smart Cameras
Smart cameras are one notch higher from the regular cameras with the fact that they can be accessed remotely from a smartphone app with cloud based footage storage facility. These cameras offer high resolution, wide angle, motion sensor and audio recording.
- Smart Thermostats
Smart thermostats are a very useful features since it offers a lot of benefits including energy saving, thus reduction in energy bills, control house temperature automatically and also detect and alert extremely high or low temperatures indicating a fire or a pipe freezing risk. These smarties can learn your preferences quickly and give you the most comfortable temperature without you having to do anything at all. They can reduce energy by as much as 30% thus making your electricity bill significantly lower.
- Smart Lights
Smart lights are WiFi enabled LED lights which can be controlled by, you guessed it right, your smartphone. You can turn the bulbs off or on, dim them, change their color. They also last longer than the traditional incandescent bulbs, so even if they are a little pricey, they are worth it.
- Smart Smoke Alarms
These smoke alarms have the added functionality of sending alerts to your smartphone when you are away from your house. They can exactly pinpoint the location where the fire took place. They can also be turned off easily in case of false alarms.
Now that we know our smartphone can actually help us with security, the first step towards a smart home is to invest in a good home security system. Go no further! AAA Control offers the best in class Home Security System Installation in Austin and neighboring areas. Call us at (512) 790-2424 to talk to our expert and get one step closer to your dream home!