Beyond Home Security: 6 Smart Ways to Extend Your Peace of Mind

Today’s home security systems are backed by powerful capabilities that extend beyond the simple burglar alarms of yesterday. They can protect your household from intruders and thieves—but also from fire, carbon monoxide poisoning, and even water leaks. And with rapidly expanding connectivity and AI-driven analytics, your home security system can now offer peace of mind and make your life easier all at once.

Gain awareness, starting at the property line

Many people think of home security literally by limiting it to the physical boundaries of the home itself. But whether your home is on a small plot or a multi-acre property, a home security system can prevent someone from setting foot on your property line.

How? Home security systems that combine smart video cameras and video analytics can identify when a person enters your property unexpectedly and take action before you even realize what’s happening. For example, Alarm.com’s Perimeter Guard™ is a proactive defense feature that stops intruders in their tracks using an attention-getting combo of loud auditory alerts and flashing red LEDs.

Plus, AI-driven video analytics can distinguish between a person, a moving vehicle, or an animal just passing through your yard.

Secure personal property and backyards

Let’s face it: if you have a backyard or large property, you probably have a few items laying around outside. But mowers and gardening equipment—not to mention watercraft, RVs, golf carts, and ATVs—can be temptations for opportunistic thieves.

Connected home security systems can give you peace of mind across your entire property. Specialized outdoor contact sensors like Alarm.com’s Flex IO™ operate over LTE rather than Wi-Fi, with durable battery power and a rugged design capable of withstanding extreme weather. When attached to a gate, shed or barn door, or other outdoor item, Flex IO™ alerts your system of movement so you can take immediate action.

Stay connected while driving confidently

Vehicle location tracking is just one of the reassuring features of today’s smart, connected home security systems. Naturally you value your car, but if a member of your household is driving it, their safety and security matter even more—especially if they’re young or inexperienced behind the wheel.

Home security platforms can deliver smart security for the road, too. Alarm.com’s Connected Car extends your home security system to your vehicles, letting you see the exact location and diagnostic status at any moment.

Connected Car devices can alert you to speeding, sudden acceleration, and hard braking. So, if you need to have a conversation with your teen about their driving habits, you’ll have the data you need to talk through safer approaches on the road.

Install energy-saving devices

Installing energy-saving appliances throughout your home not only decreases energy waste, but it can also help lower your monthly utility bills. Alarm.com smart home security systems act as a simple, yet powerful energy management tool designed to improve your lifestyle in the most convenient way.

Keeping an eye on your energy use patterns is the first step to improving them. Alarm.com smart thermostats help fine-tune your energy usage, especially when paired with other smart devices, like smart light bulbs, on a connected home security platform.

For example, you can create an automation rule that adjusts the temperature when the system is armed. Or, set the system to turn off the lights when you leave the house for the day. There’s even an option to set cost-based goals on specific devices to help keep energy usage low, so you don’t go over budget. If you’re in the market for a new home, you might even look for builders that are outfitting homes with smart energy management tools—including features like solar panels. You can see how much money you’ve saved with your panels directly from the app, as well as how much energy the panels are producing for your home.

From saving money to helping save the planet, a smart home security system can be a simple but powerful energy management tool.

Extend family safety

Combining an Alarm.com home security platform, professional monitoring services, and connected health products creates the ability to provide extra home support where needed. When aging family members live on their own, it’s natural for their adult children to be concerned about their well-being. You may wonder if Dad is taking his medicine on time or if Mom is leaving the house at unusual hours.

Family safety solutions like Alarm.com’s Wellness technology helps older adults age in place, offering non-intrusive sensors, one-touch calling, and even video feeds that integrate into a family member’s own household platform and app. Home security and service providers are constantly innovating to find new ways to keep your loved ones safe and monitor their health, like integrating personal emergency response systems (PERS) with security services. Conversations about aging and living arrangements are challenging and often complex, but extended security and connectivity can bridge the gap between the desire for independence and the need for safety and peace of mind.

Manage alerts and reduce false alarms

Having too many products, apps, alerts, and notifications can create mental overload, instead of reducing it. Alarm.com smart home security systems use AI-driven analytics to distinguish what’s threatening versus what’s harmless, reducing false alarms and the headaches they cause.

Over time, the security system learns which details matter to you and which ones don’t—and can then begin to automatically dismiss or ignore irrelevant alerts. So, you won’t be overwhelmed and frustrated with the very system that’s trying to make your life easier.

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