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9 Smart Security Devices for Your Home 2023
By Devices and Delight staff
In this article, we trust you will find information to help you equip your home with appropriate smart security devices. After all, what could be more important than protecting yourself, family, and property?
Imagine being able to see who’s at your front door even when you’re far away from home. Floodlights and security cameras that will detect a prowler in your yard and instantly set off a deafening siren. And a door lock that alerts you when a criminal is tampering with it.
That’s the idea of smart home security devices. High-tech home protection.
What exactly is a smart device? It’s an electronic device that can wirelessly connect by an app to other devices via the internet or a local network.
1. Outdoor Smart Security Cameras
For home security, outdoor smart cameras are crucial. Together with outdoor smart lighting, they’re your home’s first line of security. They provide real-time video recording of activity around your house outdoors, and through motion detection, facial identification, and other features, you are promptly alerted.
Some of these cameras have integrated loud sirens and floodlights to scare away intruders — all activated by app connectivity to your smartphone, tablet, or another device.
Even during a power blackout, the cameras will still function, thanks to a night-vision property. And being resistant to the elements, they won’t fail in inclement weather either. Moreover, they are usually robust in design and hence tamper-proof.
Brands: Lorex, Arlo, Ring, Eufy, Nest, Wyze, Blink, Swann, Hikvision, Dahua, Honeywell, Simplisafe, Annke, and more.
2. Indoor Smart Security Cameras
These cameras work effectively the same as the outdoor type, with similar app- based functionalities. Wherever you may be, you get live video footage of your home’s interior, thus allowing you to remotely monitor activity on your smartphone or another device.
Some designs even have an integrated smoke detector and siren that can be activated by smoke or deliberately (say by Virtual Assistant voice) to startle an intruder.
Location: Either wall or ceiling-mounted, indoor cameras should be located in the following places: entry hallway, living room, dining room, family room, children’s playroom, and garage.
Brands: Mostly the same brands as outdoor cameras.
3. Video Doorbell
Smart video doorbells are among the most common smart home security gadgets.
As the name suggests, when someone approaches the door, even before they touch the doorbell, a wireless audio-visual signal is sent to your smartphone or another device. Like smart cameras, the video doorbell’s smart features include motion detection, two-way audio, facial recognition, night vision, and a high-resolution camera.
Some advanced models even have a feature to discriminate between movements of different objects, thus identifying and drawing attention to suspicious ones.
Location: If your house has a secure perimeter fence with a smart-controlled gate inclusive of a video camera, then a smart video doorbell might be redundant since the gate will provide the necessary audio-visual check.
Brands: Mostly the same as for outdoor cameras.
4. Smart Door Lock
Smart door locks work usually by voice commands, fingerprint, and facial recognition. For added security, the locks are typically deadbolt-design, in contrast to the more vulnerable traditional latch lock. Many models also have a built-in alarm that is activated in response to tampering.
Location: Ideal for the front door.
Brands: Ultraloq, Kwikset, August, Schlage, Wyze, Cadiz, Xiaomi, Deschmann, TCL, Philips, Samsung, Huawei, and more.
5. Door and Window Alarm Sensor
Designed to alert you when a door or window is opened, smart door and window alarm sensors are simple but very effective and popular gadgets. And they are generally affordable and easy to install.
A typical unit consists of two small electronic components mounted close to each other where the door flushes against the frame.
Smart actions include setting the alarm to send quiet remote alerts or to trigger a loud siren whenever the door or window is opened, depending on the time of day.
For power, these gadgets are battery-operated. So, when shopping, look for models with long-run batteries.
Location: You might want to install these gadgets at all external doors, including patio sliders, especially where there is no smart door lock. Some windows, such as those in the garage, and security-controlled interior doors could likewise benefit.
Brands: Samsung, Ring, Fosmon, Daytech, GE, Ecolink, Nest, ADT, and many more.
6. Outdoor Security Floodlights
While the purpose of all outdoor security floodlights is obviously to facilitate visual surveillance of your home’s surrounds, the smart variety, like other smart devices, derive their essence from app-enabled wireless connectivity to other devices. They are connected to your smartphone, for example, to provide intruder alerts and facilitate other actions.
Regarding power source, smart floodlight fixtures are available in two options: wired to the mains electricity and wireless, the latter being powered by conventional batteries or solar. The wireless version is easier to install and generally more cost-effective.
Brands: UME, Amico, HALO, Wyze, Philips, Lithonia, Ring, Beams, and more.
7. Smart Gate Opener
In some communities, it’s unthinkable to have a detached single-family dwelling without a perimeter fence and gate. Such a gate is the first security control point of the home and must therefore be designed accordingly.
Enter the smart gate opener (no pun intended), which consists of a motor with an onboard smart controller wirelessly connected by app to your smartphone and other devices. Thus, the gate opens and closes upon remote instructions, if not by programmed access for selected individuals and vehicles.
In the event of electronic malfunction, just about all models have an emergency provision to operate the gate manually.
Brands: Mighty Mule, Ghost Controls, and more.
8. Smart Garage Door Opener
The underlying concept and composition of a smart garage door opener are essentially the same as a smart gate opener.
If your house has no perimeter fence, a secure garage door is cardinal. And one of the best ways to provide this security is with a smart garage door opener, which is effectively a smart variety of the standard automatic garage door.
A smart garage door opener lets you open and close the garage door remotely, using your smartphone or another smart device, with or without the internet. The best systems include even a video camera, complete with two-way audio.
Should price be an issue, you could consider upgrading an existing traditional automatic door. This is done by retrofitting a smart garage door controller to an existing motor, thus allowing you to operate the door remotely just like a smart garage door opener.
Brands: Smart Garage Door Openers: Chamberlain, LiftMaster, Skylink, Ryobi, Genie, Craftsman, and more.
Brands: Smart Garage Door Controllers: Chamberlain, Tailwind, Nexx, Meross, Genie, Wyze, Alcidae, and more.
9. Smart Storage Safes
Without a top-quality home safe in the house, your quest for home security is hardly complete. You need burglar-proof, fire-proof, and water-proof protection for your family’s valuables and important documents.
Generally speaking, a conventional safe provides ample peace of mind. But a smart safe takes the security dimension to another level. Through app connectivity between the safe, internet, local network, your smartphone, and other devices, you get high-tech security functionalities.
Author: Devices and Delight staff
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