Smart Phone Security Monitoring: How secure the smartphone world is

Today, smartphones are a part of many life styles. You use them to listen to music, take photos, access the internet, text and place calls. And now, you can use your smart phone to take control of your home security system, world-wide, no matter where you are — as long as you have a cell signal.

SmartPhone security apps give you the ability to control your home security system from anywhere — you can monitor, arm, disarm, and check the status of your system. You can view video feeds from surveillance cameras, contact your monitoring company, and make sure that your home is free from the hazards of fire, floods, extreme temperatures, and more.

Home security technology has simplified in terms of installation and monitoring; while allowing more sophisticated services. New technology and lower cost factors makes for a larger range of consumer security choices and rapid installation and monitoring. Integrating a security system to a smartphone makes operation and monitoring a snap.

Home owners are now capable of operating and controlling a home security system through free smartphone apps that make their smartphones work just like a remote control activation device. These mobile controls let home owners view live streaming and recording surveillance footage as well as controlling sensors, arming and disarming a system.

Consumers have their pick of several excellent smartphone applications currently available for security monitoring purposes. Choices include apps developed by Alarm.Com, Vector Security, and ADT. Each vendor provides apps allowing you to monitor video footage, ascertain alarm system activation, and check on where sensors are placed. These apps allow immediate assistance with emergency access and can also help with basic situation involving forgotten pass codes, or lighting control. Regardless of your needs, smartphone monitoring capabilities gives you flexibility and the assurance that your home is safe.

These Smartphone security apps allow you to access video footage of your home, both live streaming and as a history of past events through your surveillance cameras. The apps can even let you pan and tilt your camera too, in order to view your property in different directions.

Also valuable is a text alert system designed to notify you should anything be out of the ordinary or need your attention. You can be notified if a sensor isn’t working, an alarm tripped, a window or door opened or tampered, or if an extreme temperature drop occurs, among many other options.

A variety of app choices abound. Alarm.Com for iPhone and iPod Touch, Android, Blackberry, and iPad is one good one; it doesn’t require internet connection as basic security system information is sent directly to your cell phone service provider from your security dealer’s central station.

Vector Security’s version is another smartphone app capable of controlling security functions ranging from surveillance cameras and turning on or off lighting to thermostat settings, with remote door locking and unlocking capabilities in development.

The ADT Pulse also provides these interfaces with an ADT home security system. It does require internet access for complete usage however. E-Secure is another system that offers control of home owners alarm systems, video cameras, and lighting; control of thermostat settings and locks is another option.

Protection One’s offers a free iPhone app, which also available for Android and Blackberry
Like Alarm.Com’s app, no internet connection is required, with the exception of surveillance camera footage, the transmission and viewing of which requires more bandwidth than a cell provider alone can offer.

Lifeshield is yet another provider compatible with iPhone, Blackberry and Android which is capable of controlling virtually all aspects of your security system.

No matter what interface you select, monitoring home security through your smartphone is the wave of the future.

With many available free apps for  iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and Windows smart phones upi can truly feel secure that your home is safe no matter where you are or how long you are away.

About the Author:

Jeremy Kushner is a home alarm systems enthusiast who blogs on topics related to crime and security. You can find more of his posts at HomeAlarmSystems.com.