Alarm.com launches Amazon Echo-based smart home control; App for Apple TV

VIENNA, Va. and LAS VEGAS, Jan. 04, 2016 -- Alarm.com (Nasdaq:ALRM), the leading platform solution for the smart home, announced plans for smart home voice control for lighting and smart thermostats through Amazon Echo and an app for Apple TV at CES 2016.

Alarm.com users will be able to control the lighting and comfort in their smart home with the hands-free convenience of voice commands.  With Amazon Echo and the Amazon cloud-based voice service Alexa, a simple spoken command, such as “Alexa, turn on the living room lights,” triggers a response in the home. With the ability to control customized light groups and names, Alarm.com users can easily create personalized controls for their home.  They can quickly adjust all the lights in a particular room or floor and can name specific lights to enable unique commands such as “Alexa, turn on the Christmas tree lights.” 

Alarm.com is one of the first smart home security platforms to integrate Amazon Echo.  With a broad ecosystem of connected devices, Alarm.com also plans to expand voice control and enable new interactions through Alexa’s Skills Kit. “Making the smart home easy to use is a key to helping consumers realize the full potential of the new technology.  Amazon Echo with Alexa voice control offers an intuitive and useful way for Alarm.com users to make their smart home safer and more comfortable,” said Jay Kenny, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Alarm.com.  “Alarm.com integrates devices across the home into a single solution, which we are making easier to use every day through intuitive apps and new user experiences that go beyond the traditional app.”

The Amazon Echo and Alexa integration makes voice control the latest in a wide range of options for controlling an Alarm.com smart home. Users can already interact with their homes via the web, smartphone and tablet apps (iOS, Android and Windows Phone) and apps for wearables and smart TVs.

The Alarm.com app for Apple TV allows users to quickly view live footage and control any Alarm.com-powered camera from the comfort of their couch.  Users can expect seamless navigation from other Apple TV apps to the Alarm.com app to view a live feed from indoor and outdoor cameras with infrared night vision options. The Apple TV Siri Remote with Touch surface also controls Alarm.com’s pan and tilt cameras, making it easy to see more of what’s happening around the home.

“The emergence of new user interfaces is creating opportunities to make our smart home services even more accessible and useful to our millions of subscribers,” said Jay Kenny, Alarm.com’s Senior Vice President of Marketing.  “The smart home is about more than just the things it can connect, it’s about the user benefits enabled by the technology.  We look for ways to leverage new interfaces like Apple TV to make the smart home more useful every day.”

Easily accessing live HD video from in and around the home makes the user more aware of what’s happening. For example, users can easily jump from watching a movie or TV show to the Alarm.com app and:

• Check on a napping baby.
• See who’s at the door.
• Make sure the kids are playing safely in the yard. 
• Ensure that the backyard gate is closed.

The Alarm.com app, which is available now and at no additional cost in the Apple TV App Store, also supports multiple Alarm.com accounts in a single interface.  Users with multiple properties can easily see what’s going on at home and check in on their office, store or second home.

Alarm.com continues to deliver intuitive apps for Apple products like the new Apple TV. Alarm.com’s highly rated app for iPhone and iPad has been downloaded over a million times and its Apple Watch app was one the first apps available for the Apple Watch when it launched earlier this year.  

To download the Alarm.com app, Alarm.com users can navigate to the App Store on their Apple TV and search for “Alarm.com”. 

About Alarm.com

Alarm.com is the leading cloud-based platform for the smart home. Every day, millions of people depend on Alarm.com's technology to help protect and manage the things that matter most – their homes, families, and small businesses. A broad ecosystem of IoT devices are easily controlled through a single, intuitive app and automated through intelligent analytics to help keep homes safer, smarter, and more efficient. Our innovative smarter home security, video, and energy management solutions are available through our network of thousands of professional service providers. Alarm.com is traded on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol ALRM. For more information, please visit www.alarm.com.