Alexa room monitoring - what it brings you

Amazon's voice assistant offers you numerous functions that allow you to control the devices in your home via a voice command. In addition to lighting systems and apps, you can also activate room monitoring. This makes it possible to use your Amazon Echo as a burglar alarm or baby monitor.

How to enable Alexa room monitoring

With Amazon's voice assistant, you can control lighting systems in addition to controlling your smartphone apps. Alternatively, you can also use the voice assistant for room monitoring. This is possible as a theft protection or even to monitor a specific room.

1. If you want to use Alexa as a burglary protection, you must use the voice command Alexa, I'm leaving. Say the phrase just before you leave the apartment.
2. After that, Alexa listens inside the apartment to detect sounds such as shattering glass or the like. With the Echo Show, you will receive a live image in addition to a burglary notification.
3. With the command "Alexa, start burglar deterrent," you can also have everyday sounds played to simulate that someone is home.
4. Um Alexa als direkte Raumüberwachung, zum Beispiel als Babyphone, zu verwenden, müssen Sie zunächst die Lautstärke herunter drehen.
5. Danach starten Sie mit dem Amazon Echo einen Anruf zu einem anderen Echo.
6. Anschließend können Sie alle Geräusche aus dem anderen Raum hören, also auch wenn Ihr Baby wach wird oder schreit.