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It’s always exciting to see new devices introduced in the modern age, especially with useful smart features. As Home Depot’s newest smart home device, the Kidde Smoke + Carbon Monoxide Alarm with Smart Features. It offers a great selection of useful features, integrations and more — it even works with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.
It’s a Wi-Fi-enabled smart smoke and carbon monoxide alarm that syncs with other Kidde alarms in your home as long as they’re wired together. It is wired, but unlike a standard alarm, it has a backup battery that lasts 10 years. Most importantly, it delivers alerts, notifications and information right where you are, to your mobile device, thanks to the Kidde mobile app. Why would you want a smart alarm with a mobile app? It can send you alerts directly when something goes wrong. From inside your home, you can disarm false alarms much faster, especially if you have vaulted ceilings, without the need for a ladder or chair. You can also set the app to notify other important contacts like friends and family. The best part is that it is available at a fraction of the price of its competitors, such as Nest, First Alert Onelink and so on. The Kidde smart alarm costs just $90 ($89.97), compared to the Nest Protect which costs $119 for the hardware alone.
Why Kidde is perfect for your smart home
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Starting with built-in support for Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, you’ll be able to query the alarm using voice commands and interaction with your voice assistant of choice. It’s perfect for setting up automation and tasks using your existing smart home solutions. In addition, the Kidde Wi-Fi alarm can interconnect with other home alarms and will turn all of those alarms into connected devices — as long as they’re from Kidde and wired together. Basically, this means activating the alarm for the whole home, so that when one alarm goes off, everyone will turn on and send a mobile notification using the Kidde app. However, you will only get limited information and control over the interconnected hardwired alarms — only notifications of smoke or CO events. To have more control over your home and notifications about all alarms, Kidde recommends installing multiple Wi-Fi enabled alarms.
After installing the Kidde Wi-Fi alarm and downloading the app, you can access it and mobile notifications from the Kidde app. No more digging up ladders to interact with a Kidde smoke or CO alarm, it can all be done remotely. Since the Kidde Smart Alarm comes with a lithium sealed 10-year backup battery right out of the box, there is no need to change batteries. After ten years, just replace the unit. Back on the mobile app, you can use it to check sensors and readings, send an app-controlled test signal — to verify the alarm is working — and disable false alarms when it sounds. You can keep your kids and pets happy by disabling your phone’s alarm — at home — much faster when it goes off late at night.
Since you can log in using a mobile app, it means you can also monitor your home from afar or check in on your family. Whether you’re on a business trip, on vacation, or just visiting a neighbor, you’ll stay connected to what’s going on in your home, at least when it comes to a potential fire or CO leak. Alerts give you enough time to get everyone to safety, take the necessary precautions and call for help, wherever possible. Each year, an average of about 430 people in the US die from accidental carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning, and about 50,000 people visit the emergency room due to incidents of CO poisoning. That’s exactly why there are alarms like Kidde. Now you can receive alerts no matter where you are, potentially saving lives.
When will the Kidde Wi-Fi Alarm be available?
The Kidde Wi-Fi Smart Alarm was available for purchase on December 12 at The Home Depot, online and in stores.
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