What should you know about Smart Home Security Systems
With so many choices in properties, there are still a few clear distinctions when it comes to connectivity, location, property pricing, as well as the safety and security features.
A property owner can control the level of security applied in one’s home, such as using a designated grille or buying a property within a gated and guarded community.
These require little or no customisation from the property owner. However, with the emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT), new possibilities are discovered to make one’s home a safer place.
What is IoT?
IoT is a term originating from the technology industry. It can be applied to the connection, control and management of intelligent appliances through the internet with the use of an IP address. This enables the property owners to take charge of one’s material possessions at home or even within one’s work place.
The demand for IoT-driven technology has increased in popularity amongst the masses, as the public want to receive data of automated appliances and control them remotely in a faster and more efficient manner.
The usage of IoT as a base platform has resulted in the enhancement of productivity, resource optimization and an increment in sharing efficacy while maintaining individual needs.
What began as the IoT has now progressed into four modules, namely smart enterprises, smart automotives, smart wearable and smart homes.
Some of the common applications of IoT platform include devices such as smart watches, self-parking technology in cars, temperature control in thermostats, as well as linking one’s car to an infotainment device.
With an ageing global society and the rising of tech-savvy generation, the usage of IoT based devices should see an increase in the near future.
The existence of cloud computing and the social media would also increase the adaptability of Smart Technology.
In regards to IoT, the implementation of a smart home system would allow one to control devices in one’s home through hand-held devices, which meant an increase of home security.
Homeowners would be able to personalise their home security system aside from the option of monitoring the home remotely.
Benefits of an “IoT” home security system
While there are many benefits of using the smart home systems, one of its biggest differences when compare to conventional home security systems is the focus of the protected area. The conventional method usually places greater focus on the perimeter of one’s home rather that the interior.
Conventional home security systems have been known to send false alarm notifications due to no direct notification presented to a home owners. This happens as there is no two-way communication between the home owners and the security system.
In addition, the conventional security systems do not include gas leakage detection that can lead to an explosion. There is no panic button available. To enable notifications, one would need to subscribe to a third-party service.
Conventional security systems also function in a separate manner, in which each hardware item works with different apps offering no linkage, integration and interaction between different items.
The conventional security system usually requires monthly commitment, while one would only require a one-off fee to enable a smart home security system.
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