What are smart smoke detectors?

With homes getting smart and smarter, it is hardly any surprise that smoke detectors are getting intelligent too. Yes, we are talking about smart smoke detectors. You can’t deny the role of a well-functioning, high quality smoke sensor in preventing fire related accidents in your home.

Old-fashioned smoke detectors work as great warning devices that alert you in case of smoke or fire. Early warning means you have good time to deal with the situation in the best possible manner and get out of the house safely. And when it comes to it, smart smoke detectors have an edge over their traditional counterparts.

Benefits of smart home detectors

• Sends you a notification on your phone when the alarm goes off. While regular smoke alarms will alert you of a situation only when you are at home, a smart one goes a step further and notifies you even when you are away, at work or on holiday. This allows you to be proactive in calling a fire department to contain the damage. You can also call up your neighbor to check on how bad things are.
• Can self-test its battery status and will tell you if the batteries are running low. You want your detectors to be working well at all times but negligence around checking for dead batteries is one of the prominent issues with your regular detectors. Not anymore.
• Comes with an option to silence the alarm from your smart phone. Why is this helpful? It comes a lot handy if our smoke alarm goes off during cooking.
• Can be battery-powered or hard-wired or both.

Additional features

More advanced options also give you other benefits like voice alerts (indicating where and why the alarm is sounding) and better integration capabilities with other devices in your smart home. Some models have self-testing sensors and will instantly let you know if there are some issues with sensors in the device. You can also opt for detectors that can sense carbon monoxide.

Ever head of ‘Listeners’?

If you don’t want to invest in smart smoke detectors yet for some reason, you can still take advantage of phone notifications by installing listeners. These are your plug-in devices that listen to the sound made by your regular, old fashioned alarm and send you an alert. Listeners don’t offer any other advantage such as silence option or monitoring of battery levels. Smart batteries also work this way. You can fit in smart batteries in your traditional smoke detector and get instant alerts on home fires.

Smart smoke detectors offer peace of mind and also the ability to take a proactive action if there is a fire at home. If your work or lifestyle demands more travel, investing in this smart product will give you great returns.