Activate Your Home Security System with an Alexa Routine

Use your voice to turn on your Alexa-connected home security system when you leave the house.

  1. Open the Alexa app .
  2. Open More and select Routines .
  3. Select Plus to create a routine.
  4. Select When this happens to set what starts the routine. This is the action or phrase that you want to turn on your security system.
  5. Select Add Action.
  6. Select Smart Home and then select your connected home security system.
  7. Select the "armed" mode the routine will set your system to.
  8. Select the arrow at the top of the screen to save the routine.
Note: A routine can only be set to arm your security system, not to disarm it.