How to protect your home with Alexa? This is how "guardian mode" works

The smart voice assistant Alexa, It has multiple functions that are even unknown to some users. Although we usually use it to play music, set reminders and even play games, the assistant has functionality that can give your home an extra touch of security.

Its about “guardian mode”, which turns Alexa into a kind of watchman, able to detect certain stimuli or noises that can be heard in your home and will notify you instantly so you can solve the problem.

Alexa Guardian Mode: How to activate it

Activate the Alexa “guardian mode” It’s very easy, just know that the feature is available for devices Echo Show and Echo Dot. Additionally, the voice assistant’s microphone must be on at all times.

To activate it, you must install the application of Amazon Alexa for mobile devices, which you can find in the device application store iOS y Android.

Subsequently, you must login to amazon and connect your Echo device to which you want to activate the “guardian mode” function. Once the connection is ready, you must follow these simple steps:

Open the Amazon Alexa app and tap the “More” option.
Click on the “Routines” section.
Tap the button with the plus icon (+), which is located in the upper right corner of the screen.
Add a routine. To do this, select “Enter name for the routine” and give it the name you want.
In the section that says “When”, select the “Sound Detection” option. With this, Alexa will activate when it hears the sound you choose.
Afterwards, select the device you want to follow the routine.
When finished, choose the action that Alexa will do when it detects the sound. For example, you can ask Alexa to send you a notification to your cell phone.

And ready! With this you will have activated the function of Alexa “guardian mode” that will provide a touch of extra security to your home.