What Is Alexa Guard and How Can It Protect Your House?

If you own an Amazon Echo, you can protect your home with a handy feature called Alexa Guard. When this option is enabled, Alexa can send you notifications if your Echo detects certain sounds such as smoke alarms or breaking glass, and let you to listen to any detected sounds that raised the red flag.

1. What does Alexa Home Guard do?
2. Is Alexa guard free?
3. How do you use Alexa guard?
4. Does Alexa Guard work?
5. Can Alexa listen for intruders?
6. Is Alexa always listening?
7. What is Alexa guard dog mode?
8. Is Alexa a spying device?
9. Can you eavesdrop using Alexa?
10. Can Alexa detect smoke?
11. Can Alexa record conversations?
12. Can Alexa bark like a guard dog?

What does Alexa Home Guard do?

Alexa Guard is a feature on Echo devices that acts as a pair of ears for your home when you're not there. It can listen for sounds that indicate something dangerous might be going on in your home, and then alert you to tell you what it hears.

Is Alexa guard free?

Alexa Guard is a free feature available for supported Amazon Echo devices that can detect the sound of smoke alarms, carbon monoxide alarms, or glass breaking when you set Guard to Away mode. Alexa can send you Smart Alerts, via notifications to your mobile device.

How do you use Alexa guard?

Here's how to set it up:

1. Open the Alexa app on your phone.
2. Tap the menu button on the top left.
3. Choose “Settings.”
4. Choose “Guard.”
5. Tap “Set up Guard.”
6. Tap “Add” to detect smart smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors in your home.
7. Tap “Add” to activate smart alerts for detecting the sound of broken glass.

Does Alexa Guard work?

Enable Alexa Guard

First, you have to enable the feature in the Alexa app on your iOS or Android. Open the Alexa app. Go to Menu (three line icon) > Settings. Scroll down and select the Guard option.

Can Alexa listen for intruders?

By default, all Echo smart speakers include a feature called Alexa Guard, which can alert you to the sound of broken glass or smoke alarms.

Is Alexa always listening?

You may wonder if Alexa is listening to conversations, or listening to everything you say. You may want to know whether Alexa listens to you when you're not directly interacting with an Echo device. The answer to those questions is no. Alexa and all of our Echo devices are designed with your privacy in mind.

What is Alexa guard dog mode?

Guard Dog can help deter criminals by playing dog barking, growling, and snarling sounds while you're away. Burglars will likely avoid your home if they hear angry dogs inside. To have Guard Dog guard, just say "Alexa, tell Guard Dog to Guard".

Is Alexa a spying device?

Patent applications from Amazon and Google revealed how their Alexa and Voice Assistant powered smart speakers are 'spying' on you. ... It says patents reveal the devices' possible use as surveillance equipment for massive information collection and intrusive digital advertising.

Can you eavesdrop using Alexa?

Security researchers developed skills for both Google Home and Amazon Echo devices that could eavesdrop on people. Smart speakers already face privacy concerns, but now security researchers have found that malicious apps designed to eavesdrop can sneak through Google's and Amazon's vetting processes.

Can Alexa detect smoke?

When Alexa Guard is set to “Away”, Alexa uses the built-in microphone to detect the sounds of a smoke alarm, CO alarm, or glass breaking. When a select sound is detected, Alexa will send a Smart Alert notification to your mobile phone. ... Listen to a 10-second audio clip of the detected sound.

Can Alexa record conversations?

While Alexa speakers are able to save and store short notes, they're not able to record your voice or save voice memos. Many people find this odd because Alexa actually records every single word that you say. In fact, you can see all the things you've said by using the Alexa app on iOS or Android.

Can Alexa bark like a guard dog?

But Alexa just got a somewhat unusual new skill: the ability to bark like a dog. ... With Guard Plus, Alexa's audio detection is even able to recognize specific sounds like smoke alarms, glass breaking, or carbon monoxide warnings and then ping you about them.