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March 14, 2022

How To Control Your Virginia Beach Home Security From Your Cell Phone

These days, a home security system has more features than alarms and sensors. Your home defense can include integrated smoke detectors, smart lights, and a range of home automation devices. To command it all you can make use of your central command touchscreen when you are home. Or, you may control your Virginia Beach home security with a phone.

Thankfully, the responsive ADT cell phone app makes managing your system a simple process.

Getting Started With ADT Control

To begin controlling your Virginia Beach home security system with your cell phone is through a download of the ADT Control app for your Apple or Android device. After it’s installed, your rep should walk you through the proper settings. When you’ve decided on your log-in details, you may log on using various phones or tablets. If you want to activate your your alarms, touch the icon in the shape of a shield. You are able to access every device from your phone, including smart lights and locks, surveillance systems, and sensors.

Control Your Devices From Wherever You Are

A home security app on your mobile device gives you the ability to command components within your residence with the effortless touch of your finger. Forgot to secure the front door when you left? All you have to do is access the ADT Control App. You are able to set your alarm, see live video feeds, turn lights on or off, turn up the temperature, by touching the correct icon within the app. You can even get instant alerts on your cell phone if any of your connected security elements sense trouble.

Improve Your View

If you control your Virginia Beach home security system with your phone, you have a live view of your property if your surveillance is turned on. Explore live video from all your security cameras right from your phone, and save short clips or a single image, and access longer recordings as desired. In the event visitors stop at your house – the mail person, an Amazon or Grubhub driver, or a family member -- simply utilize the two-way talk functionality to speak with them.

Increase Functionality With Scheduling And Geofencing

Through the main menu, you will enjoy access to several advanced features. Schedule your lights, heat, sensors, and anything else you like through the use of a customized scene. By using this feature, you can designate how devices operate with each other, and when you want them to turn on or off. Make a bedtime scene that shuts down the downstairs smart lights, turns on the porch light, turns down the comfort levels, and activates your overall security alarm. Then set a start-your-day scene that reverts the settings when it’s time to get your household going.

If you want to go even more high-tech, you might turn on geo-services from the main hub or the app. You can now have your residence secure itself by locking the doors, turning off the lights, and arming your alarms when you drive away. When you arrive after a long day’s work, your property will come alive by automatically raising the garage door and disarming the alarms.

Reap The Benefits Of ADT Control In Virginia Beach With One Simple Phone Call

Finally, you can leave your property with confidence as you know your residence is [[safer|more secure|better protected] than it’s ever been. All you have to do is reach out to (757) 241-4673 or submit the form below and a one of our security specialists will guide you toward the ideal home security system for you -- complete with ADT Control.