Apple HomePods can now listen for your smoke alarms
The new HomePod and the HomePod Mini can now alert you to the sound of a smoke or CO alarm in your home.Starting today, Apple HomePod smart speakers can alert you if a smoke or CO detector goes off in your home. The Sound Recognition feature, first announced when thewas launched earlier this year, listens for the alarm sound and sends a notification to your phone.
For this to work, you’d need to have smoke and CO alarms installed in your home; the speakers cannot detect actual smoke or carbon monoxide. But they don’t need to be smart smoke alarms or have any internet connection, which is good news. Currently, the only smart smoke alarms compatible with Apple Home in the US are, which start at $170 each, so this will be an attractive new feature for Apple Home users.
When the speaker hears the unique signature of an alarm, it will send a notification directly to your iPhone Lock Screen . Tapping on the notification lets you “drop in” on the HomePod from an iPhone or iPad to hear what it's hearing. Siri will then announce on the HomePod that someone is checking in. Apple showed me a demo of this earlier this yearIf you have a HomeKit-compatible camera in the same area, you’ll also get a live video feed of the event in the notification.
Amazon’s Echo smart speakers have been able to listen for alarms for a while now through the free tier of. But they don’t have the same direct integrations with cameras in your home . Google’s Nest smart speakers can also listen for alarms, but you have to pay for a
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