How Smart Home Security Can Optimize Your House

Home Security Tips Home Security News Security Systems Smart Homes Feb 26, 2025 2:25:54 PM General Security 6 min read

Your home may already have an alarm system, but when was it installed? Is it equipped to detect and handle today’s security threats and enhance your home?

Fortunately, new and evolving smart home security systems have overcome the limitations of past systems, providing more features to make your house safe, automated, and comfortable.

For example, General Security can equip your house with real-time monitoring, AI-enhanced security cameras, and motion sensors to track and manage activity in and around your property.

We can also activate smart features to adapt to your daily routine, automatically adjusting specific settings, such as thermostats and lights, to help save on energy costs.

In short, using today’s smarter home security devices with integrated AI technology can create an all-encompassing home security network that optimizes your house and provides peace of mind for you and your loved ones. Here’s how.

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Stop Intruders With AI Deterrence (AID)

AI Deterrence (AID) is an award-winning, advanced security feature that uses artificial intelligence to detect potential intruders and to issue custom verbal warnings. It recognizes specific visual cues, such as clothing and environmental surroundings, to create a tailored message that deters criminal activity.

For example, a custom alert may be, “Hey you, wearing a green hoodie. I can see you standing by the stairs. Leave immediately or the police will be called.”

General Security can also integrate AID with a Remote Video Monitoring (RVM) console and outdoor floodlight cameras for enhanced security protection around your home.

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Smart Locks

Smart locks provide a more convenient alternative to conventional locks and keys. General Security offers a variety of smart security lock systems with enhancement features, such as:

Keyless Entry – Rather than carrying keys or even leaving keys in hiding spots accessible to strangers, assign unique codes to family and friends with specific access times.
One-Touch Z-Wave Plus Enrollment – Lock and unlock your doors from anywhere in the world, share access with others, and monitor who enters your home.
Smartphone reminders, including a “lock” command, if you forget to lock your door.
Integration with Alarm.com’s “Scenes” feature for improved access control. This includes “Home,” “Sleep,” and “Away” commands to lock/unlock your doors and arm/disarm your security system at specific times of the day.
Integration with our touchless video doorbells, which use AI-driven video insights to detect when someone is standing in a specific monitored area. This will trigger the doorbell and notify you via your Alarm.com app.
If a smart lock detects tampering or attempts to bypass it, it will trigger alerts or notify law enforcement, offering proactive protection for you and your home.

Smart Lighting

Smart lighting is an online system controlled by a smartphone, voice assistant, and other smart devices. It does not rely on manual switches and offers customization, automation, and energy-efficient features.

General Security’s smart lighting systems take it further, using algorithms to create dynamic lighting that responds to your habits and environmental changes while flagging unfamiliar behavior.

For example, we can use video analytics to trigger your home’s smart lights when specific objects are moving, such as people in your backyard or unfamiliar vehicles in your driveway. This also includes custom lighting automation, where you can create specific lighting signals to deter animals and intruders.

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Smart Thermostats

Smart thermostats use advanced technology to automate and optimize your home's temperature to make it comfortable and energy efficient.

Our Alarm.com app allows you to adjust the temperature of your home remotely so you can save energy while you’re away or warm up your home before you arrive.
Our smart thermostats use occupancy sensors to adjust temperature settings based on room usage.
In-app monthly heating reports and diagnostic alerts help monitor and optimize your energy usage.

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Smart Outlets, Plugs, and Switches

Smart outlets, plugs, and switches allow you to control household electronics remotely from an app or voice assistant. You can turn off lights, appliances, or electronics from your phone, whether you’re in bed or on the road.

Smart outlets are permanently installed electrical outlets that replace standard wall outlets. This option best suits homeowners looking for permanent smart home upgrades that are more complementary to their interior design (as opposed to adapters jutting out from walls or in the way of furniture). Smart outlets help control and monitor energy consumption and come with features like surge protection, overload prevention, and automatic shut-off if an issue arises.
Smart plugs are a portable option. Plug them into any standard electrical outlet and then plug your appliance or device into the smart plug to give you smart control over that item – lamps, fans, coffee machines, holiday lights, etc.
Smart switches replace regular light switches. They allow you to control lights and other devices via an app and set schedules to adjust lighting based on your daily routines.

General Security also incorporates various smart features into our smart outlets, plugs, and switches:

Integrate our smart outlets, plugs, and switches with motion sensors for automatic activation.
With our outdoor smart plugs and the Alarm.com app, you can control lights and yard animatronics without manually plugging or unplugging them.
Pair smart plugs with your phone to automate everyday kitchen-device actions, such as brewing morning coffee and controlling a slow cooker, when you’re doing other things around the house.

Smart Sound Systems

Smart sound systems typically include speakers, amplifiers, and audio components that can be connected to Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. This enables integration with platforms like Alexa, Google Assistant, or the Apple HomeKit, with voice control and app control.

Entertainment aside, these smart house security sound systems are also essential for home security. They can be integrated with security cameras, alarms, and other devices to provide real-time alerts and emergency notifications.

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Smart Curtains and Blinds

Smart curtains and blinds are automated window coverings that can be controlled remotely or set to operate on a schedule. They can be set to open or closed at specific times of the day based on your routine in order to give you privacy, or activated when sunlight or temperature hits certain levels.

There are plenty of integration options to choose from, as smart curtains and blinds can be combined with smart hubs, energy management devices, and home security systems for improved functionality.

Upgrade Your Living Space Today with General Security

At General Security, we provide smart home security systems with AI security features to enhance the safety, comfort, and energy efficiency of your house. Take control and leverage your smart security system to fit your lifestyle and peace of mind.