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Friday, February 1st, 2019 11:42 PM

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In-App Panic Button

I've seen that I'm not the first person to ask this, but is there any reason why the app doesn't have a panic or manual alarm button? I believe I saw that there are separate "panic button' fobs sold on the site, so the only reason I can see to not have it in the app is to boost sales of the fob. This seems like the type of thing companies like ADT and others would do. One of the reasons I decided to try out Simplisafe over updating my old system was the quality of the app and upsales like this the bigger companies like to slip in. Disappointing that customers have been asking for this for years and Simplisafe has done nothing. Makes me start to rethink just updating my old system.

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11 months ago

Yes please add in-app panic button. I want to be able to turn on siren remotely if I see suspicious activity on my camera.

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If you see something of concern while away, why not just arm the system (assuming it was unarmed)?

I think a panic button is primarily for when someone is home, correct?

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10 months ago

Please implement a way to trigger the alarm from the App. As many have stated, if I see intruders outdoors, I would rather trigger the alarm which means most will leave BEFORE breaking something.

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled Trigger alarm from App

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9 months ago

Hello, would it be possible for your app’s software development team to add a PANIC button to the mobile app? Given the current video game era, many of us always have our phones in hand. In emergencies where, for any reason, one might not have armed their system and something happens, a panic button on the phone would be very handy.

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled Mobile app Panic button

Community Admin

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@wusafghan​ Your request sounded similar to this original thread, so I merged it here. We have submitted this feature request to our devs for their consideration. Once we hear back from them, we'll let everyone in this thread know.

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4 months ago

Siren should be able to be triggered from app

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled Trigger from app

Captain

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@sid This has been requested many times in the past and is a listed "submitted" item in the SimpliTracker area of the community.  Great suggestion.

Community Admin

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Hi @sid ,

As the Captain mentioned, that's one of the more popular requests we have on the community, and you can follow progress here.

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8 days ago

Crazy to me that I can't trigger the alarm remotely--if I'm not at home--if I see an intruder on a camera, either indoors or in the backyard. While yes, a call to police is one of the next steps, I think a more immediate one is to attempt to scare them off with the alarm. Looks like this has been requested for quite some time now but just thought I'd add to the chorus.

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled Remote alarm trigger

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5 days ago

Agree it would be amazing to have remote trigger capability. When we are out of town our daughter watches our house. Unfortunately there are times she forgets to arm the system when she leaves. While we do change notification settings & periodically check cameras, it doesn't happen the entire time we're on vacation. It would be great, if we saw an intruder, etc, to be able to trigger the alarm. 

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3 days ago

I was also surprised that there isn't a Panic function in the app. My home security system, from another provider, has this. I installed the Simpli-Safe system at my business. I just assumed it would have just as many features as my home system.

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