Search for “SimpliSafe” and the skill will pull right up as SimpliSafe Home Control. Enter the account login information you created when you set up your SimpliSafe system. From there, you can arm your system using several different command phrases, including, “Alexa, ask SimpliSafe to arm my system”; “Alexa, tell SimpliSafe I’m leaving”; and “Alexa, tell SimpliSafe I’m going to bed.” Note that you can’t currently disarm your SimpliSafe system using Alexa. Some other security systems do let you use Alexa to disarm your system, but SimpliSafe considers it a security feature that you can’t disarm your system with just your voice. (Potential intruders usually have voices too.) You can’t currently ask Alexa to test your SimpliSafe system. You’ll still have to do that manually if you want to make sure all your sensors are working properly. If you have a SimpliSafe smart door lock, you also can’t ask Alexa to lock the door for you. We’d love to see SimpliSafe add these features in the future, but for now, it’s a bit, well, simple.
