Bell Smart Home Customers

Many standalone connected thermostats equipped with only a one-room view fall short; however, it's why the Bell Smart Home Smart Thermostat excels. Connected to every device and activity sensor in your smart home security system and powered by the Bell Smart Home ecosystem, it understands your family's habits and can do more to save energy and keep you comfortable.

Here are three ways you can use it:

1. Save energy without trying
It can save energy automatically when no one's home, based on your security system's arming status. It can also use Geo-Services to save energy when you go to work, and make things comfortable when you're on your way home again.

On hot days, it knows the temperature outside and can turn itself down slightly to save you some money. It can even minimize waste by adjusting the temperature accordingly when your kids leave doors and windows open.

2. Control things without lifting a finger
Away from home and want to control your thermostat? Check and control your home's temperature from anywhere on any device connected to the Bell Smart Home app.

With an Amazon Echo or Google Home device connected to your system, your Smart Thermostat responds to your voice. You can use your device to adjust to a precise temperature, or simply ask to turn the temperature up or down for a 2° change in either direction.

For extra convenience, you can include your thermostat in your Bell Smart Home customizable, multi-device Scene commands which you can activate with your voice or the Bell Smart Home app.

3. Protect your home from cold weather catastrophes
Can a thermostat protect a home? With smart home security intelligence it can.

For example, in mid-winter water pipes can slowly freeze in cold homes, burst and flood the house. A temperature threshold alert generated by your thermostat and temperature sensors would alert you ahead of time, enabling you to deploy an emergency heat source and avert a substantial cleanup bill.

How do I get one?
To enjoy all of the benefits above, purchase and add a smart plug to your existing Bell Smart Home system here.

Tips for buyers:
Are you looking for a connected camera, or a true security camera? If you just want to check in on a pet at home, any connected camera will do—but if you're depending on a camera for true peace of mind, there are two important things to consider:

Does it understand context?
If security is your main reason for buying a smart video camera, you'll want to enable smartphone alerts.

However, if you have a busy family with lots of activity at home, you won't want to be overwhelmed with alerts every time your kids run through the house.

This situation can be avoided with cameras bought as part of the Bell Smart Home system, which allow you much more customization of the alerts you get. For example, you can opt not to get video alerts if your security system is disarmed. You'll get the peace of mind without the information overload.

Video doorbells–a new type of connected camera
Video doorbells have been one of the biggest smart home hits.

When a visitor rings the bell, a live video feed opens on your smartphone, showing you who's there in real time. You can have a two-way conversation with your visitor via a connected microphone and speaker in the doorbell, whether you're home or not.

On its own, this item is convenient for any home. As part of a Bell Smart Home system that includes a smart lock, it gets better. In the Bell Smart Home app, you'll see an 'unlock' icon on the video screen which allows you to unlock your front door after verifying the visitor. If you've ever had to miss work to let a contractor or an out-of-town guest into your home, you'll appreciate the value of this feature.

As part of a smart home security system, a video doorbell also gains all the functionality of a true security camera; it's able to capture motion-triggered video clips and alert you on a customizable basis according to your preferences.

Got your hands full? Just say the word.
Your Bell Smart Home app isn't the only way to run a Scene. You can also use your voice.

Our Alexa and Siri voice control options give you a new level of convenience and control when you're multitasking inside or outside your home. Ready to start the day? Just ask Alexa to wake up. Arriving home in the dark? A quick Siri voice command to your CarPlay-enabled dashboard is all it takes to unlock the front door as part of your Home Scene.

It's easy to customize and create new Scenes
Your house. Your rules. Your Scenes. Every home and family is different– which is why Bell made it easy to customize, alter and create your own Scenes.

You can add a porch light to your existing Home Scene for a bright welcome, or add your downstairs lights to your Sleep Scene to have them turn off automatically.

For other tasks and occasions, you can create new Scenes from scratch and have them appear in your app. You can include actions for your security system, smart locks, garage door, lights, and smart thermostat.

What happens when the Internet goes out?
The alarm portion of your security sensor does not rely on your home Internet and it will not be affected. If you have Bell Smart Home video devices, they will not be able to record events without the Internet. However, if you have a stream video recorder (SVR), the cameras set to record to the SVR will continue to record as long as both units are powered and are still connected to the local Wi-Fi network (assuming the router is still functional). You won't be able to view the footage from the SVR until the Internet is operational.

What happens when the phone line goes down?
If you're on our cellular-based system, you don't need to worry about phone line outages as the security system is not tied to it. If you're unsure whether you have a cellular-based system, please contact Bell.