DENVER - Comcast is launching a new digital home monitoring service. We looked at how Xfinity Home works, on 9NEWS 6 a.m.
The company says Xfinity Home offers traditional home security components, like police and fire alarm protection backed by 24/7 professional monitoring, as well as the ability to adjust digital thermostats, turn lights on or off and watch secure live streaming video from wireless cameras while away from home. The service also comes with the Xfinity Security app, which is available for free on Apple's iTunes App Store.
"Xfinity Home brings digital home monitoring to a new level,"said Mitch Bowling, Senior Vice President and General Manager of New Businesses for Comcast Cable. "It comes with a range of broadband-based technologies that empower customers to stay better connected to their home virtually anytime, anywhere."
The company says Xfinity Home offers consumers the ability to create personalized settings that can do things like provide real-time e-mail or text alerts when doors open or close or when motion detectors report activity occurring inside or outside of the home.
In addition, the service comes with a tablet-like touch screen with a menu of widgets that allow access to the latest weather, news, traffic, and sports scores.
The service was first unveiled in Houston about two years ago, and is continuing to roll out into various markets in the U.S.
Prices and installation vary, depending on what a customer wants. You can Visit www.xfinity.com/homesecurity for more information.
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