The Best Google Home Security Systems

Vivint is a smart home security darling. When you take Vivint’s smarts to the next level with voice control through Google Assistant, it reaches Star Trek-level convenience.

No, it doesn’t come with a replicator, but you can tell it to do just about anything that comes to mind for security and smart home—from arming the alarm to pumping up the jam at your backyard BBQ.

It's obvious we think Vivint is best home security system for Google Home, but don't miss saying hey Google to these other options.

Unlike most other security systems, Vivint lets you both lock and unlock your smart locks using Google Assistant.

Voice control is usually limited to arming your security system and locking up the house. While the ability to use voice control to unlock is perceived as a potential security risk, we like that Vivint gives you this option.

Google Assistant can be trained to recognize your voice and perform certain actions for only that voice. This mitigates some of the potential security risk that comes with using voice control to disarm and unlock.

Get all the details about Vivint home security in our full Vivint review and YouTube video that reveals four things you need to know before you buy Vivint.

In addition to arming and disarming your Vivint home security system, you can use Google to control your Vivint smart home devices and set up customized routines.

Here are more actions you can ask Google to perform with your Vivint security system:

• Control your Vivint thermostat or Nest thermostat and set different temps for different rooms.
• Turn smart lights on and off and dim or change colors on smart light bulbs.
• Lock and unlock smart door locks.
• Open and close the garage door.
• Set up daily routines to trigger automatic actions (like turning down the thermostat when the front door locks after everyone leaves in the morning).
• Create customized Google responses for different voices in your home—so you can be the only person whose voice will unlock the front doors.

Here’s a rundown of the things you can control with your voice when you pair Frontpoint with Google Assistant:

• Arm your Frontpoint security system.
• Check the status of your system.
• Dim lights or turn them on and off.
• Lock doors outfitted with a smart lock.
• Adjust the temperature of a smart thermostat.

Learn more in our full Frontpoint review.

Before we dive into the specifics, there’s an important detail you need to know. Because Blue is basically a rebranded LifeShield home security system, you need to add the Lifeshield action to your Google device to get voice control.

And Blue home security equipment doesn’t include any smart home devices—but it’s compatible with Z-wave. That compatibility makes it easy to incorporate smart gadgets with your security system and control them all with Google Assistant.

ADT Self Setup is a bit of an anomaly when it comes to voice control. You can disarm your security system when you also say the four-digit code you set up for your system, but you can’t unlock doors or open the garage door with voice control alone.

We don’t really understand why the company feels that using voice to disarm your system is okay while deciding that unlocking doors or opening the garage via voice as too risky.

Learn more in our full review of ADT Self Setup.

Here’s a rundown of all the things you can control with your voice when you add the Lifeshield smart home action to your Google Home setup:

• Arm and disarm your Blue security system (only allowed when you also say your security system PIN).
• Dim lights or turn them on and off.
• Turn small appliances on and off when plugged into a smart outlet or smart plug.
• Lock doors outfitted with a smart lock.
• Close and check the status of the garage door (but you can’t can’t open it with voice control).
• Customize temperatures in different rooms with smart thermostats.
• Set up scenes to trigger automatic actions like turning on the porch light before everyone heads home from the office.

Our top three Google-compatible home security systems do the best job of integrating with Google Assistant for simple, convenient voice control. We also looked at our other top security brands, but we didn’t find any that offered more options or better integration than the three we selected.

After researching how all of our favorite home security systems work with both Google and Amazon Alexa, we found that Alexa is more useful for home security voice control.

The brands that we picked as the best Alexa-compatible security systems use voice control for more than just arming the system and dimming the lights. In fact, Scout lets you use Alexa to call emergency services or your emergency contact list for help—a feature that isn’t even available with Google Assistant.

When you line up Google against Alexa in regard to home security functionality, Alexa just does a better job of utilizing voice control for both convenience and safety. If we were to pick a winner in the voice control wars, Amazon Alexa would be the clear champion.

We love seeing home security systems harnessing this voice control technology to help protect our homes and loved ones. Even though Google doesn’t offer a ton of voice control options, it’s still better than no voice control at all.

Here’s a recap of our top three picks and why we recommend them for Google Assistant:

1. Vivint: Best smart home control
You get an advanced smart home experience when you add the power of voice control with Google Assistant to your Vivint home security system.

2. Frontpoint: High-end DIY pick
Frontpoint offers Google Assistant voice control without the hassle or expense of professional installation.

3. ADT Self Setup : Best for your budget
You don’t have to spend a fortune to get the perks of voice control when you combine ADT’s DIY security system with Google Assistant.

If you still want to shop around, check out our favorite smart home security systems.

We started with our favorite home security systems and then dug in to see how each one works with Google Assistant. We looked at factors like monthly fees, contracts, tech and equipment, and overall value.

On top of that, we found out how easy it was to integrate each system with Google Assistant. From there, we lined up the features and actions you can use with voice control through Google.

We gave preference to security systems with professional monitoring and those that expand Google voice control beyond simply checking the status of your system. We paid special attention to the following actions:

• Arm and disarm with Google
• Lock and unlock smart locks with Google
• Control other smart home devices with Google
• View security camera footage with Google

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