through your Alexa app. Alexa Guard is not a replacement for an alarm system or life safety
device and cannot contact emergency services, such as the police or fire department, on
your behalf. However, if you connect a supported professionally monitored security system
to Guard, you can choose to forward Smart Alerts, including audio recordings of selected
sounds, to your security service provider.
Can I review and delete my Alexa Guard audio recordings?
Yes. You can review Alexa Guard audio recordings associated with your account and delete
those recordings one by one or all at once by visiting Alexa Privacy in Settings in the Alexa
app or
https://www.amazon.com/alexaprivacysettings
. Deleting Alexa Guard audio
recordings may degrade your Alexa experience. This will not delete other information about
Guard, such as your Guard preferences and device settings.
Alexa Smart Home FAQ
How does Alexa work with smart home devices?
Alexa enables you to control and check the status of a variety of smart home devices, such
as compatible lights, switches, plugs, thermostats, cameras, locks, televisions, printers,
kitchen appliances, and robot vacuums. You can connect compatible smart home devices to
Alexa using Alexa smart home skills. You can also directly connect certain smart home
devices to compatible Echo devices. For instance, smart home devices that use Zigbee can
connect directly to Echo devices with a built-in smart home hub, like Echo Show 10. And
certain other smart home devices can connect to Echo devices via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.
Finally, you can connect some smart home devices to Alexa by setting up those devices
through the Alexa app.
In some cases, your smart home devices will be able to connect to Alexa automatically,
including through
. In other
cases, you may need to say, “Alexa,
discover my devices” or use the Alexa app to connect a smart home device. We may
automatically update the firmware for certain devices connected to Alexa on behalf of the
applicable manufacturer.
What information does Alexa receive from my smart home devices?
When smart home devices are connected to Alexa, we may receive information about those
devices, such as device type, name, features, and status and usage history. We may receive
this information e
ven when you don’t use Alexa to change the state of your device. For
example, if you manually adjust your smart thermostat, Alexa may receive your new
temperature setting, which allows Alexa to provide the correct answer if you ask "What