This Amazon Alexa skill is designed to help protect your home from unwanted visitors when you are out. It will give the illusion that your house is occupied using realistic audio to deter potential intruders. A would-be thief will be convinced someone is performing daily activities such as cleaning, talking, laughing, working in the home office and preparing food. This will complement your existing security arrangements, giving you an extra level of reassurance.

Choose the environment that suits the location of your Echo device:

- Living room (Sitting Room, Lounge, Den, or any general room) 

- Kitchen (Dining Area)

- Bathroom (Washroom, Shower)

- Home Office (Study)

- Barking dog (Guard Dog)

- Games Room (Playroom) 

- Party

- Baby crying (Nursery)

- Garage (Workshop, Shed, D.I.Y.)

When you open Burglar Deterrent you will be prompted to select a sound environment. 

The audio will continuously play until you say "Alexa, stop".

You can easily continue with the sound and settings you used last time when starting the skill. If you choose a new sound it's now easier to customise the activity level and background music. Your choices are remembered for future uses. Choose the combination of activity level and music that suits your needs best. 

Activity Level High - more action, less quiet gaps

Activity Level Low - more realistic, more quiet gaps

Music On - background music playing 

Music Off - just the sounds without music

Subscribing to this premium feature gives you the option to start sounds with real time mode enabled. This will increase realism and respect neighbours by automatically adjusting sounds, activity level and volume based on the current time of day or night. For example with the Living Room sound during the day dogs will bark, hoovering will take place and overnight the dogs will stop and more appropriate sounds such as watching TV can be heard. 

Here are some example phrases you can use as shortcuts:

"Alexa, ask Burglar Deterrent to protect the bathroom"

"Alexa, tell Burglar Deterrent to simulate the home office"

"Alexa, ask Burglar Deterrent to sound like the dining area"

"Alexa, open Burglar Deterrent and protect the lounge"

"Alexa, ask Burglar Deterrent for a barking dog"