A Guide On Adding Alarm.com Widget For Android

Android widgets allow users to quickly invoke specific actions within an app with a single tap.

Android widget requirements

Usage of Android widgets requires certain device and account requirements:

• The customer must have an Alarm.com connected system compatible with scenes.
• Android 4.0 or higher: The Android widgets feature requires a phone or tablet running Android OS 4.0 or higher.
• Alarm.com app version 3.7 or higher
• Seamless login: You must stay logged into the app (with the “keep me logged in” option checked on the app). If not, you will be asked to log in when attempting to trigger a scene.

Additional information

• Android widgets can currently only trigger scenes. Any system that doesn’t support scenes also doesn’t support Android widgets.
• You can set up one widget per scene.
• You can set up one scene command per widget.
• In the Android app version 3.7, widgets were sized 2×1, meaning they occupied two horizontal slots and one vertical slot in the home screen grid and could not be adjusted without a custom app launcher. In versions 3.8+, widgets are sized to be 1×1 by default, and they can be expanded horizontally as far as the mobile device will allow.
• In some Android phone models and various operating systems, the Android widget is named Scenes rather than Alarm.com. When you search for available widgets, you should search for both Alarm.com and Scenes.

To add the Alarm.com widget for Android:

Note: Accessing the Widgets menu can be a different process for different Android devices. Sometimes it will be an option from the Apps menu. Other times it will be accessed by pressing and holding the home screen to get the Home Screen menu to appear.

3. Once the Alarm.com widget is selected, drag and drop the widget to the preferred location.

4. If Linked Systems is set up on your login, there will be a menu that asks you to select which system’s scene this widget will trigger. If your login only has access to one system, proceed to the next step. 

5. Tap to select which scene this widget will trigger.

6. After selecting the scene, it will appear as a widget on the home screen in the place previously selected. The widget can be moved or expanded by pressing and holding the widget until small dots appear to allow for expansion. Drag and drop the dot to expand the widget size.

7. Tap the widget to trigger a scene.

Note: An “X” will appear in the center of the circle, and a timer bar will appear and disappear after three seconds. If the “X” is tapped within the three second time window, the scene triggering will be canceled.

Scenes are edited from the Scenes sections of the website or app, so any adjustments desired to be made to widgets will need either a scene adjustment or a new scene with a corresponding new widget.

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