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If you buy more than one of these detectors – and you should!– you can network them through your home’s Wi Fi network. Once they are connected to the internet, you can download the Wink smart home app to control your smoke detectors, as well as many other devices, remotely. You can receive notifications on your phone if there’s an emergency while you are away; however, you need to buy a Wink hub to do so, which is an extra expense. Of all the smoke alarms we reviewed, this Kidde model fared the worst in our detection tests. Smoke must be very dense and concentrated for the alarm to sound. This underscores the need for multiple smoke detectors in several places in your home.
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