Smart Home Monitor

This feature is only available in Kaspersky Plus and Premium.

We have improved the feature and fixed issues with its operation on Android 11-12.x versions, so you can enjoy the Smart Home Monitor feature without limitations.

The Smart Home Monitor feature shows devices that are connected to your home Wi-Fi network. Using this feature, you can prevent unauthorized devices from connecting to your network and check the protection state of your devices connected to the network.

Multiple devices may be connected to your home Wi-Fi network. Someone could capture your password or hack into your Wi-Fi network to obtain free internet or to gain access to your data. Kaspersky app can help you quickly find out about new devices connecting to your home network.

When your device connects to a Wi-Fi network, Kaspersky app asks if you want to view other devices connected to this network. If you agree, the app shows a list of devices connected to this network and displays a notification if a new device connects. This way, you can monitor your home Wi-Fi network and protect all connected devices and data.

Even one unsecured device in the Wi-Fi network may put all other devices at risk. Using Kaspersky app, you can go to My Kaspersky and install Kaspersky applications on all your devices to protect them.

To install Kaspersky app on the other device (if you have purchased a multidevice subscription):

1. Tap Smart Home Monitor on the main feature screen, then tap the name of the device with which you would like to share your subscription.

   A window with information about this device opens.

2. In the In your subscription section, tap Kaspersky app.
3. On the screen that appears tap Send link.

   A system window with link sharing options appears.

4. Open the link on the device, where you want to install Kaspersky app.

   Now you can download the app and right after that you will be automatically signed in to your My Kaspersky account.

If more than a thousand devices are connected to a Wi-Fi network and the network is monitored by Kaspersky app, the app may work slowly. We do not recommend to monitor public Wi-Fi networks.

Turning on monitoring of devices on your network

To turn on monitoring of devices connected to your home Wi-Fi network:

1. Connect to your home Wi-Fi network.
2. Open Kaspersky app.
3. On the main app window, tap Smart Home Monitor.
4. In the Smart Home Monitor section, follow the instructions on the screen to turn on the feature.

After the feature is on, the app will scan the network and show you a list of connected devices and information about these devices.

Without permission to access your location, the Smart Home Monitor feature will work not as intended.

Kaspersky app does not have access to GPS data and does not monitor your actual whereabouts. Permission is only required in order to get information about the Wi-Fi network (SSID, BSSID).

To give the app access to the device's location, ensure that the use of location for your device is turned on and then grant access to location—particularly for Kaspersky app. On some devices, you need to grant permissions manually.

Turning off monitoring of devices on your network

To turn off monitoring of devices connected to your home Wi-Fi network:

1. Open Kaspersky app.
2. On the main app window, tap Smart Home Monitor.

   The Smart Home Monitor section opens.

3. Tap > Forget this Wi-Fi network at the upper part of the screen.
4. Confirm the operation.

The app will no longer show the devices that connect to your network.

You can also turn off monitoring of devices on your network by declining the Statement Regarding Data Processing for Purpose of Providing Smart Home Monitor Functionality. If you decline the Statement, the Smart Home Monitor feature will stop working on your device and the feature's settings will be reset.

If you ever want to turn the feature back on, it can be done in the Smart Home Monitor section on the main screen of the app.

Viewing devices on your network

The Smart Home Monitor feature allows you to do the following:

• View and customize the list of devices connected to your home Wi-Fi network by editing type and name of each device in the list.

Check each device's level of protection by viewing which Kaspersky applications are installed on the devices in your Wi-Fi network. If some Kaspersky apps are not installed on a device, you can install them using My Kaspersky.

In the Smart Home Monitor section, you can view the following:

• Devices that are currently connected to the Wi-Fi network.
• Devices that were connected to the Wi-Fi network some time ago.
• Status of devices in the Wi-Fi network (new devices, connected devices, and disconnected devices).
• Time when disconnected devices were last detected in the network.

When a new device is connected to the Wi-Fi network, Kaspersky app displays the following information about the device:

• Device name (if available)

  Please note that for devices running Android 13 and later, custom device names will appear only on the device and the Wi-Fi network where you renamed them and won't be synced with your other devices or other Wi-Fi-networks.

• Device manufacturer
• Device type (for example, computer, mobile device, access point, game console, or video camera)
• Operating system installed on the device
• MAC address (unique network ID of the device)

  Please note that devices running Android 13 and later no longer have access to MAC addresses, so this information won't be shown on those devices.

• IP address of the device

To view devices in your home Wi-Fi network:

1. Connect to your home Wi-Fi network.
2. Open Kaspersky app.
3. On the main app window, tap Smart Home Monitor.

   The Smart Home Monitor section opens.

4. Confirm that it is your home Wi-Fi network if necessary.

What if an unknown device connects to your home Wi-Fi network

In case a new device connects to your home Wi-Fi network, you can do the following:

If you don't know who uses the new device, you can tap Show me how in the How to secure your home Wi-Fi? section. This will forward you to the Kaspersky Knowledge Base where you can learn how to secure your home Wi-Fi network from unexpected guests.

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