Smart Home Monitor

About Smart Home Monitor

This feature is available only in the Plus and Premium subscription plans for the Kaspersky app.

The Smart Home Monitor feature shows devices that are connected to your home Wi-Fi network. You can use this feature to scan your home network and see the list of all devices connected to it.

You can then review the list to block any unauthorized devices and check the protection status of your connected devices.

Multiple devices may be connected to your home Wi-Fi network. Someone could capture your password or hack into your Wi-Fi network to get free internet or access your data.

To scan a network, Smart Home Monitor uses the IP addresses of your router and your current device.

Scanning your home Wi-Fi

To find devices connected to your home Wi-Fi network:

1. Connect to your home Wi-Fi network.
2. Open the Kaspersky app.
3. On the Home screen, tap Smart Home Monitor.
4. Confirm that you want to scan your home Wi-Fi network or choose another network to scan.
5. For the feature to work, grant the Kaspersky app permission to access the local network.
6. The app will scan the network and show you a list of connected devices and information about these devices.

   When you scan your home network again, new devices on your Wi-Fi will be shown at the top of the list and marked as NEW.

Please note that monitoring public networks may be prohibited by law.

When using a work network, you must follow applicable rules and policies.

Removing your home Wi-Fi from the list of scanned networks

Once you have scanned your home network, it will appear in the list of your scanned networks.

To remove your home Wi-Fi network from the list:

1. Open the Kaspersky app.
2. On the Home screen, tap Smart Home Monitor.
3. In the top right corner of the main screen of Smart Home Monitor, tap . This button will appear if you have scanned at least 1 network.

   The list of your previously scanned networks opens.

4. Select the network you want to forget.
5. Tap .
6. Confirm the operation.

   The app will no longer show your network in the list.

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Viewing detailed information about devices

The Smart Home Monitor feature shows you the list of devices connected to your home network.

To view detailed information about each device, such as device name, device type, time it was last seen online, IP address, etc.:

1. Open the Kaspersky app.
2. On the Home screen, tap Smart Home Monitor.
3. In the top right corner of the main screen of Smart Home Monitor, tap . This button will appear if you have scanned at least 1 network.

   The list of your previously scanned networks opens.

4. Tap on the device in the list.

   A screen with detailed information about the device opens. You can edit the name and type of each device.

   If you don’t want an offline device to appear in the list, you can remove it by tapping . It will be cleared from your phone memory and will not appear in the list again.

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

If there's an unknown device on your network, someone has probably guessed your Wi-Fi password. Set a new strong password, and then reconnect all your devices. Your new password should have at least 8 characters and include both lower- and uppercase letters, digits and special characters.