Surety Home adds Alarm.com My Circle for families

Surety Home has launched Alarm.com My Circle, a new in-app family safety feature included at no extra charge on its Surety Home and Surety Complete monitoring plans. The tool gives families a live view of a loved one’s mood, location, phone battery and activity, aimed at helping parents, caregivers and siblings check in faster.

Why it matters: - Surety Home is expanding home security beyond the house itself and into day-to-day family safety. - The new feature is designed to help parents of teens and families caring for aging parents get earlier warning when someone may need help. - The addition comes at no extra charge on two monitoring plans, which lowers the barrier to using the feature.

What happened: - Surety Home launched Alarm.com My Circle, an in-app family safety feature, on Aug. 21, 2026. - The feature is included on the Surety Home and Surety Complete monitoring plans. - My Circle runs inside the Alarm.com app and does not require extra hardware to buy, install or mount. - The feature is available to customers in the U.S. through Surety Home’s monitoring plans.

The details: - My Circle shows how a loved one is feeling with a one-tap mood check-in. - My Circle displays each person’s location on a real-time map. - The dashboard shows phone battery level. - The dashboard also shows daily step count as a sign that someone is active. - Color coding highlights which family members may need a check-in. - Alerts can trigger when someone leaves home or returns home. - Alerts can also trigger when a phone battery runs low, when no activity is detected for 24 hours, or when a mood check-in is poor. - Notifications can go to multiple family members at once. - Surety Home says the feature is meant to help families communicate without making every check-in feel like a confrontation. - Surety Home says aging-parent households want an early warning before a problem becomes an emergency. - Plan pricing starts at $17 per month for Surety Home and $24 per month for Surety Complete. - Customers add the feature themselves at no charge. - Every Surety plan is month to month, with no contract and no cancellation fee. - Full requirements and setup instructions are available on the Surety support forum. - Plan details are available in Surety Home’s pricing page.

Between the lines: - My Circle extends Alarm.com’s reach from property protection to people monitoring, which puts Surety Home closer to a family-safety platform. - The feature appears aimed at two high-frequency use cases: teens who do not want constant check-ins and caregivers who need a lighter-touch way to monitor older adults. - By relying on the phone already in a person’s pocket, the system can offer visibility beyond the home without installing sensors in a second location. - Alarm.com Wellness and the Alarm.com Safety Button remain part of the broader safety stack, covering in-home monitoring and urgent help requests.

What’s next: - Surety Home customers on eligible plans can activate My Circle now. - Families that want setup help can use Surety’s support resources for requirements and installation steps. - The company is positioning the feature as part of a broader push toward connected safety monitoring, not just intrusion alerts.

The bottom line: - Surety Home is betting that families want a simple, app-based way to check on loved ones without adding hardware or paying extra.