Rooms provide a clear overview of your AT&T Connected Life devices and their status, so you can see what's happening with all the devices located in specific areas inside or outside your home.
How to use rooms
You can create rooms to organize your devices in the app so it’s easier to control and monitor them by location (for example, all devices in the living room or all devices in the yard). There are two ways to set up rooms:
Use preset rooms: Choose from a list of preset room options and add the devices you want to manage in that area to the “room.”
Create custom rooms: Set up custom rooms to fit your specific needs and preferences. For example, you might want to create a “room” for the side yard and a “room” for the “courtyard.”
Access and manage rooms
To view, create, or manage rooms in the Connected Life app, select Devices from the bottom navigation bar. On the Devices screen, you’ll see:
Device filters: Enable you to see and manage devices by device type instead of by room. Select the appropriate filter—cameras, lights, doors and windows, motion, or keypad.
Tiles for each room: Make it easy to view relevant info for a device. For example, if the tile includes a temperature sensor, it will display the temperature. If it’s cameras in the backyard, the tile may display a “No recent activity” status.
Other devices in your home: Shows you other devices that are in your home but haven’t been moved (added or assigned) to a room yet.
Create a new room
To set up a room and add devices to it, follow these steps:
Tap the Devices tab in the bottom navigation.
Select the + icon, then Add room.
Choose a preset room name from the list. Or, to create a custom room, tap Custom name, tap Continue, and enter a name for the custom room. Tap Continue again.
Select the devices you want to move to the room from Other devices in your home. Each device can only belong to one room, so if you add a device that’s in another room, it will be removed from that room and moved to this one.
Tap Create room.
Move a device to a room
You can move (add) a device to an existing room or a new room that you create. There are two ways to move a device to a room. You can start with the device settings screen or the room settings screen.
To move a device via the Device settings screen:
Tap the Devices tab in the bottom navigation.
Select the device you want to move to a room.
Look in Room and tap the room in focus, then tap Select a room and choose a room from the dropdown.
FYI: You can also tap Create a new room, follow the steps for creating a room, and move the device to the new room.
To move a device via the Room settings screen:
Tap the Devices tab in the bottom navigation.
Select the tile for the room you want to move the device to.
Look in Devices and select a device from the device list.
Tap Select a room on the room screen and choose a room from the dropdown.
FYI: you can also choose Create a new room, follow the steps for creating a room, and move the device to the room.
Delete a room
Don’t want a room anymore? You can delete it.
Tap the Devices tab in the bottom navigation bar.
Select the tile for the room you want to delete.
Tap the gear icon to open the room settings screen.
Choose Delete room on the room settings screen.
Tap Delete to confirm you want to delete the room or tap Cancel if you change your mind.