The Umps
Smart Home

How the Umps Smart Home Works

Umps smart plugs detect when home appliances are used
Each Umps Smart Home comes with 5 Smart Plugs. These Smart Plugs fit between any appliance and the wall to measure when those appliances are used. We recommend putting these on things like the kettle, TV, refrigerator, bedside lamp and microwave.

Umps learns a person’s unique daily routine
We know that everyone is different, so for the first 7 days Umps gets to know the user in Learning Mode. During Learning Mode, the Umps is establishing a user’s individual and unique daily habits which means that alerts are more accurate with fewer false alarms.

Umps detects any unusual activity
After Learning Mode has completed, Umps will raise an alert if a change in routine could indicate the presence of a health issue, for example:
No appliances have been used when they normally would have been (like first thing in the morning!)
- A person has used the bedside lamp 7 times overnight, indicating they haven’t slept well
- A person’s appetite has decreased, and they’ve been opening the refrigerator far less than normal over the previous 7 days.

Insights by SMS or through the Umps App
When Umps generates an insight or alert, it informs Nominated Contacts by SMS or through the Umps App. We can even arrange to check-in with the user first.

What people love about Umps
See what our happy customers have to say!
Invaluable!
“The service that Umps has provided Mum and our family has been invaluable! Mum has several electrical appliances, like the kettle, TV and bedside lamp, which she regularly uses. If she does not use them at her usual time of day, I receive a text from Umps. Mum is happy to know that she has the support of the Umps team!”
Rhonda, Altona, Victoria
Umps has put my mind at ease.
“It’s very reassuring to know that Umps will let someone know if I need help. I am 81 years old and live on my own, and sometimes a couple days will lapse before I have a visitor or a phone call. It’s nice to know that if I need help I will get it. I tell all my friends about it. Umps has put my mind at ease.”
Shirley, 81, Colac, Victoria
It bubbles along.
“I chose to use Umps for my 90-year-old father, who also suffers from Parkinson's disease and lives alone. It addressed a gap in current services like personal alarms. It bubbles along in the background without impacting on someone”
Mariette, Epping, Victoria
Terrific.
"What is so terrific about Umps is that it doesn’t require any participation from its user. She doesn’t have to wear any gadget, make any phone calls or press any sort of alarm button".
Louise, Colac, Victoria
