Alarm.com says I need to change from SMS to Push notifications

[Ladd]

Turned off my alarm system today and received a message from Alarm.com saying that because of upcoming changes to AT&T’s SMS system, I would need to change my settings from SMS to Push.

Can’t say I’ve heard of anything along these lines and am curious as to what’s up with this and how much truth there is in it.

[jwcsurety (Jason)]

AT&T ended support for their email to SMS gateway. The notice you saw would be related to that. See the link below for additional details:

AT&T Text Messaging Notification Support Sunset

In response to changes implemented by AT&T, support for text message delivery of notifications from Alarm.com will be discontinued for most notifications sent to AT&T mobile devices after August 15, 2025. To ensure those using AT&T mobile devices continue receiving notifications about your Alarm.com system activity, Alarm.com will be taking the following actions: Expanding SMS-to-Push Notification migration tools, targeting accounts with AT&T contacts. Removal of AT&T SMS as a selectable notif…