Abstract: The present invention provides a voice activated system for remote monitoring and control of home networked devices. The system includes a vehicle subsystem with a microphone that receives voice commands from an occupant of the vehicle, a computing platform that processes the voice commands into command signals transmitted over a wireless network, and a display that provides a visual interface between the occupant and the vehicle subsystem to display the commands. The system also includes a home subsystem with a server that directly receives the command signals over the wireless network, interprets the command signals, and issues instruction commands to the appropriate networked devices.