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Smart locks are an increasingly common sight around neighborhoods. These gadgets bring some modern amenities to your front door, letting you eschew your traditional key to operate your deadbolt with a ...

The newly launched Aqara U400 is the first — and so far only — smart lock with Ultra Wideband Home Key support, and after using it for the past month, I don't think I can go back.

If you’ve ever struggled to pull out your key from the bottom of your handbag while juggling groceries and kids, worried about how the pet sitter is going to get in while you’re on vacation or rushed ...

Home security? We’ve got this on lock. When it comes to your family and your home, there is nothing more important that feeling safe and protected. We won’t scare you, since we all know the dangers of ...

It used to be that to get into your home, you needed a key. If you lost that key, you either had to call a locksmith (or maybe your landlord) or break into your own home. If you happened to be 10-year ...

The Eufy Smart Lock E30 is the company’s first Matter device — and its first smart lock to work with Apple’s smart home platform. The Eufy Smart Lock E30 is the company’s first Matter device — and its ...

The Nuki Smart Lock (4th-gen) is a retrofit lock designed for European-style door locks. The Nuki Smart Lock (4th-gen) is a retrofit lock designed for European-style door locks. After teasing it for ...

Home security has come a long way, from the traditional padlocks to smart home locks. Modern smart locks, such as video doorbells and fingerprint access, have proven more efficient, convenient, and ...

It's security you can control in new ways, right from your phone or voice assistant A smart lock is a connected home device that uses Wi-Fi or Bluetooth to replace traditional keys, letting you lock ...

One huge advantage that you get with smart locks vs. conventional deadbolts is that you never have to carry a physical key. Instead, many smart locks have keypads for PINs and/or electronic keys, ...

Charlotte Pfahl, 68, prefers using an old-school mechanical key to access her New York City apartment. So when her landlord modernized the building and installed a smart lock in 2018, she and several ...