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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 ...

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Popular smart home security company Abode is venturing into the smart lock business for the first time. The new Abode Lock features a retrofit design that the company says works with any latch-style ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Never get locked out again with a smart lock you can control from your phone, with your face, or with a ...

After announcing its latest HomeKit smart lock back in January, Kwikset has started taking orders for the contemporary model of its Premis lock. The new Premis Contemporary HomeKit lock is just a new ...

Yale’s new smart lock boasts an outstanding design and supports every third-party smart-home platform under the sun, but Yale’s app still needs some polish. Revamped and redesigned, Yale’s Assure Lock ...

Philips’ entry-level electronic deadbolt lacks any wireless features, but it’s better than the average dumb lock and it doesn’t cost much. Philips makes a vast range of smart home gear, but it only ...

This retrofit lock fixes nearly all the problems we encountered with SwitchBot’s previous smart lock; what’s more, modest but important upgrades make it a serious contender in the space. You can count ...

Slimmed down and further smartened, it's the best one yet. It comes with built-in Wi-Fi, negating the need for the extra August Connect plug-in modules. At $250, the new lock is pricey but it's in the ...