Homeowners are choosing smart locks over electronic locks time and time again—in fact, more than 12 million households have already made the switch. As digital technology advances and homeowners adapt ...

It’s no wonder that smart home technology, specifically that dealing with home security enhancement, is on the rise. Smart ...

Homeowners are choosing smart locks over electronic locks time and time again—in fact, more than 12 million households have already made the switch. As digital technology advances and homeowners adapt ...

Learn More › With the help of clever new technologies, keyless door locks are designed to make everyday life easier and safer. To see for ourselves, we decided to test a few of the best ones on the ...

There hasn't been much new hardware from August since it joined Yale, save for the Connected by August kit, which puts August brains in your lock and connects it to the August app. On Wednesday, ...

Igloohome’s latest revision looks better than ever, but our installation experience was so painful we just can’t recommend it. It’s round three—or, round 2.5, anyway—for Igloohome’s upstart smart ...

Recently I got my hands on the Level Lock, a HomeKit-enabled connected home product that allows you to convert your existing deadbolt into a smart lock. The premise of Level Lock is extremely simple, ...

This smart lock looks better than most, but setup is a headache. Igloohome’s Smart Deadbolt is now on its second iteration, though even after some apparent upgrades, it’s a smart locking system that ...

Traditional mechanical lock vs Smart electronic lock? This is a time when we are abandoning physical mechanical locks and keys, and embracing biometric keys and electronic locks. But the revolution ...

Yale and Emtek, two smart lock companies under the umbrella of the lock conglomerate Assa Abloy, are debuting new smart door locks sporting August’s software. Assa Abloy acquired August back in 2017, ...

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