The SwitchBot Lock Ultra costs $140. An adapter kit may be needed for some locks (such as mine) that costs an additional $20.

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As noted in both our Level Bolt and Level Lock – Touch reviews, one of the appealing characteristics of these smart locks is that they look like ordinary and unassuming deadbolts. In fact, the Level ...

Yale’s latest electronic lock won’t connect to your other smart home gear or to your smartphone, but it’s easy to install and manage. It covers the basics in style. Yale’s parade of high-tech locks ...

Resistance to kick-in as sold is how well the lock survived increasingly forceful impacts using the hardware it comes with. The Amazon Basics Traditional Keypad PL10S10 is part of the Door Locks test ...

Extra hardware to set up and a slightly buggy calibration experience left us less than impressed with this retrofit lock. If your smart lock upgrade must be a retrofit that leaves your exterior ...

Danapad’s elegant Danish design and small footprint (35mm x 82mm) provides an out-of-the-box, easy-to-install and secure access solution that requires no permanent alteration to the door or entry area ...

This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a small commission on items purchased through this article, but that does not affect our editorial judgement. SwitchBot’s latest smart lock and ...

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August Home Inc, makers of the August Smart Lock, announced the forthcoming release of three new products as well as a new service at a press event in San Francisco today. The new product lineup ...