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I finally tried out the Smart Lock Pro from August Home, and I fully admit that before opening the box, I thought it was going to be a complicated installation. I was wrong. The August website said it ...

One of the best peace-of-mind smart home devices is a smart door lock. These DIY devices can be installed in just minutes and offer some incredible surveillance features for you and yours. They’re ...

Affordable and easy to use, August takes our number one spot for the best smart lock on the market today. Yale Smart home-centric and feature-packed, Yale takes our number two spot. Schlage ...

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 ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The new Yale Keypad Touch brings biometric access to August’s retrofit smart locks for the first time — but at a ...

I’ve been using Abode as my security system for over four years at this point. Even when I built a new house in 2022, I decided to choose Abode once again despite being able to pick from anything. It ...

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The TCL D2 Pro is a futuristic take on the smart lock that feels leap years ahead in technology as it ditches the fingerprint scanner we’ve seen in recent years, for palm vein recognition that scans ...

The Aqara Smart Lock U300 isn’t a deadbolt but rather a lever lock. This opens the door for a different use case than the usual, but some quirks and bugs prevent us from giving it an enthusiastic ...