SwitchBot, which made its bones with a tiny button-pressing smart home robot, loves a niche. Sure, it makes its share of ...

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 ...

Keys are a time-tested means of access, but they won't do you much good if you leave them inside on your way out the door. Today's crop of smart locks think they have a better way. All of them offer ...

The house key is one of those things you often search for when your hands are full. Smart locks promise relief here and aim to make everyday life more convenient–without compromising security. They ...

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, ...

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, ...

In the U.S., a burglary occurs every 18 seconds, and about a third of burglars enter through the front door. It’s no wonder that smart home technology, specifically that dealing with home security ...

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 ...

A new generation of smart locks slated to debut this year will streamline the setup process and could keep down costs, which typically run into the hundreds of dollars. These new smart locks, ...

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 ...

The Alfred DB2S is a standard deadbolt smart lock that can recharge via infrared beams, but the Wi-Charge wireless charging kit won’t be available through retail channels at launch. The Alfred DB2S is ...

Being locked inside by a smart lock failure made me rethink smart home security. Here’s why smart locks still worry me, and ...