These locks, lights, and other smart home upgrades let you add automation without messing up your home’s vibe.

A smart lock is a connected home device that uses Wi-Fi or Bluetooth to replace traditional keys, letting you lock or unlock your door with a tap on your phone or a quick voice command. Many models ...

The Aqara U400 is the first HomeKit lock with UWB support, unlocking automatically as you approach your door. Here's my full review.

Maintaining a truly smart home takes more than simply connecting to a digital assistant and a voice-activated speaker. Smart locks—or smart deadbolts, more accurately—streamline your daily routine and ...

Upgrading your traditional lock to a smart lock is a great way to bring futuristic security to your front door. These gadgets allow you to interact with your lock using a password, fingerprint, ...

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 ...

The true definition of set it and forget it.

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While it has plenty of compelling features, Aqara’s latest retorfit smart lock is a few firmware updates short of being ready for for prime time. Aqara’s smart lock enters its second generation with ...

I never thought smart home tech was for me. Maybe that’s because my introduction to it was largely centered around my friends incessantly yelling “Hey Google!” whenever they wanted a light turned on ...

This simpler and less expensive version of Lockin’s flagship smart lock drops the integrated camera—mostly for the best. Lockin was a pioneer with the palm vein scanning feature on its Veno Pro Palm ...

Smart locks offer a lot of advantages, including convenience and access monitoring, but they also have drawbacks. Here's how ...