The smart lock market has long overlooked a significant demographic: renters and homeowners unable to modify their existing locks. The first SwitchBot Lock, released in 2022, aimed to fill that gap ...

Aqara’s newest smart lock gets universal tap-to-unlock, but only iPhones and Apple Watches let you skip that step and just ...

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The new flagship Level Lock Pro is hugely upgraded from the original, especially for Apple Home users who want to tap to enter their homes. The first Level Lock Plus shipped in 2022. The 2025 Level ...

This retrofit lock fixes nearly all the problems we encountered with SwitchBot’s previous smart lock; what’s more, modest but important upgrades make it a serious contender in the space. You can count ...

The Eufy Smart Lock E30 is one of the first products in its class to support Matter over Thread, but that feature didn’t work properly in our testing. Fortunately, the rest of this offering is solid.

The newly launched Aqara U400 is the first — and so far only — smart lock with Ultra Wideband Home Key support, and after using it for the past month, I don't think I can go back. I firmly believe ...

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 ...

Yale’s latest Smart Lock no longer bears the “Nest” tag, but Google Home still prefers it over other options. For the first time, it’s supported by just about any smart home ecosystem with Matter, an ...