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I can't start this review without admitting that it's a peculiar period in time to review a smart lock. I haven't left the house in nearly two months except for my daily walk around the neighborhood.

The Internet of Things may be the Wild West right now, but if Apple has its way, HomeKit-enabled devices like August's new Smart Lock 2nd generation will tame the confusion. It promises to act as your ...

Four months ago, we called the August Smart Lock superb. I knew that sooner or later, I’d invite one into my home. I got my chance a few weeks ago with the August Connect dongle, a $50 add-on that ...

Smart locks come in all shapes and sizes. Some models have their own deadbolt hardware, while others, like the second-generation Apple HomeKit-enabled August Smart Lock, retrofit to a wide variety of ...

August adds Wi-Fi while shrinking the overall size of its hardware Considerably, making this a better retrofit option than ever. For years, market leader August has relied on a two-product solution to ...

August didn’t invent the Smart Lock category, but it might as well have. The company was among the first to take technologies that most people knew nothing about, and simplify them while also wrapping ...

When hardware startup August first let the world know about its so-called smart lock back in May 2013, the company thought it was only a few months away from having the product ready to ship. And in ...

NEW YORK — Most of us freak when we leave home without our phones, wallets or keys. Of course, you've probably heard about all the efforts to fold a digital wallet into your smartphone. And you might ...

Forget key chains: A new device and app let you open doors with your smartphone. RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif., May 30, 2013 — -- Our smartphone can control our house thermostat, our light bulbs ...

Editor's Note: In August 2020, PCMag and Bitdefender released a report alleging that August and Yale Android apps when working with Connect modules were vulnerable to a hack during setup mode that ...