Building a true-to-form smart home requires you to have, ya know, a home. However, there are a lot of people who are renters, so there’s a lot that they can not do. Thankfully, Locky is here with the ...

This smart lock boasts a ton of excellent features—including a killer fingerprint reader—but be prepared for a challenging installation. U-tec’s Ultraloq U-Lock Pro is billed as “the ultimate 6-in-1 ...

SwitchBot’s new retrofit lock works well enough, but its appearance will be too brutalist for many homes. SwitchBot has taken a unique approach to the smart lock space: Its first lock wasn’t just a ...

Huawei’s homegrown Harmony OS ecosystem has been further extended by the unveiling of the Huawei Smart Door Lock Pro. The new smart door lock runs on Harmony OS which provides more security features ...

AI-powered vein recognition provides even more security for your home or office. We have seen a handful of interesting smart locks being announced at CES 2025. Well, the TCL Smart Lock D1 Pro is ...

LA Times Studios may earn commission from purchases made through our links. There has never been a shortage of ways to make a front door smarter, but most of them asked homeowners to trade style for ...

Xiaomi has released the Smart Door Lock M20 Pro, an advanced smart lock featuring AI-driven 3D structural light facial recognition for enhanced security and precise identification. The M20 Pro is an ...

If you’re looking to modernize your home's entryway, installing a smart lock or a video doorbell is an excellent place to start. With the Lockin Veno Pro, you get the capabilities of both in a single ...

The Lockly Secure Pro isn’t a new lock, but rather an upgrade to an old one: The original Lockly Secure Pro came out way back in 2019, hence this release’s full (and rather awkward) name: Lockly ...

It appears that smart devices manufacturer August has a problem on its hands with its Smart Lock Pro + Connect, which is an app-enabled lock for residential homeowners. The Smart Lock Pro + Connect ...

For the past decade, I’ve been renting an apartment. For even longer, I’ve been a fan and adopter of smart home tech. That means I’ve been counting down the days until I could finally escape my ...