Leaving a spare key under the doormat or on top of a doorframe is never a good idea. A dedicated lock box for your spare keys allows you to provide entry to others when you’re not around—like dog ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Home Key makes Level Home’s latest ‘invisible’ smart lock even more compelling for Apple users. And once it’s ...

Smart locks that supplement or replace your front door deadbolt do much more than lock and unlock your door without a key. Most smart locks (and all of the locks on our top picks list) let you receive ...

The U400 ($269.99) is the first to support Apple’s Home Key’s hands-free unlocking. This uses the U1 ultra-wideband (UWB) ...

Most of us at one time or another has lost our keys and know the stress that it causes. Compounding things is the cost that comes with calling out a locksmith to replace all the locks on the windows ...

After using the Level Lock+ with Home Key support for a few months, I can honestly say that Home Key is now table stakes for all smart locks. It’s no longer enough to just support HomeKit. HomeKit is ...

Smart lock startup Level has a new version of its lock available, and this one includes Apple Home Key out of the box. The new Level Lock+ is almost identical to its predecessor, the Level Lock Touch, ...

Many of the deadbolt locks tested by Consumer Reports lack the level of protection you might want or expect. In our labs, a few well-placed kicks or a couple of minutes under assault from a cordless ...

There are going to be people who see that there is no key and move on. For everyone else, the SmartX version of the Abus Bordo 6500 takes a Sold Secure Gold lock and tacks on Bluetooth keyless opening ...

Figure 1: Fabrication of lock particles. Figure 3: Selectivity of the lock–key reversible binding. We also prepared two suspensions containing the same polydisperse distribution of lock particles.