How can I manage smart lock battery life? Smart locks use battery power when they're activated, so battery life greatly depends on how many people are opening and closing or locking and unlocking your door throughout the day. You can expect the average smart lock to last at least several ...
Best smart lock for renters If you're on a budget, are renting your home, or don't want to fit a whole new lock, the SwitchBot simply rotates your existing lock's thumb-turn to open the door. It's not elegant, but in our tests we found it cheap and effective. Setup was a piece...
John Carlsen John is a technology journalist specializing in smart home devices, security cameras, and home security systems. He has over a decade of experience researching, testing, and reviewing the latest tech—he was the Smart Home Editor for Top Ten Reviews and wrote for ASecureLife before...
As the year winds down, get the scoop on our favorite smart speakers and displays, thermostats, security cameras, video doorbells, lighting systems, and more.
The Best Smart Home Devices of 2021With smart devices, you can turn off your lights using voice commands, turn up the temperature without getting out of bed, and see who’s at your front door from your smartphone. However, all your smart home devices have to be compatible with each other...
smart home devices by tapping the Google Home icon on the lock screen, which will pull up an overlay of your favorite smart home devices and controls—even check camera feeds on doorbells and Wi-Fi cameras without going to the home screen. (This feature is only available while docked, so...
The best smart locks you can buy to make your front door high-techChristian de Looper
Smart Locks and Home Security Systems August Wi-Fi Smart Lock August's smart locks have been some of our favorites since we reviewed the company’s first model in 2014. TheAugust Wi-Fi Smart Lockis the company’s smallest model to date, and its first to offer embedded Wi-Fi. It also ...
Amazon may have introduced the smart display with the Echo Show, but Google refined the concept with the Nest Hub (formerly the Home Hub) both in terms of its design, and in the way it leverages its voice assistant. Now there's a second-gen model, released in 2021, with a lower price...
Rebecca is the lead safety reporter and in-house expert for SafeWise.com. She has been a journalist and blogger for over 25 years, with a focus on home and community safety for the past decade. Rebecca spends dozens of hours every month poring over crime and safety reports and spotting tr...