Unlock with a smartphone app:If you’ve installed a companion smartphone app when setting up your smart lock, you’ll get a bevy of additional features. One such feature is the ability to open your door remotely using your smartphone app. Conversely, you can use the app to ensure your doo...
and none of these mishaps could compare with an outage locking you out of your own home. To allay this fear, some smart lock makers are augmenting their wireless-only entry with optional keypads. August is adding a two-column keypad strip, for instance, and Danalock will soon start selling...
Home automation is also finding its way into some of the latestsmart security systems. TheAbode Home Security Starter Kitis a DIY home security system that offers a choice of self or professional monitoring and contains numerous radios including Wi-Fi, Z-Wave, and Zigbee. It also has a cellu...
If you’ve been following us onFacebookandTwitter, you know Kwikset was exhibiting at the International CES 2015 at the beginning of January. For those of you who were not lucky enough to score a ticket, allow us to give you our recap of the show. 2015 is the year of the smart home...
What is Z-Wave Hub: A wireless communication protocol for smart home devices, offering seamless connectivity and automation, making homes smarter.
cameras connect to Wi-Fi or cellular networksstore footage on the cloud indoor or outdoor cameras. The main difference is construction:Outdoor camerasneed to survive the elements, which usually means they are bulkier and made from tougher materials like metal. Indoor cameras can be smaller and ...
Worried that all these disparate brands will turn your control automation wonderland into a lawless Thunderdome? That the GE lighting dimmers you picked up at Lowe’s won’t be compatible with your Kwikset doorlock, randomly locking and unlocking the door as you turn lights on? Or that your ...
Z-Wave-certified products are available from brands including ADT, GE, Honeywell, Kwikset, Schlage and SmartThings. Z-Wave security Early on, Z-Wave had a bad security reputation. While it offered AES encryption, there were a number of security incidents involving Z-Wave largely due to implemen...
Kwikset’s new Matter-enabled smart lock is now available This premium smart lock is small, stylish, and among the fastest on the market Eufy’s new smart lock is the company’s first with Matter support The Yale Code is a unique alternative to traditional smart locks ...