Wyze’s latest product is something of a departure for the smart home company. The Wyze Lock Bolt is a smart lock that ditches cloud connectivity in favor of local control over Bluetooth. A rectangular ...

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If you’re on the fence about securing your home against intruders, here are some numbers from the FBI Crime Data Explorer that might push you onto the “guess I better do it” side. Over a two-year ...

My wife puts up with a lot from me. “What’s in the box?” she’ll ask when yet another package arrives. “A new deadbolt for the front door. I’m reviewing it,” I answer. “Of course you are,” she says. “I ...

Level is one of the newer players in the smart lock space, but with a design pedigree that includes a lot of former Apple employees. The company is already attracting a lot of praise for its ...

The most common tactic is kicking in the door. Consumer Reports just tested 19 dead-bolt locks and can tell you which ones will protect you and which ones won't! In addition to conducting a kick-in ...

Smart home locks are everywhere these days, but a new device called the Ultraloq U-Bolt Pro has a unique and promising hook — it unlocks when you shake your smartphone in a specific way. We’re not ...

Breakthrough One-Key Lock Technology (BOLT) announced that it’s now the only lock used in handle assemblies on all Royal Truck Body models. The work truck body manufacturer has made BOLT standard ...

Maintaining a truly smart home takes more than simply connecting to a digital assistant and a voice-activated speaker. Smart locks—or smart deadbolts, more accurately—streamline your daily routine and ...

We have a knack for losing padlock keys. Oftentimes, we need to unlock a padlock and the key is AWOL. We have no idea where the key went, but we’re guessing that it’s partying with all our missing ...