Smart home gadgets are designed to make life simpler. Forget to lock your front door? All you have to do is remotely log into the companion app on your smartphone and hit a button. That said, while ...

When Jackie Little and Xavier Muniz returned to their New Port Richey, Florida, home after Hurricane Helene, they hit an unexpected roadblock: Their smart lock was waterlogged and wouldn’t open. While ...

S. households have embraced smart locks, trusting these sleek devices to protect what matters most. Yet here's something most ...

A unified smart lock standard backed by Apple, Samsung, and Google eliminates the need for an app and lets you unlock your door without taking your phone out of your pocket.

My sister got locked out of her house for the third time in six months last spring. She called from her porch, frustrated and embarrassed, waiting for a locksmith to charge $200 for ten minutes of ...

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