Smart Door Lock App Guide

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Mar 11, 2023

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Smart Door Lock App Guide - Your front door lock is an unsung hero, quietly standing guard to keep thieves and rogues at bay. Smart locks are the superheroes of the species, with special powers that make life more convenient (and a little more fun). Most smart locks come in one of two styles: a deadbolt replacement or a deadbolt adapter (which replaces the thumb turn with a motorized one).

One huge advantage that you get with smart locks vs. conventional deadbolts is that you never have to carry a physical key.

Instead, many smart locks have keypads for PINs and/or electronic keys, where the “key” lives in an app on your smartphone and communicates with your lock wirelessly. With both methods, you can create, revoke, delete, and limit them to certain time periods with a few swipes on your smartphone. There are even some models with built-in fingerprint scanners, allowing you to unlock your door the same way you unlock your smartphone, with the tap of a finger.

“Smart locks can add an invaluable level of peace of mind,” says Misha Kollontai, CR’s test engineer for door locks. “Depending on the model, you can view the status of your lock from anywhere and track who opens your door and when.”

Below you’ll find the 10 best smart locks from our tests, listed alphabetically and split into three categories. You’ll find models from August, Bosma, Eufy, Kwikset, Wyze, and Yale.

Four of our picks are retrofit smart locks, which only replace the part of the lock that’s on the interior side of your door. Because the exterior part of your deadbolt will remain, you can still use your physical keys but also lock and unlock the door from a smartphone app. Another two picks are Bluetooth-only smart locks, meaning they don’t come with a WiFi adapter (one model offers an adapter sold separately), so you can’t control and monitor the lock when you’re away from home. The remaining picks are WiFi-capable smart locks, which connect directly to WiFi, or through a WiFi adapter or smart home hub.

To evaluate both smart and conventional locks, CR engineers conduct kick-in tests using a custom-built jig that swings a 100-pound steel battering ram against a locked door. They repeat the test eight times, with the ram raised to increasing heights or until the lock fails. The models that fail—at least half do—go through another round, this time with a reinforced box strike plate (a basic DIY upgrade that improves security) installed on a new lock sample.

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