The smart home product manufacturer Xthings has announced that its latest Ultraloq Bolt Z-Wave smart lock has achieved Z-Wave Plus V2 certification. We’ve long appreciated the Ultraloq series for its ...

Wyze's Lock Bolt smart lock does nearly everything you want it to -- for a better price than most competing products. Wyze’s forum report on the latest breach includes an update from February 19, 2024 ...

We’ve called the Wyze Lock Bolt one of the very best values in smart locks, but there was a catch: The Lock Bolt could only be locked or unlocked when you were within Bluetooth range of your door.

We were fans of Wyze’s original smart deadbolt from 2022—heck we even gave it an Editors’ Choice award—but it arrived with a key drawback: it only supported Bluetooth, not Wi-Fi or any other wireless ...

In our search for big-box convenience, we tend to forget that locksmiths once not only copied keys but also created complex locks and other intricate mechanisms from scratch. [my mechanics] hasn’t ...

Traditional locks work, but smart locks add fingerprint access, PIN codes, app control and real-time alerts for extra convenience and security. If you've been planning to upgrade your home's main door ...