As you're going to fully renovate your home, and if it should be the case you're not fully happy with HomeKit... Have you considered a step up with, say, Indigo Domotics running on a Mac Mini?
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CES 2022: Schlage Introduces Encode Plus Deadbolt With Support for Apple's Home Key Feature
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As you're going to fully renovate your home, and if it should be the case you're not fully happy with HomeKit... Have you considered a step up with, say, Indigo Domotics running on a Mac Mini?
Article mentions this lock is the first in North America to support Home Key, so I'm guessing they're probably it for now.
Same here. I really like the SmartKey feature for the simple rekeying.Unfortunately, I have Kwikset locks.
No, but I wouldn’t be surprised if someone else announces one during CES. I’m hoping Kwikset announces one soon so I can rekey it to match all the other locks I already have and replace my annoyingly slow Kēvo lock from them
Siri has been noticeably slower under iOS 15, in my experience. What used to be instant now results in the "working on it" animation. Very bizarre. I wonder how widespread that is, and if Apple is aware of it?
I want a commercial version of a lock for my store. Needs to be narrower to fit on the metal upright of the glass door.
I use rechargeable AA’s and I’ve had to recharge them twice in 6 years. I mainly enter and exit my home through my garage though. The front door is mainly used for collecting deliveries and the occasional visitor.
According to The Verge, the new lock will be Thread-powered
Schlage’s latest smart door lock works with Apple’s home key
Now you can tap to unlock your front door with your iPhone.
www.theverge.com
These smart locks always remind me of Ubik by Philip K Dick...
“The door refused to open. It said, “Five cents, please.”
He searched his pockets. No more coins; nothing. “I’ll pay you tomorrow,” he told the door. Again he tried the knob. Again it remained locked tight. “What I pay you,” he informed it, “is in the nature of a gratuity; I don’t have to pay you.”
“I think otherwise,” the door said. “Look in the purchase contract you signed when you bought this conapt.”
In his desk drawer he found the contract; since signing it he had found it necessary to refer to the document many times. Sure enough; payment to his door for opening and shutting constituted a mandatory fee. Not a tip.
“You discover I’m right,” the door said. It sounded smug.
From the drawer beside the sink Joe Chip got a stainless steel knife; with it he began systematically to unscrew the bolt assembly of his apt’s money-gulping door.
“I’ll sue you,” the door said as the first screw fell out.
Joe Chip said, “I’ve never been sued by a door. But I guess I can live through it.”
“The door refused to open. It said, “Five cents, please.”
He searched his pockets. No more coins; nothing. “I’ll pay you tomorrow,” he told the door. Again he tried the knob. Again it remained locked tight. “What I pay you,” he informed it, “is in the nature of a gratuity; I don’t have to pay you.”
“I think otherwise,” the door said. “Look in the purchase contract you signed when you bought this conapt.”
In his desk drawer he found the contract; since signing it he had found it necessary to refer to the document many times. Sure enough; payment to his door for opening and shutting constituted a mandatory fee. Not a tip.
“You discover I’m right,” the door said. It sounded smug.
From the drawer beside the sink Joe Chip got a stainless steel knife; with it he began systematically to unscrew the bolt assembly of his apt’s money-gulping door.
“I’ll sue you,” the door said as the first screw fell out.
Joe Chip said, “I’ve never been sued by a door. But I guess I can live through it.”
It does have Thread....
Schlage’s latest smart door lock works with Apple’s home key
Now you can tap to unlock your front door with your iPhone.
www.theverge.com
I don't think that's the problem (UWB was added to CarKey after the initial release through a software update).
the problem is the hardware compatibility: in the current iPhone line-up only the SE lacks of the UWB chip (and they will probabily release a new SE in the next months) and it's starting to appear on the Apple Watches, but I don't think homeKit door locks will be so fast to catch up.
Nice, I didn't catch that the first time. thanks!According to The Verge, the new lock will be Thread-powered
Schlage’s latest smart door lock works with Apple’s home key
Now you can tap to unlock your front door with your iPhone.
I wish the current Yale/August locks were upgradeable to this. At $300 per lock, it is not easy to justify an upgrade.
I'll look into it. This is a full gut of the house (we did the same thing about 6 years ago to another place) and so we have the full Unify Get-up, Cat 6 to every room, whole home audio and HomeKit everything. Since our home has HomePods and AppleTVs and good WiFi, we've had zero issues with HomeKit that other people do. It all just works. I don't really want to maintain a new system so I'll give Domotics a look but will probably just keep it simple. The only thing I'd change for our next home is skip Hue bulbs and go Lutron for everything.
You have defective equipment. I have no issues unlocking my door with Siri. And it happens very quickly. Have you reset your phone and lock? Give it a try.
The MR article only talks about NFC and Wi-Fi, but there’s a quote from Schlage in the article of The Verge that also states it will be Matter-compatible: "The Thread radio supports HomeKit over Thread specifically, says Beene, and is Schlage’s first Thread-enabled product. The company is closely watching the developing Matter smart home standard, too. “The hardware is here for Matter,” he says."
@JustSomebody12
Assa Abloy (Yale, August) already announced that they're working on UWB locks, which would allow you to keep your phone in your pocket to unlock. So you might want to wait for their products. Also Schlage locks are extremely loud, or at least the original Encode was.
Assa Abloy (Yale, August) already announced that they're working on UWB locks, which would allow you to keep your phone in your pocket to unlock. So you might want to wait for their products. Also Schlage locks are extremely loud, or at least the original Encode was.
Sounds good. Two years ago we did something similar building a house and I wired up every room for ethernet and coax. So easy before the sheetrock goes up! Also went with Unifi router, switches and APs - they've been rock solid and couldn't be more pleased. A few years prior to that at our previous house I went with Indigo and a Mac Mini controlling motion sensors, dimmers/switches/outlets/remote switches/etc via Z-Wave. So... I went went with that in our new place. I like the programability/flexibility and robustness with Indigo. There's a ton of reasonably priced Z-Wave and Z-Wave Plus devices out there and they just work. The dedicated Mac Mini controlling everything has been working flawlessly 24/7, too.
Worth a look!
It looks good otherwise, but this is not something we want replace every five years. Our current deadbolts are probably 55 years old and they still work. And we have three of them. We got them keyed alike when we bought ten years ago and nothing since.
We'll wait.
Looks very nice! I've been very excited for HomeKey support to arrive.
When they say tap to unlock. they really mean just get your phone REALLY close to the lock correct?
I have 4 schlages (homekit version) will upgrade a least a couple of them. That watch unlock will be super helpful.
I have a August smart lock and I regret the purchase. It's probably faster to take out my keys and unlock it manually than it is to ask siri to unlock the front door. The best case scenarios are that you either get connected to your wifi strong enough to get you in fast and easy, or you disconnect from wifi and open the door. Otherwise, if you're in limbo between wifi and cellular, it'll take a while, sometimes even a second try.
Sharing access requires the other user have the application downloaded and an account created too. Absolute trash. Was hoping for just having Homekit access be the key.
I hope this smart lock is a lot better!
Sharing access requires the other user have the application downloaded and an account created too. Absolute trash. Was hoping for just having Homekit access be the key.
I hope this smart lock is a lot better!