August’s new HomeKit-compatible Wi-Fi Smart Lock is now available for purchase. Here is what you need to know about this.

Our homes are getting ever smarter and but they’re often protected by keys that have been around for far too long.

A partnership between Yale and August, both now owned by the same Swedish lock manufacturer Assa Abloy, has resulted in a new line of keypad smart locks being announced.

Friday Labs is continuing to assist the rise of the home automation revolution with the introduction of a new HomeKit-compatible WiFi-enabled smart lock. The company claims that the new Friday Lock is “the world smallest smart lock”, with the hardware also looking to try and solve a number of the criticisms which have been cast onto smart lock hardware in the past.

August Smart Lock Mortise Kit has been announced at CES 2017, bringing in support and compatibility for mortise style locks to company’s existing HomeKit-compatible Smart Lock.

A new firmware upgrade is now rolling out for August’s HomeKit-enabled Smart Lock, which brings full support for Apple’s Home app and Control Center in iOS 10, making the lock much more useful and user-friendly for those who use one.

History has shown us time and time again that the companies who often provide the best products and solutions are the ones that have experience within the field and industry that they are trying to penetrate. Of course, this isn’t always the case, but it definitely does help to have an intricate knowledge of the industry your product is going to be launched in. The OpenWays Group, a company specializing in providing smartphone based door locks to hotels, has extended its range of locking solutions by introducing the OKIDOKEYS, a new smart lock spin off that it hopes will capture a significant portion of the consumer section of the industry.