Yale announced the successor to its highly rated Assure Lock SL today, unsurprisingly named the Yale Assure Lock 2. The second-generation lock is sleeker, smaller, and “smarter” than its predecessor.

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The new Yale Keypad Touch brings biometric access to August’s retrofit smart locks for the first time — but at a ...

Back in April, Google announced that it would be discontinuing its Nest x Yale Smart Lock. But there wasn’t too much time to be disappointed by this news, as Yale quickly announced that it would be ...

The latest Yale Assure Lock 2 is going to be one of the first smart locks to take the matter of smart-home device unification seriously with... well, Matter. Yale's been making various types of locks ...

The integration adds an “unlock” button from the Ecobee app’s live view. So, you can let visitors in from the same screen where you confirm it’s someone you want coming inside. (Handy!) The Ecobee app ...

Easy to install. Looks great. Fairly quiet. Unlocks automatically when you arrive home (if you set it up). Keypad allows for entry codes and a one-touch lock. Keypad needs a flat surface to stick to ...

The $130 Yale Approach is the company’s first retrofit smart lock. It will start out with Wi-Fi, but a Matter-over-Thread upgrade is promised. The $130 Yale Approach is the company’s first retrofit ...

Smart locks are one of the most convenient smart home upgrades you can buy. But if you don't own your home, you probably can't change the outward-facing locking mechanism. Yale's new Approach lock ...

If you’ve ever struggled to pull out your key from the bottom of your handbag while juggling groceries and kids, worried about how the pet sitter is going to get in while you’re on vacation or rushed ...