Smart home gadgets are designed to make life simpler. Forget to lock your front door? All you have to do is remotely log into the companion app on your smartphone and hit a button. That said, while ...

When Jackie Little and Xavier Muniz returned to their New Port Richey, Florida, home after Hurricane Helene, they hit an unexpected roadblock: Their smart lock was waterlogged and wouldn’t open. While ...

Smart locks exist to solve the most common of problems: Forgetting whether you locked the door, losing your keys or needing to let a friend in when you're at work. A smart lock can handle all this and ...

My sister got locked out of her house for the third time in six months last spring. She called from her porch, frustrated and embarrassed, waiting for a locksmith to charge $200 for ten minutes of ...

These top-rated locks from August, Eufy, Kwikset, and Yale are excellent at resisting picking, drilling, and kick-ins. But there are some models to avoid. Consumer Reports uses a cordless drill in ...

Affordable and easy to use, August takes our number one spot for the best smart lock on the market today. Yale Smart home-centric and feature-packed, Yale takes our number two spot. Schlage ...