We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. This past March, Google announced that a new Yale-made lock was inbound, with availability now kicking off.

Google acquired Nest in 2014 for a whopping $3.4 billion but seems increasingly uninterested in making smart home hardware. The company has just announced two of its home gadgets will be discontinued, ...

Yale’s latest Smart Lock no longer bears the “Nest” tag, but Google Home still prefers it over other options. For the first time, it’s supported by just about any smart home ecosystem with Matter, an ...

The Matter standard gives the new lock compatibility with platforms like Apple Home and Alexa, but the real value lies in its connections to the Nest Doorbell. Not only does the new oval design look a ...

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Desloc has launched three new smart locks for CES 2026. The first, the Desloc K140 Plus, has a solar panel to keep its ...

Strings within the Google Home app suggest that new functionality related to passcodes is coming to the app. While this could be for future hardware releases, there’s a chance that this is existing ...

Aliro, the smart lock standard expected to be released in 2026, will let us open doors just by tapping our smart phones and ...