{"id":829,"date":"2017-01-23T23:31:02","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T23:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesmartcave.com\/?p=829"},"modified":"2023-02-09T21:58:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T21:58:17","slug":"homekit-enabled-august-smart-lock-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesmartcave.com\/homekit-enabled-august-smart-lock-review\/","title":{"rendered":"August Smart Lock Review: Is It Reliable Enough To Ditch Your Keys?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Homekit enabled August smart lock allows you to use an app to lock and unlock your door. You can even setup options that will automatically lock and unlock your door as you come and go. If you go for full smart home integration, you will also be able to coordinate other smart home actions with the locking and unlocking of your August smart lock.
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Imagine the following scenario: It’s dark and you just got home. You’re carrying a full load of groceries (or kids or beer or whatever you tend to carry around at night). As you approach your door, instead of fumbling for your keys, you hear your deadbolt automatically sliding open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, you hear the reassuring chime of the August smart lock from the other side of the door confirming the door has been unlocked. Simultaneously, the lights in the house come on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, instead of blindly reaching for the light switch, you walk right in. You don’t trip over some misplaced shoes and you don’t drop the milk or break the eggs. The groceries (or kids or beer) get safely delivered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a moment, you start to make yourself comfortable and you hear the deadbolt automatically lock behind you. The August sounds off another chime which signals the door has been secured. Mission complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alright! I hope that wasn’t too melodramatic. The imagined scene above has actually been my recent reality. I spent the last two weeks with the August smart lock installed on my door. I locked and unlocked my door wirelessly over a hundred times with it. I left the house and returned over 30 times to test its automatic locking and unlocking features. I installed it, uninstalled it, then installed it again. I put it through the wringer so I could write this review for you.

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