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 ...

It used to be that to get into your home, you needed a key. If you lost that key, you either had to call a locksmith (or maybe your landlord) or break into your own home. If you happened to be 10-year ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Most smart locks on the market require you to replace your lock entirely. That’s not usually all that hard, but presents two issues. First, what if ...

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 ...