August Smart Lock works with Siri

Read the CNET Editors Take - cnet.co/1MBXERu
The new August Smart Lock has Home Kit integration and lets you lock or unlock with Siri voice commands. There is also a new keypad and a doorbell camera so you can securely let visitors into your home, even when you're not there.

[@mulemule]

To all the Smug Luddites (that troll every smart lock thread) asserting, "Can't wait 'til homes get hacked ... !"
Your home is already readily "hackable" using an easy bump-key technique, rock through the sliding glass doors or well-placed kick or shoulder against a cheap deadbolt or poorly made door-jamb.
August lock is not a *substitute* for a good deadbolt, reinforced strike plates, strong door jambs and basic home security system; it's meant as a *supplement* to all of the above with added features of information, control and convenience:
When I enter the elevator to my building with a handful of groceries, my door is automatically unlocked before I get to the door ... After I leave my home, the "Everlock" feature automatically locks the door behind me--whether I have my phone with me or not ... When I'm at work or running late getting home, I can open the lock for waiting friends and family (or the cable guy) simply by using my phone's August App and a WiFi connection--plus, it tells me who and when they activated the door ... and whether they closed and locked it upon leaving. Can your house key do that?
Speaking of phones: the rhetorical question, "so if you lost your phone, then you lost your house?" is as simplistic as asking, "so, if you lost your key then you lost your house?" August doesn't replace my house key; it simply adds access functionality to a device I'm already taking with me when I leave home: my phone. (The difference being that I've lost or misplaced my keys far more times than my cell phone.)

[@justaskdad]

I'll wait for September.

[@taloto07]

do a review on Goji smart lock.

[@doraai1447]

amazing!

[@KrzysztofBob]

So I presume this is battery powered. How do I charge it? What if the battery runs out?

[@bhamid8271]

Hey Rye.. isnt this ur segment?

[@willmorris8707]

The September lock is now compatible with cortana

[@TheComputerPerson17]

wow

[@TequilaMockingbird88]

A doorbell camera is bound to be featured on an episode of Law and Order if something similar hasn't already been used to identify a perp..

[@SalamVivek123]

what if the iphone is hacked like stagefright did on android phones? Anybody can enter the house that use august products?

[@mytube2013]

I will not let my door open when somebody ask siri, open the door.

[@nicholaslandolina]

There should be a door bell where the red area of the keypad is

[@michaelvicente1710]

Cant august smart lock be install in double door?

[@DCSVisuals]

you will always have anchor points on one of the double doors, usually a lock that enters the ceiling, and another that enters the floor, this squares the other door up and it acts more like a wall, so yes as long as you have a deadbolt system on the doors this will work.

[@abdulazizhawsah9884]

is it safe ???N

[@videoupload987]

Too expensive.

[@Rajin2918]

so if you lost your phone, then you lost your house?

[@Bob-qx5lr]

+Daniel Kim Time for a new app : Find my House

[@clyde6122]

+Bob Baxendell By. Pineapple

[@domesp4943]

No because it will ask you for your password or fingerprint if it is accessed through Notification Center in the lock screen and if you don't have a password enable then I'm sorry for your house

[@tulleycollopy7256]

No. If you get the keypad and set your own passcode, it will work and if you don't have that, I hope you have your traditional house key hidden somewhere outside or with you.

[@wrmoose6542]

yeah lol.

[@kevmack101]

what about android

[@spindavidspin]

+KevMack Olson - looks like yes, for some of the Android phones: support.august.com/customer/portal/articles/2156680-phone-compatibility-?b_id=10917

[@A.Dude.]

I have ONE very SIMPLE question: Why would anyone attach $500 worth of gear to a lock which can be picked in TWO seconds? BTW, ALL key operated locks can be picked in under 5 seconds :)... I would rather look into a key-less door lock; just my two cents...

[@jakeakablack]

that doorbell is ug

[@kingpeter995]

ASOME lock

[@keeloraz9452]

10 years later apple is gonna come up with ikey. Basically a metal device to lock (and unlock) - Selling points ? more secure, better than those pesky voice commands which dont work, carry around anywhere. Accessories: iKeyChain $75

[@benparkinson8314]

Apple please let me in my home

[@thelukejp]

Really iOS 8 CNET. Lol

[@davidbeiler6364]

what if someone hacks my wifi password

[@CostaApostolou]

David Beiler nothing.... uses Bluetooth...

[@rtardbox]

for that price you can get an in-door lock system and not this "add it to any door - maybe" hinkey, bullshit solution

[@petterv6604]

+David Beecroft lol peasant

[@petterv6604]

not the 40 year old man talking about things he don't know shit about

[@dbend2001]

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat $199~!!!

[@StarzzLAB]

Well, what if your iphone died?

[@petterv6604]

+StarzzLAB it still has a keypad

[@HomegrownTyrone]

+StarzzLAB and you can still use your keys.

[@videogamekings97]

What if key pad died? Still wireless

[@HomegrownTyrone]

I believe the lock will give you a notification when the battery is about to die, not sure if the key pad will though.

[@Ed.E]

early

[@haitian35]

HARRY POTTER FANS
SHORTCUT
ALAMAHORA

[@MrTechGamer2000]

Disliked for lexy! Please fire her

[@thelukejp]

Really iOS 8 CNET. Lol