Remove the deadbolt lock. Use a screwdriver to take out the screws on the inside of the door. Check your user manual for the required dimensions, and if necessary, use a hole saw to cut the ...

For the past decade, I’ve been renting an apartment. For even longer, I’ve been a fan and adopter of smart home tech. That means I’ve been counting down the days until I could finally escape my ...

LA Times Studios may earn commission from purchases made through our links. There has never been a shortage of ways to make a front door smarter, but most of them asked homeowners to trade style for ...

How often do you find yourself stranded outside your own home, searching frantically for keys in your pockets? Or maybe you have to grudgingly go all the way back to the parking lot every time you ...

Smart door locks are not exactly new, but Xiaomi’s latest takes a refreshingly practical approach. The Xiaomi Self-Install Smart Lock is rolling out in more regions across the globe, bringing easy ...

This retrofit lock fixes nearly all the problems we encountered with SwitchBot’s previous smart lock; what’s more, modest but important upgrades make it a serious ...