There are many reasons not to buy a smart lock, but high on the list is the risk of getting remotely locked out of your shit. For hundreds of customers using Lockstate’s smart locks, that potentiality ...

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Leaving a key for your Airbnb guest will soon be a practice of the past, as long as you have an August smart lock installed. On Tuesday, June 26, the smart home company announced additional features ...

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Update, June 27th: An Airbnb representative reached out to CNET, stating that Airbnb did not collaborate with August on this new integration. "We didn't announce this ...

Yale smart locks were already a great choice for Airbnb hosts, as they allow users to create and manually share temporary codes with guests. The Yale Assure Lock 2, Yale Approach, and August Wi-Fi ...

Smart-lock manufacturer Lockstate has egg all over its face after bricking its own customers' locks and making them inoperable. The company has previously partnered with Airbnb to make its locks ...

On Tuesday, August 8, smart locks manufacturer LockState botched an over-the-air firmware update for its WiFi enabled smart locks, causing the devices to lose connectivity to the vendor's servers and ...