SwitchBot’s retrofit smart door lock installs in under a minute
by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy from The Verge - All Posts on (#60DNH)
SwitchBot's new smart door lock takes a unique approach to unlocking your door. | Image: SwitchBot SwitchBot, the company that makes tiny robotic fingers to press your switches for you, is branching further into the smart home. The new SwitchBot Lock ($99.99) sticks to your door and turns the thumb turn automatically to lock and unlock it. This is the simplest retrofit smart lock solution I've ever seen. SwitchBot says it can be installed in seconds since there's no need to remove any part of your existing door lock. But it does look a bit odd.
The SwitchBot Lock will be available starting June 20th at Amazon and the SwitchBot store along with two compatible keypads - the SwitchBot KeyPad ($29.99) and the SwitchBot KeyPad Touch with a fingerprint reader ($59.99).
Image: SwitchBot There are two versions of the...