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 ...

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 ...

While a new smart lock may sound inviting, especially if your current lock isn't working right, you may be wondering about the costs. Sometimes hiring a locksmith can get pricey, but you probably have ...

As a mom to six kids in rural Nebraska, it’s been hard for me to accept that the world is changing. Except for a few years in Omaha, I’ve lived in small rural communities almost all my life. It’s ...

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 ...

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 contender in the space. You can count ...

Xiaomi is quietly preparing to launch a new addition to its smart home lineup — and this one might be its most practical yet. The Xiaomi Self-Install Smart Lock has appeared on the company’s global ...