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Do Level locks or the Level Keypad work with Apple Home Key?

March 26, 2022 by Kevin C. Tofel 2 Comments

On our most recent IoT Podcast, Billy called in with a HomeKit question. He has a Level Bolt lock and is interested in the recently released Level Keypad. Billy wants to know if the Level Keypad might be able to use Apple’s Home Key technology that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: Apple, Aqara, bluetooth, Home Key, homekit, Level Lock, NFC, Schlage, smart home, smart locks

Can you make your own devices that work with Amazon Sidewalk?

July 10, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, Chris called in asking about Amazon's Sidewalk network. He wants to know if he can make his own devices that work with Sidewalk now. Since this low-range, wide-area network only went live last month, it's a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: 900 MHz, Amazon, Amazon Echo, Amazon Sidewalk, bluetooth, Level Lock, LoRaWAN, Tile

Don’t buy a smart lock any time soon

June 16, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel 17 Comments

Nest x Yale lock

Earlier this week, Level introduced a new, less-expensive smart lock. It’s smaller and, at $249, cheaper than the current $329 Level Lock Touch Edition. Level removed the touch and keycard functionality to reduce the cost and price on this new model. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Apple, bluetooth, Bluetooth LE, CSA, homekit, Level, Level Lock, Matter, NFC, smart home, smart locks, Thread

Podcast: Ring wins big with Lennar

February 4, 2021 by Stacey Higginbotham 1 Comment

This week's show kicks off with news from Lennar about its new smart home offering with Ring, and a discussion on what it means that Ring now has more than 2,000 police and fire departments as partners. After that, we discuss what we learned from the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: Abode, Apple, Flo, google, lennar, Level Lock, Resideo, Ring, Techmeme, Teracode, Tesla, Wink

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