Here’s how it works. The best smart locks provide a lot more than just convenience. With remote control and monitoring over your door, you'll know if someone enters your home or be able to let ...

Thick, high-voltage wires (called hardwiring) carry power to the main controller. Secondary components, including door locks, communicate through finer CAN (controller area network) wires. Some ...

There are many ways to lock a door. You could use a keypad, an RFID card, a fingerprint or retina scan, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, the list goes on. You could even use a regular old metal key. But none of ...