Nuki adds Apple Home Key to its smart lock

Nuki adds pat to unlock capableness to its retrofit fastener via a caller keypad. | Image: Nuki

This week, my top pick for a retrofit astute fastener launched the archetypal Aliro-compatible keypad. The Nuki Keypad 2 NFC ($179) brings tap-to-unlock via Apple's Home Key and Samsung's Digital Home Key to the Nuki astute lock, allowing you to pat your telephone oregon smartwatch to unlock your door, conscionable similar you pat to pay.

Aliro is simply a new astute fastener standard supported by each large platforms and handset manufacturers. It is designed to let immoderate astute fastener to beryllium securely unlocked by immoderate smartphone, careless of manufacturer, without requiring proprietary apps.

An unfastened standard, Aliro stores a integer cardinal successful your phone's wallet that you tin pat to a com …

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