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Aliro was designed by the Connectivity Standards Alliance, which includes Apple, and the Aliro 1.0 specification was released astatine the extremity of February. Nuki has 1 of the archetypal Aliro-supported devices, and the Keypad 2 NFC allows a paired Nuki astute fastener to beryllium unlocked with Apple Home Key.
To usage the Home Key functionality, you request the Nuki Smart Lock and the caller Keypad 2 NFC, and I was capable to trial the setup anterior to launch. The Nuki Smart Lock has Matter integration truthful it works with HomeKit and tin beryllium added to Apple Home without the keypad, but the Keypad 2 NFC adds Home Key for automatic unlocking with a integer cardinal stored successful the Apple Wallet app.
The Nuki Smart Lock has a clever design. It's meant to enactment with a modular deadbolt, and it uses the model of the existing lock. I had a astute fastener already, truthful I needed to instal a regular deadbolt to trial the Nuki. It's not a astute fastener to astute fastener upgrade, but it's a bully hassle-free fastener for adding integer unlocking to a fastener you already have.
Nuki's Smart Lock reminds maine of a doorknob, due to the fact that it's a akin size and shape, positive you crook it similar a doorknob to unlock the door. You support your modular deadbolt outside, and the Nuki fastener mechanics is connected the inside. It's smaller than locks from immoderate competing companies, and there's nary large container connected the door. I similar the plan due to the fact that it looks similar a mean fastener connected the exterior, and it's minimally distracting connected the inside. I precocious swapped each of my bulkier astute locks with the minimal Level Locks due to the fact that I got bushed of looking astatine boxes, and portion Nuki's fastener adds a small much bulk to a doorway than a Level Lock, it's not atrocious astatine all.
The lone Nuki fastener downside is the charging method. It uses a proprietary cablegram that attaches magnetically to the lock, and it seems casual to misplace. I adjacent similar Nuki's unlocking method to different astute locks, due to the fact that I conscionable crook the handle.
The Smart Lock has been astir for a while, but the Keypad 2 NFC that adds Home Key is new. On its own, the Nuki Lock supports ‌HomeKit‌, but not Home Key. The Keypad is simply a candy bar-shaped instrumentality that attaches to the extracurricular of your doorway with adhesive. It has a touchpad that you tin usage to participate a code, positive a fingerprint sensor. It tin beryllium opened with NFC utilizing Home Key, the code, oregon the fingerprint sensor, truthful it adds aggregate entree methods to the Nuki Smart Lock.
I didn't find the process of mounting up the Keypad 2 NFC with Home Key to beryllium the astir intuitive process. I added it to the Nuki app first, past tapped connected the enactment to subordinate it with a astute location platform. The app instructed maine to unfastened up Apple Home, but determination were nary further instructions due to the fact that an associated enactment papers was unavailable (it could beryllium up station launch).
It turned retired I was capable to acceptable up Home Key by tapping my iPhone to the keypad, which added it to my existing Home Key setup. I person Level Locks that enactment Home Key, truthful the Home Key paper successful my Wallet app tin present power aggregate locks successful my home.
With Home Key, I'm capable to pat my iPhone oregon Apple Watch connected the keypad without having to unlock the iPhone oregon unfastened up the Nuki app.
There are already astute locks that enactment Home Key, but Aliro is simply a modular similar Matter that makes it easier for fastener companies to instrumentality 1 unlocking diagnostic that works crossed a assortment of platforms. Locks that person Aliro enactment going guardant volition beryllium compatible with Home Key and different astute location platforms. Aliro does person Ultra Wideband enactment for unlocking the doorway arsenic you approach, but Nuki's merchandise doesn't see UWB.
The fastener tin beryllium utilized with geofencing and automations successful the Home app oregon the Nuki app for automatic unlocking, and determination are settings to automatically fastener the doorway aft it's opened arsenic well.
Using Home Key with the Keypad does necessitate a Matter-enabled Apple hub, which includes the Apple TV, HomePod, and HomePod mini. There are besides hardware requirements, and it works with the iPhone XS oregon aboriginal with iOS 18.6 oregon aboriginal oregon an Apple Watch Series 4 oregon aboriginal moving watchOS 11.6 oregon later.
Nuki's Keypad 2 NFC supports up to 20 fingerprints truthful aggregate radical successful the household tin unlock the doorway via biometric authentication, positive users tin person 200 entree codes and 35 tap-to-unlock keys.
The Keypad 2 has IP54 h2o and particulate resistance, truthful it tin clasp up to mediocre upwind outside, but it's champion to support it successful a covered location. It uses AAA batteries that are expected to past for up to a year, and the Nuki app volition supply a notification erstwhile the artillery is low. There isn't a backlight, but if you're utilizing NFC, you don't request that for the pat unlock functionality.
Nuki's Keypad 2 NFC is available from the Nuki website for $179, portion the Smart Lock is priced astatine $199. Nuki products are besides available from Amazon.
Note: Nuki provided MacRumors a Nuki Lock and Keypad 2 NFC for the intent of this review. No different compensation was received.
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