August’s auto-unlock tech is coming to other smart locks

A year after being purchased by the world’s largest lock company, August is starting to share the smart tech that made its original lock stand out. Naturally, it’s coming first to the biggest brand in its parent company’s portfolio: Yale.

Yale is now starting to sell a module that can be inserted into some of its locks to add August’s tech to them. The company will also begin selling a lock that’s bundled with the August module, offering Yale’s first fully in-house solution for remote access. Previously, you’d have to buy a module to add smart connectivity and then connect it to some other company’s hub.

The module will give Yale locks all the features that come with August’s smart lock. That includes the company’s auto-unlock feature,…

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