Use your smartphone to unlock your front door from any spot on the planet

Imagine sitting in a cafe in Paris and clicking a button on your smartphone that opens the door to your home in Iowa. It is completely possible right now, thanks to a hardware update to Kwikset's Kevo Bluetooth front door lock. Anywhere you have a data connection, you can unlock your front door. With the update, the person you are unlocking your door for doesn't need to have a smartphone.



Suppose you're out of town and you need to let your parents in to feed your pets, but your mom and dad are not part of the smartphone generation. Thanks to the new hardware from Kwikset, a click on your ...