I’ve waited a decade to get a smart lock. Upon moving into a new apartment, the first thing I did was install the new Level Lock Pro. After a month of testing, it has been very much worth the wait.

Savannah is a technology journalist in Rochester, Minnesota. Her specialties include gaming, E ink, computer hardware, and smart homes. If her status is away, she can most likely be found paddling ...

On the latest HomeKit Insider Podcast episode, we preview the iPhone 17 event, talk about Chipolo trackers, and break down our Level Lock review, with guest Nikias Molina. Guest host on this week's ...

Possibly. HomeKit Insider spotted that the sleek-looking smart lock is now Matter-certified, indicating Level might be readying its promised Matter/Thread update. A year ago, Level told The Verge all ...

Level makes some of our favorite smart locks—including in the retrofit class—so we were excited to hear last March that the company had achieved Matter certification. But we’ve been waiting ever since ...

Level Home has introduced Level Lock+ (Matter), the world’s smallest and first smart lock to concurrently support both Bluetooth and Matter-over-Thread, allowing users to connect with multiple ...

LA Times Studios may earn commission from purchases made through our links. There has never been a shortage of ways to make a front door smarter, but most of them asked homeowners to trade style for ...