The face looks like a Windows screen icon when starting up. What happens when your lock crashes? Are you locked out, or can a hacker crash your lock and get in without the app or code? Can you get a Blue Lock of Death? Or a Red Ring of Death (which was from the same company as the BSOD)?
It’s also interesting that they never show us the other side of the device. We catch a back-side angle in the exploded photo, but that’s it.
If the batteries run out, it becomes a normal mechanical deadbolt lock that you open with a key.
August’s smart lock has been hacked once, at last years Def Con 24 conference. August had the vulnerability patched within 10 days. It has never been reported that any August lock has been “hacked” in the wild.
There is no other side. It retrofits onto your existing deadbolt lock (the tumbler, bolt and exterior portion of your existing lock stays, and August replaces only the interior side). The outer ring rotates, so you can still use it as a normal mechanical locking mechanism.
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The face looks like a Windows screen icon when starting up. What happens when your lock crashes? Are you locked out, or can a hacker crash your lock and get in without the app or code? Can you get a Blue Lock of Death? Or a Red Ring of Death (which was from the same company as the BSOD)?
It’s also interesting that they never show us the other side of the device. We catch a back-side angle in the exploded photo, but that’s it.
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I own this model, and have installed it for others.
This is the 1st Gen, which is identical to the latest gen in all but 2 ways: no Apple Homekit support, and a very slightly redesigned battery cover.
At the time of this posting, it is supported by Amazon Alexa, Google Home, IFTTT, Nest, Wink, Harmony, Honeywell & Xfinity Home. No Samsung SmartThings support.
As with all smart locks, it will still function as a normal mechanical lock if it loses power.
This replaces the interior portion or your existing deadbolt lock, so your physical keys will still work. That also means that you must have an existing lock. This does not come with a deadbolt, tumbler, or exterior lock face.
For me, install has never taken more than 10 minutes.
It runs on 4 AA batteries, which last about 9 months. The app notifies you as the batteries start to run low.
Because it runs on batteries, it can’t produce much torque. If your deadbolt has a lot of tension on it (like from thick weather stripping), August will not be able to overcome that when locking the door. In my personal experience, it can produce enough torque to unlock a deadbolt under tension.
This uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), not wifi, so you cannot unlock/lock this remotely without buying a separate add-on (August Connect, which you can usually find on Amazon for $50 - $60 used/open-box).
It’s amazing how I have been able to curb my spending, just by using a windows phone.
•Works with August app. Available for Android, iOS and Apple Watch® devices. No service fees required.
Wait, no android support? Does it require wifi or does it only ever connect to your phone?
As a WP user, I agree. 
I’m not a brand (OS) loyalist, but thus so far, I’ve gotten the best value from Nokia/Microsoft. I’ll switch if/when there’s a sub-$100 Android (or Apple!) phone that has a camera remotely close to the quality of my current 640 XL.
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Wait, no android support? Does it require wifi or does it only ever connect to your phone?
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This connects via Bluetooth.
It works on Android phones, but it does not work on Android tablets. The Google Play store blocks the install on non-phones, and if you sideload the apk to install it on a tablet you’ll need to set up the ability for the tablet to receive sms messages before the software will work correctly.
This does not seem to apply to iOS, as I was able to install it on my iPad with no issues (other than the app is not scaled for the iPad, so you get that stupid 1x/2x iphone-only-app view).
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Wait, no android support? Does it require wifi or does it only ever connect to your phone?
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The low torque on these has been mentioned, but I want to elaborate. If you have to apply pressure against your door to engage the deadbolt, this may not work for you. This may happen due to weather stripping, humidity, and worn hinges for example. Borrow a three year-old from someone, hold them up and see if they can turn the deadbolt.
I have gotten on of these on Woot a month ago and it works well. I also bought August Connect so that I can control it remotely through WiFi. Thinking about getting this for the backdoor. I like the auto-lock feature and there have been times that we forget to lock the back door since we have dogs that constantly want to go in and out.
I used one of these at an airBnB a few weeks ago. It worked well and the owner loved it. It did fail to lock on us once.
It is bigger than you expect from pictures.
I didn’t want Bluetooth, so I found the Yale Z-Wave locks on Amazon for $130? ish this week. A few reasons I chose that - my setup/hub allows me to control my locks anywhere in the world without an additional hub just for the locks. Z-Wave means I can easily integrate with most home automation systems with very little/no effort, Bluetooth might mean it requires a lot more work to get going with certain software.