If you have a smart home, I bet you've been checking out some smart locks. A lot
of them are big and bulky and you just don't want that eyesore. Well today we're
gonna check out the world's smallest smart lock. The Friday Lock! Let's check
it out! Welcome back if you're into smart homes and smart home stuff you're
definitely in the right place. I do want that you know Friday did send this out
to me for a full honest review but that's not gonna sway my opinion in one
way or another. If something is bad I'm definitely gonna let you know. This video
is a part of my Homekit series so if you're into Lady A or Google
unfortunately, this lock will not work for you. I do believe it does have a
Google app but does not work with Google home. So if you do have a Android phone
you might be able to use this, but you know if you really want to get full
functionality out of this you definitely want to be using apple's Homekit. Now the
real big selling feature here is the design. It doesn't look like a normal
smart lock. It actually has a Scandinavian Design and comes in six different
colors. Comes in steel bronze brass gunmetal copper and I got the nickel satin.
Which matches my current lock so it blends right in. They do claim this is
the world's smallest lock but unfortunately there is another smaller
lock one that you can't even see. At CES 2020 just this past couple months I
learned about another lock that is built inside your normal lock so you actually
take out the guts and you place the deadbolt
but you still have the outer guts to me that is the world's smallest lock. Now
that is something brand new to the market and when this came out and all
the marketing materials this was definitely the world's smallest lock I
mean look at this thing this doesn't even look like a smart lock. So I don't
think it's the world's smallest lock anymore but it's definitely still pretty
cool. Now when it comes to installation this is super easy to install. That is
because is a retrofit lock mean that you're only placing the inside handle.
You're not replacing the outside where the key is or the guts inside. It does
come with a nice color brochure. Which scared me at first because it tells you
that you might have to cut something but I can see in most locks and then my lock
you don't need to cut something you just
need the little back or plate to push away from the door a little bit. To
remove your old lock I do recommend that you put a piece of tape on the outside
to hold the outside guts in you go ahead and unscrew the two bolts on the inside
take off that back and then go ahead and line up the frightened lock to see how
it looks you might need the adapter plate to fill the hole but in most cases
you'll need the adapter plate just for the distance between the tail piece and
where the lock actually sits you're then want to take a look at the base plate
which is actually not an additional plate it's the actual in their guts or
the lock itself you want to take out that little piece of paper that's in the
middle and then you can actually start turning it around and you can see the
little different colors they're a little hard to see at first but they're
definitely there you want to identify which manufacturer of lock that you have
look at the instructions and it's going to tell you where to put the screws with
the corresponding colors you then want to install the crack tailpiece adapter
which there's only two options once that's done you want to make sure
this thing turns and move smoothly because if there's any hiccups hear it
now's the time to fix it before you move and install the battery you definitely
want to charge up ahead of time and when it comes to battery life unfortunately
it's only about three months I'm not able to test that fully for this video
review I will be updating my full pros and cons list where you can get more
information on battery life so definitely check that out right there
now this battery is not a normal battery
this thing is huge and it's not something you're gonna find in your
local drugstore they do sell additional batteries on their website for about $20
highly recommend you pick up an extra one that way you can have it ready to go
one one dies they do take a while to charge up in the proprietary charger if
you're like me you might want to pick up one of those also because guess what
these things are useless if the battery dies and there's no way to charge it up
so definitely you do want to have a spare charger just in case you lose one
they're a little bit more expensive around $35 go ahead and install the
battery and download the app follow the instructions which by the way they do
a telephone number to make a count which i think is a little bit too personal I
rather have them asking for an email address then rather than my phone number
but I did it for you guys and I set up it count anyways go ahead and continue
following these simple instructions eventually or get to the point where you
have to scan the homekit code which is on the box so don't throw out the box or
still need that you're then assign it to a room and normal home kit stuff and
then every would take you back to the friday lock app and have you calibrate
the lock it would walk you through a process where you open and shut the door
so it knows when the door is actually shut and then at this point you can put
on the cover will make sure you line up the cover with the battery and make sure
they're in parallel with each other otherwise the locking mechanism will not
work probably in the face or the cover would just fall right off once this
cover is locked on it's actually a little difficult to get off you want to
make sure you take two credit cards and put them in the right areas you can just
keep them parallel with the turning or the locking mechanism here I put them in
wrong I got them on the wrong side of the lock and in this video I have them
in the right direction you can just push in and it will pop right off and now
going back to the Friday lock you can simply lock or unlock the lock simply by
sliding it back forth or it's simply tapping it now if you're going to be
using this with apple's homekit you will need eight apple hub or homekit hub
which can be Apple TV fourth generation or better a iPad I think it has to have
iOS 13 or the four am I will give you the functionality of
using the lock even when you're not home as long as within a Bluetooth range
unfortunately this is a Bluetooth lock they do mention it does have Wi-Fi on
demand but it's not a normal Wi-Fi lock where it's connected to your Wi-Fi
rather all the time and you have the Wi-Fi range is on demand which I will
talk more about in a moment now back in the Friday app they do have a couple
features that are useful called Friday assist most notably there's the Auto
unlock feature which puts a geofence around your house as you're leaving the
area and coming back into that geofence it's gonna unlock for you as you're
approaching and gets within Bluetooth range and it worked very well for me now
the other two are order locks based off of how hard you shut the door or a
certain period of time that the lock is unlocked and in my opinion both these
all those lock features are not useful as too many variables
especially when closed or how hard you shut the door and the other one is based
off the time and that time the door might not even be shut and it's going to
lock anyways so I would like to see me like a door sensor or some way to know
the door is actually shut before is locked now it does get jammed
occasionally you're gonna have that with any smart lock in the Friday app it does
not tell you that is jammed it's gonna tell you that is locked and I did find
the issue with that with homekit though it does tell you is Jam to let you know
you get notification but you do look at the screen you look at the tile and it
will tell you that is jammed now let me talk about this Wi-Fi really quick this
is not a Wi-Fi lock this is mostly bluetooth it means it's gonna connect to
your phone or a Apple hub via bluetooth now it does mention it does have Wi-Fi
on man which is kind of new to this newer version but unfortunately that
Wi-Fi does not work in my testing and the way that's supposed to work
I just don't completely understand apparently someone's supposed to knock
on your door twice and it's supposed to unlock but how is
that secure with anyone being able to knock on your door twice. Now I kind of
kind of understand, if someone knocks twice, that will activate it to turn on the
Wi-Fi so if you're Homekit hub is too far away to use the Bluetooth, like it is
in my house, someone can knock twice activate that
Wi-Fi they have to call you to tell you to unlock it and with that Wi-Fi signal
now on it will be able to unlock. Unfortunately that did not work.
I've been talking to support unfortunately they haven't been able to
fix the issue if they do I'll definitely be updating my full pros and cons list
on my website. But unless you have a bigger house you're not going to run to
that issue because your Homekit hub is gonna be within that 30 to 40 feet range
which is good enough for this Bluetooth lock. I do think there's still work to be
done with this software I love the design of this the look of it but
unfortunately all those limitations when it comes to the Bluetooth and the app
crashing and the Wi-Fi issues unfortunately I can't recommend this
lock currently but in the near future as they continue working on the software I
definitely think this is a contender for a lot of great smaller smart locks for
your house if you guys want to see the next video in my home kit series check
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