- Wyze really made a name for themselves
with a $25 home security camera.
Not only was it cheap, but it's also decent quality.
Then they did it again with the Wyze Bulb,
the Wyze Sense, the Wyze Plugs.
Well, today we're gonna look at the next line
of cheap home automation from Wyze,
called the Wyze Lock.
Let's check it out.
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So Wyze recently released a small batch
of the Wyze Lock, which retails for only $90,
which makes it one of the cheapest smart home locks
on the market.
It is a retrofit lock, which means
that you're only replacing the backside of the deadbolt.
So you're not actually changing the key
or any of the inside guts,
which makes the installation only
about 15 minutes or so.
I'll show you more about the installation in just a moment.
The actual physical device,
the outer case is some type of metal,
the backside is plastic, and there's no way
to look inside to see what the guts are,
I don't know if they're metal or plastic,
but does feel very heavy and very secure.
In addition to the lock, you do get four AA batteries,
which is really nice that they include
the batteries in the kit.
There's three little adapters,
you'll only be using one of 'em,
depending on what type of lock that you have.
And a little piece of tape to help you with the install.
There's also a mounting bracket,
which the instructions will show you how to use.
In addition, you do have to have
the gateway, which they do include.
This will actually gateway from,
I believe the actual lock,
it's ZigBee and Bluetooth to your Wi-Fi,
so you're able to control the lock
even when you're outside of the house.
It is only 2.4 gigahertz Wi-Fi,
so if you do have a five gigahertz Wi-Fi,
unfortunately this would not work for you.
Using this lock is fairly simple,
you can lock it and unlock it straight from the app.
There's no pin number, there's no biometrics,
like a fingerprint reader, and because of that,
you can easily set this up in no time.
You can share that with friends and family,
and they can have access to it.
Now I wouldn't say this lock is jampacked with features,
you really don't need a lot of features built
into a smart lock, even though there are
some companies that do. (lock whirrs)
Wyze does it right and just makes it very basic.
You can have the option of notifications,
where you do get notified of it being locked
and unlocked, if you choose to.
In addition, there are a couple
of alarms, for instance, (lock whirrs)
there is the door jam alarm,
so if you don't happen to shut the door all the way
and the lock gets stuck, (lock whirrs)
it will actually notify you on the app
and also ring a low buzzer (lock alarm beeping)
on the lock itself, so if you're standing there
you can get it right away.
There's also the left open alarm,
so that's great for me, because I like to leave
the door open sometimes, because I have a dog,
I put her out, but I want her to be able to come back in,
but sometimes I forget, so this will actually let me know
that the door has been open for a set number of minutes.
And then you have the awesome features
of it locking and unlocking automatically.
Now you wanna set this up towards your personal preferences.
For instance, the auto-lock can lock automatically
as soon as you shut the door,
or after a certain number of minutes.
Now if you go outside and you forget about it,
unfortunately you're gonna be locked out,
so do be aware that that auto-lock feature is on.
And then when it comes to this unlock feature,
this is even cooler.
So you do have to set-up a geo-fence around your house,
that way it doesn't automatically unlock
and lock every time you get within Bluetooth range.
You actually have to go outside this geo-fence
and then come back in, and then reconnect with Bluetooth.
Now, in my testing, unfortunately, it did not work.
I'm not quite sure why the auto-unlock
is not working for me, I did contact support,
sent them my log files, and they'll be looking into it.
So if you wanna see an update on that issue,
I'll be updating my full pros and cons list,
on my website, so check that out right there,
or down in the description below.
To sign this up is super easy.
You just go into the app,
hit the three little dots to the right,
and you wanna set-up the gateway first.
It will walk you through every single step.
You plug it in, allow Bluetooth connection,
pick which Wi-Fi network is yours,
and then you're all set-up and ready to go.
Once the gateway's set-up it should allow you
to automatically begin the lock set-up,
you just hit begin, and it's gonna walk you
through every single step.
And there's videos on every single step if you need help.
First thing you wanna do is secure the outside lock
by putting the orange tape on the outside lock,
that will just secure the outside.
Go ahead and shut the door and undo the two screws
on the back of the door lock.
Then you'll be able to remove the backplate,
and it should look something like this.
Go ahead and take the plate
that they included with the kit,
and put the bolts through that plate,
and go ahead and just loosely tighten them down.
You wanna make sure that center post
is through the very middle section.
Also as you tighten it down,
you do wanna make sure the actual plate is level,
and that middle pin is exactly right in the middle.
The app will then ask you to identify that middle pin.
I personally had a flat pin at an angle,
so this will tell you which adapter to use.
In my lock I used the blue adapter.
You do wanna follow the instructions exactly how it says,
if it says put the flat side in,
you definitely want to follow it to a T.
After that you can install the actual lock.
You wanna make sure that it sits flush with the door,
if not, jiggle things around a little bit and push it on.
Once it's on there, you can make sure
that the lock actually works manually.
Once you're okay with that,
go ahead and tie in those two little screws
on the inside and place in the batteries.
Do be aware of the little holders
that hold in the batteries,
and the direction that the batteries should go.
Go ahead, put the cover back on,
and go ahead and continue following the instructions.
It's gonna have you mainly lock it,
unlock it, open the door and close the door,
partially close the door,
just so it can get a good reading
of when it's actually open and close,
or even partially closed.
Once that's all done, you just wanna name
it whatever it is, front door, backdoor,
side door, garage door, whatever it is,
just name it so you can identify it,
and then you're good to go.
Go ahead, hit the unlock button,
hit the lock button, and make sure the lock is working.
Now if it keeps getting jammed you might need
to adjust the door a little bit just
to make sure that the deadbolt is working properly.
As far as working with other products and companies,
currently the Wyze Lock only works in the Wyze app.
They have announced that it will work with lady A, aka,
and Google Home sometime in 2020.
But at time of this recording there's still
no official date.
Now if you're a HomeKit user,
unfortunately none of the Wyze products will work
with HomeKit, it has been requested in their form,
but is definitely not near the top
of the list of features to integrate
in the near future, so I do not see
this coming anytime soon.
But if you do happen to have some other Wyze products,
you can definitely trigger some automations
within the Wyze app itself.
For instance, if the Wyze Lock senses
that the door is open, you can actually trigger a light,
either through a Wyze Bulb or a Wyze Plug.
If you wanna see a full review
of the Wyze Bulb, (upbeat music)
definitely check out this video right there.
And if you wanna see a full review
of the Wyze Plug, check out that video right there.
Thanks for watching.
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