{"id":850448,"date":"2025-05-23T04:12:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T09:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/23\/switchbots-latest-lock-can-unlock-with-a-look\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T04:12:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T09:12:15","slug":"switchbots-latest-lock-can-unlock-with-a-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/23\/switchbots-latest-lock-can-unlock-with-a-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Switchbot\u2019s latest lock can unlock with a look"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Smart home company SwitchBot has announced a new version of its retrofit smart lock<\/a>, and this one you can unlock with your face. The SwitchBot Lock Ultra ($159.99)<\/a> works with the new SwitchBot Keypad Vision<\/a> ($99.99), which uses 3D facial recognition technology to unlock your door. The company also launched the SwitchBot Hub 3<\/a>, a smart home hub that was first teased in March<\/a>. The new products are now available for preorder <\/a>and should ship in June.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

SwitchBot claims its lock is the first retrofit smart lock with 3D facial recognition. As a retrofit lock, it can be installed without replacing your existing lock. Instead, the Ultra attaches to the rear of your lock and controls it using a mechanical motor, leaving the front unchanged, so you can still use your keys. The Vision keypad is mounted outside of your door and connects to the lock via Bluetooth.<\/p>\n

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The SwitchBot Lock Ultra Vision Combo costs $249.99<\/a> and includes the lock, vision keypad, and a SwitchBot Hub Mini<\/a> (a hub is required for controlling the lock outside of Bluetooth range). <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Unlike most retrofit locks, Switchbot\u2019s Lock Ultra, and its predecessors Switchbot Lock Pro<\/a> and Switchbot Lock<\/a>, are compatible with nearly all existing locks in Europe and America. In addition to facial recognition, when connected to the keypad, the lock can be controlled with a fingerprint, a keycode, and an NFC card. Without the keypad, it works with a traditional key, app control, and auto-unlocking using geofencing (which activates the lock when your smartphone arrives at your house). <\/p>\n

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The keypad goes outside the door, and the lock is on the interior. There is a US and EU version of the lock.<\/em><\/figcaption>SwitchBot<\/cite><\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n

The company says the Ultra can get up to nine months of battery life on the included rechargeable battery and also has a backup battery that lasts for up to five years. It works over Bluetooth and requires one of Switchbot\u2019s gateways to connect to Wi-Fi and integrate with smart home systems, including Apple Home (through Matter<\/a>), Amazon Alexa, and Google Home.<\/p>\n

The lock can also work with the new SwitchBot Hub 3 ($119.99)<\/a>, the company\u2019s latest smart home hub designed to control and integrate SwitchBot\u2019s Bluetooth products. The Hub 3 can bridge up to 30 SwitchBot devices to Matter ecosystems such as Apple Home. <\/p>\n

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The SwitchBot Hub is powered by USB-C and features a dial and four buttons alongside a display.<\/em><\/figcaption>SwitchBot<\/cite><\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n

The new Hub is a complete revamp from the second-gen version<\/a>. Larger and with a sleek, all-black design, it comes with an integrated stand and features a display, a dial, and four customizable buttons.<\/p>\n

The hub also functions as a temperature and humidity sensor, as well as a light and motion sensor. Its display can wake up on motion and show information such as indoor temperature and door lock\/unlock status, and the buttons can control smart home scenes.<\/p>\n

The dial can connect to compatible devices to control them, for example, adjust the brightness of lights, the volume on connected TVs, and the temperature of a thermostat. SwitchBot says the hub can control Matter devices that are integrated with Apple Home, and it will work with Home Assistant<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Hub is also an IR controller and can integrate with over 100,000 IR device codes.<\/p>\n

The new products are now available to preorder from SwitchBot\u2019s website<\/a>, with shipping slated for June. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Jennifer Pattison Tuohy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Smart home company SwitchBot has announced a new version of its retrofit smart lock, and this one you can unlock with your face. The SwitchBot Lock Ultra ($159.99) works with the new SwitchBot Keypad Vision ($99.99), which uses 3D facial recognition technology to unlock your door. The company also launched the SwitchBot Hub 3, a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":850449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[518,109589,46],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-850448","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest","8":"category-switchbots","9":"category-technology"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=850448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/850449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}