The Best Smart Locks for 2026

Sturdy construction, ease of use, and multiple lock and unlock options make the Ultraloq Bolt Fingerprint our top pick. Its zinc alloy exterior component contains a biometric fingerprint scanner, a keypad, and a traditional keyway. With a built-in Wi-Fi radio and support for nearly every smart home platform, you can lock and unlock it from anywhere using your phone or voice. It also features a sensor that indicates whether your door is open or closed. 

Hub-averse smart home users: Because it has built-in Wi-Fi, the Ultraloq doesn't require a hub, but can still be controlled remotely from anywhere your phone has an internet connection. Although it does not support Matter, it works with all major home automation platforms, including Apple HomeKit, Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and Samsung SmartThings. It also works with IFTTT applets, allowing it to integrate with numerous third-party devices.

The Lockly Visage Zeno Series is the first smart lock we’ve tested that supports facial recognition. Using two infrared cameras, it scans your face when you approach, offering a completely hands-free way to unlock your door. Additionally, it supports various other authentication methods, including Apple HomeKey, fingerprint scanning, and voice commands via Alexa, Google, and Siri. In our testing, facial recognition performed flawlessly under both dark and bright lighting conditions, and fingerprint scans, touchpad entries, and voice commands were processed immediately.

Facial recognition fans: The Lockly Visage Zeno Series offers more ways to lock and unlock your door than any other smart lock we’ve tested—including facial recognition—and works with most major smart home platforms for voice control and third-party device integrations.

iPhone and Apple Watch users: Apple fans will appreciate this lock's integrated Home Key sensor, which allows you to unlock the door by tapping an iPhone or Apple Watch.

August has released several outstanding smart locks over the years, but the Wi-Fi Smart Lock is the first one that has a built-in Wi-Fi radio. This retrofit solution replaces just your existing interior thumb turn mechanism and uses the rest of your existing lock hardware, including the keys. It's stylish, easy to install, and performed well in testing. Its $249 price might seem high, but you get plenty of features, including a sensor that lets you know the door's status, auto-lock and auto-unlock options, and multi-platform support.

Renters: As a retrofit lock that works with your existing deadbolt, the August Wi-Fi Smart Lock is a top renter-friendly option.

Automation enthusiasts: This lock's broad support for third-party devices makes it an excellent addition to any smart home. It works with Alexa and Google voice commands and is a great fit for homes that use Apple HomeKit or other automation platforms from Honeywell, Logitech, SimpliSafe, or Samsung. Additionally, IFTTT support enables it to interact with numerous other smart devices. 

The Eufy FamiLock S3 Max is a feature-rich smart lock that also serves as a 2K video doorbell. It allows you to unlock your door using a palm scanner, a touch-screen keypad, a mobile app, voice control, and traditional keys. The camera captures motion and doorbell events, and provides free internal video storage and intelligent alerts. It also features an interior display that functions like a digital peephole, allowing you to see what’s going on outside without opening the door.

Commitment-phobic users: This is a top pick if you want to monitor your front porch without paying cloud storage fees for recorded video or intelligent motion alerts. It features 15.5GB of internal eMMC flash memory for storing event-triggered video, and if that isn’t enough, you can connect it to an Eufy HomeBase 3, which supports up to 16TB of storage.

Maintenance avoiders: Thanks to an innovative battery backup system, the Eufy FamiLock S3 Max can go about six months between charges. It's powered by a rechargeable 15,000mAh lithium-ion battery pack rated to last up to five months, and it also holds four AA backup batteries as a backup that will power the lock for another month.

The Lockin Veno Pro makes this list thanks to its versatility. As a lock, it works with every major smart home platform, including Alexa, Apple Home, Google Home, Matter, and SmartThings. You can unlock it with an app, your voice, a key, or a keypad. Beyond the basics, the Veno Pro supports palm and fingerprint scanning for additional means of entry. It's also more than just a lock. It doubles as a video doorbell with 2K resolution, free alerts, and free onboard video storage.

Solar-charging enthusiasts: The Veno Pro's lithium-ion battery pack provides up to three months of power before requiring a charge. To further extend your battery life, you can get it bundled with a solar panel.

The Aqara Smart Lock U400 supports the Aliro standard, which lets you unlock your door with a tap of your phone as it verifies your digital wallet credentials. It also has ultra-wideband (UWB) technology for precise location tracking when automatically unlocking your door. And thanks to Matter support, it works with all major smart home platforms.

Early adopters: If you want to be among the first to try out the new Aliro standard, the U400 has it, letting you unlock your door with the same ease of tapping to pay for your morning coffee. UWB is relatively new in smart locks and offers much more precise location tracking than GPS-based geofencing.

Multi-platform families: If you have an Android phone and your spouse has an iPhone, the U400 makes it easy to set up access across platforms thanks to Aliro and Matter.

The versatile Desloc D110 Plus unlocks with a touch of your finger, a tap of a button in the app, a code on the keypad, a tap of an IC Card, or a traditional key. It's easy to install, works reliably, and is interoperable with your larger smart home through Alexa and Google integrations, allowing you to control your lock with voice commands. It also offers a few unique extras, such as an anti-peeping passcode feature that lets you enter random digits when punching in your code, and an anti-hijacking feature that sends an alert to set contacts if you enter a specific code or unlock your door with a certain finger.

Extra-cautious users: If you're the type to go the extra mile to protect all your passwords, the Desloc D110 Plus gives you that option with its anti-peeping passcode feature. By entering fake digits before you put in the real code, you'll make it much harder for those nearby to discern the real digits. Both the anti-peeping and anti-hijacking features add extra peace of mind if you're worried about people in your neighborhood or just want to take more precautions.

The Kwikset Halo Touch is a smart and stylish lock that's easy to install and offers whisper-quiet operation. It lets you lock and unlock your door with your phone, Alexa or Google Assistant voice commands, a fingerprint, or a set of traditional keys. It responded instantly to all lock and unlock requests in testing, and always adhered to access schedules.

Style-minded homeowners: If you're in the market for an attractive smart lock that supports fingerprint scanning, the Kwikset Halo Touch is an excellent choice. It has a timeless design, and doesn't appear to be a smart lock at first glance. Even its fingerprint scanner is subtle and understated, and it doesn't have a pinpad or other telltale signs to indicate its capabilities.

The sleek and customizable Yale Assure Lock 2 is available in Bluetooth or Wi-Fi variants. Both models support HomeKit, and the Wi-Fi variant works with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. The base model includes a physical keypad, but you can upgrade to a touch screen if you prefer. Physical keys and a companion app are additional unlock methods, whichever way you go.

Customization fans: If you have specific needs or strong preferences, Yale's lock system gives you the freedom to choose which features you want. All models work with the Yale Access app (available for Android, iOS, and watchOS) via Bluetooth and support Apple HomeKit. You can choose from keypad or touch-screen designs with or without a traditional key slot, and add Wi-Fi or Z-Wave connectivity.

Budget-minded Apple users: HomeKit support is a relative rarity in the smart lock segment, especially at this price, and there's something magical about being able to unlock your door with your Apple Watch.

Airbnb hosts: If you host Airbnb guests, you can link the app with your Yale Access account to offer a seamless check-in experience with little effort on your part. Doing so automates the access management process, so your guest will get a unique door code that expires at checkout.