Yale

Selected products from this vendor are presented on this page, with my assessments where I have personal experiences to share. The links are primarily directed to the vendor’s own pages, in English; for local pages/prices you will have to conduct your own search.

About the vendor and its products

Yale (opens in a new window) is a large player within locks and security-related products. When it comes to smart home products, Yale is probably best known for its smart door lock, Yale Doorman. It can be operated with a code and/or a key tag, but also has room for modules that integrate the lock into other platforms. This applies, for example, to Verisure, which has its own lock module for Doorman.

When it comes to products relevant for smart homes, these are the most relevant ones:

• Smart door locks, in some different versions, but notice that the range of products and their names differ from country to country
• Smart home alarms, either in different packages or as individual components of a wide variety
• Electronic door viewer, which is Yale’s term for what other manufacturers usually call a smart doorbell, but with the twist that these have their own display on the inside and are not operated from a phone/tablet
• Security cameras, again in different versions, as well as indoor smart cameras
• Smart lock for cabinets, drawers, etc., called Smart Cabinet Lock, which can be remotely controlled in connection with a Yale Connect Wi-Fi Bridge (it is not easy to find more information about this)
• Smart box for receiving deliveries, called Smart Delivery Box, which can be placed outside the house and remotely opened
• Smart safe, for safe storage of items, but it is not water or fire proof

The products are controlled using a Yale Smart Home App (opens in a new window), but some are also compatible with Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home, and Samsung SmartThings. For remote control of Doorman, you depend on the app from the supplier of the lock module.

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