SwitchBot’s retrofit door lock offers 19 ways to unlock it

SwitchBot has launched a caller retrofit smart fastener that gives owners aggregate ways to participate European homes without a accepted key. Announced astatine IFA today, the SwitchBot Lock Ultra Max Vision Pro Combo provides multi-user introduction and up to 19 ways to unlock doors, including, fingerprint scans, passcodes, NFC paper access, contactless authentication via facial aliases thenar vein recognition, and much options for remote, voice, smartwatch, and widget entree via the SwitchBot App.

The combo costs €339.99 / £339.99 (about $395), and includes SwitchBot’s Keypad Vision Pro, Hub Mini Matter, and the caller Lock Ultra Max. It’s pricier than the $249.99 Lock Ultra Vision that SwitchBot launched past year, which the institution claims is besides compatible pinch astir each existing locks successful Europe, but the caller Max type appears to beryllium moreover amended tailored to the European market.

SwitchBot says it supports 99 percent of European locks, including communal EU floor plan cylinders, knob cylinders, Swiss information cylinders, and UK oval cylinders, and location are further adapters disposable for “less communal installations.” The Lock Ultra Max besides features a much powerful centrifugal that provides much than 9 kilograms of turning unit and reaches 160rpm — 3.2x the rotation velocity of the older SwitchBot Lock Ultra.