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Nest x Yale Lock Now Comes in Smokin’ Black Suede Color

Tim September 14, 2021 4

There's a new color option for the Next x Yale Lock, available this morning from Google's own web store or the good people at Yale. The color is called Black Suede, designed to elegantly match all of your home's existing black hardware. Mmm, black suede. It's...

Nest Hub Max Preview Update Breaks Nest x Yale Lock Network Connection (Updated)

Tim December 22, 2020 3

Here's an issue only a few folks may come across, but we're sharing the info just in case. If you own a Nest Hub Max, as well as a Nest x Yale smart lock, this is for you. For those enrolled in the software preview program for the Nest Hub Max, Google is...

Google Removes ‘Trusted Places’ From Smart Lock Menu (Updated)

Tim May 23, 2018 41

One of the first things we do whenever setting up a new Android phone is enable Trusted Places from within the Smart Lock menu. When enabled, this option keeps your phone unlocked automatically whenever you're inside of a certain range of an address you...

Nest Hello Doorbell, Yale Smartlock Now Available – New Temperature Sensor Up for Pre-Order

Kellen March 15, 2018 26

Man, Nest really dropped all the goods on us last night. The Nest Hello doorbell and Nest x Yale Lock are both now available, plus, we're finally getting a temperature sensor to go along with our Nest Thermostats. It's legitimately raining Nestness over here,...

Yale x Nest Lock is Finally Coming in March

Kellen January 8, 2018 10

Yale and Nest teamed up at least a year ago to announce that they were creating the ultimate smart lock. For reasons will likely never know, the lock is only now arriving in 2018. The Yale x Nest Lock you'll get controls over this Yale product within the Nest...

Google Play Services 7.5 is Packed Full of Goodies

Kellen May 29, 2015 49

Not only did we get Android M (our tour!) yesterday, but Google also introduced Google Play Services 7.5, which includes all sorts of new goodness like "Smart Lock for Passwords, Instance ID, new APIs for Google Cloud Messaging and Google Cast, as well as...

Google Adds “On-Body Detection” to Smart Lock in Android 5.1

Kellen March 23, 2015 70

Smart Lock is arguably the best new feature in Android "Lollipop." With a secure lock screen set, Google gives you a number of options in Smart Lock to keep your phone or tablet quickly unlockable when the device is near you, but can forcibly lock it when you...

How to: Enable Lollipop’s Smart Lock in TouchWiz on the Galaxy S5

Kellen February 3, 2015 19

Yesterday, during my tour of Lollipop on the Galaxy S5, I mentioned that Samsung may have left out Smart Lock, which is one of our favorite features included in Android 5.0. For those not familiar, Smart Lock is like Motorola's Trusted Devices feature, in that...