IPhone Users Will Open Schlage Sense Door Locks Via Siri, App, Access Code

Schlage will sell its Apple HomeKit-based keyless lock, Schlage Sense, this fall through Amazon, Build.com, Home Depot and Lowe’s, the company said. The company called Schlage Sense its most advanced key lock to date that will be controllable by an illuminated touch screen or iPhone. Users will be able to unlock or lock a door via voice commands through Siri, it said. Schlage Sense doesn't use Apple’s Touch ID to operate a door lock, a company spokeswoman told us. Users can unlock their iPhone with Touch ID and then either use Siri or launch the Schlage Sense app to gain entrance into the home, she said. Schlage Sense users will be able to use Siri on an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch to operate the door’s deadbolt lock or use the Schlage Sense app, she said. In cases where the homeowner or a guest doesn’t have an iOS device handy, an access code can be used to unlock the door, she said.