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Hi Krzychu, My front door may now be more judgmental than some people I know. I tested the SwitchBot Lock Vision Pro, and the headline feature is exactly the kind of thing that sounds fake if you say it too quickly: it can look at your face and unlock the door. It also has palm-vein unlock, fingerprint unlock, NFC, Matter-over-Wi-Fi, backup batteries, emergency charging, and enough unlock methods to make the door feel like it has its own IT department. But that is not the part I cared about most. The real question was simpler: Can this thing become useful in a Home Assistant smart home, or is it just a fancy face scanner on the front door? Because a smart lock by itself is nice. A smart lock that Home Assistant can react to is much more interesting. Imagine this:
That is where a gadget starts becoming a routine. In the video, I go through the fun parts, the Matter-over-Wi-Fi angle, and the small catches I would check before trusting it fully. For example, the product is currently aimed at the US and Canada, and the docs do not specifically shout “Home Assistant” in giant letters. So I kept the claims realistic. No magic. No fake hype. Just: here is what looks promising, here is what I would test first, and here is why a face-unlock lock still needs boring reliability before it earns a place on the front door. And if you want to help the channel, watch until the end. Or skip it completely and just tell your door it is not allowed to recognize your face until it learns some manners. Either way, I think you will enjoy this one, Krzychu. Kiril P.S. I almost called this “my door has customer support now,” because the unlock-method list is ridiculous. Face, palm, fingerprint, NFC, phone, smartwatch, passwords, voice, physical key… at some point the lock needs a coffee break. P.P.S. MEME time, If you want to see the official Home Assistant trust test, it is here. |