August Wi-Fi (4th Gen) Smart Lock - Fits Existing Deadbolt in Minutes, Matte Black

ロックを使用するには、August homeにアカウントを登録する必要があります。ただし、登録するには米国の電話番号が必要でした（Googleで検索すると、それに関する記事がたくさんあります）。そのため、日本ではこのアプリを使用する方法がなく、販売者が販売するべきではありません。

I’ve been using August for a long time. Best thing about it is that from the outside looks like a normal lock. My old August failed about 6+ years in. After I did some research I found out August to be the most affordable replacement. I did not hesitate and purchased my 2nd unit. Only to find out that its installation is geo fenced to US and Canada only. Outside, must be trough Yale App, which may NOT support August in all countries. Took a bit of network creativity, but I finally managed to set it up. All good when it ends well,…. just a reminder to those purchasing August from outside of US and Canada that it may not work straight out of the box.

If you had asked me yesterday I would have given this lock 2 stars. Been living with it sorta connecting and auto locking or unlocking one time and then not re-syncing the status in the app for almost a year. Tried perfecting the latch so it was smooth and didn’t catch AT ALL for a good while and that wasn’t the issue. We tried getting a better WiFi signal, disabling all the battery draining features/notifications, calibrating the lock, restarting the app etc. Sometimes it would work a couple times and then resume not syncing on the app. The WiFi connection was strong, the log would note the times we unlocked it manually. Still, I was hung up on the lock to app signal being the cause of our issues and got a august connect adaptor to try and help (plus I read that could help slow the battery drain). Turns out even the 4th gen lock doesn’t allow an external connect device so that was a dead end. Maybe the connect I got is an older model or something but I couldn’t get them to link, it just complained there were no compatible devices at setup). Another clue that this wasn’t the cause should have been that even when using the phone’s Bluetooth signal it wouldn’t update the lock status after the first app unlock. Also when we would unlock from the app the light would start turning green on the lock then end with a red once it unlocked. Finally found a FAQ doc that said to make sure the notches on the lock adapter were at the vertical position (12/3/6/9 o’clock) when the lock was at it’s ‘default’ position (unlocked). When I swapped out the adaptor to the blue one from the light brown and recalibrated the lock one more time it started working perfectly. No more weird mismatch between the app and lock position even when the WiFi signal was good! Range of motion is much farther when the lock opens now and it has a fancy chirp to show it unlocked correctly. That chirp made me so happy after fighting with the app this long, but it didn’t compare to clicking the app a second time and having it reliably relock immediately. It felt like it was ‘almost’ working before figuring this issue out so I assumed the app/some buggy firmware was at fault but it was installation error on my part! The rest of the install was so easy. Oh well. Also, go get the rechargeable 123a batteries for this lock. Saw that tip from someone else and just got two sets to swap between. The disposable batteries drain pretty fast and are expensive.

Me gustó todo. Llevo 2.5 meses con él y funciona muy bien. Fácil de instalar y configurar. Me gusta mucho la función de que se abre cuando llego a casa sin hacer nada. Muy ingeniosos. También de que se cierre a los 2 min de que se abrió. Así nunca se queda abierta. También que puedes utilizar automatización como prender algo cuando se abre. Parece que las baterías duran poco. Me empezó a avisar desde hace 14 días de la urgencia de cambiarlas. No he hecho caso y sigue funcionando perfecto. Ya le gané 14 días.

I was recently hospitalized and was really panicked about my dog as the only people with a spare key to my place were out of town. So I started researching locks that could be opened remotely or with a pin pad for emergencies. It turned out that my strata doesn’t allow anything that changes the appearance of common areas so I had to find something that left my front door and lock looking as before with the mechanism being inside the house. This August lock has served so well! Install was very easy. Had to download the app and then the step by step guide in the app was clear and well thought out. The app is key if you don’t install the pin pad. I’ve shared the August lock app with my dog walker and she can access the unit easily. I love how you can get the app to log who has opened the door and at what time as well. Several reviews mention poor battery results. I’m yet to have the batteries run out, but I note the batteries that came with the lock are pretty cheap. I’ve only had the lock installed 3 weeks so as a result of other reviews discussing battery life, I plan to buy slightly more expensive batteries to replace them, when they finally go, or maybe rechargeable. On Sunday, we had a scheduled power outage by the electric company. I fully expected the lock to fail due to the lack of wifi, but the Bluetooth setting continued to work through the power outage and I could get and in and out still without a key. All in all, I’m really happy with this purchase. Highlights include being able to share access with others, setting the lock to auto lock if left unlocked for a certain period (i chose 1 minute), being able to set my neighbourhood, so if I go more than 200m from the house, it locks the door. Highly recommend.

Thank you. Good value for money