This Smart Door Knob With Fingerprint Reader Keeps Your Kids Out of Your Office
Smart lock company ThorBolt has released a new smart door knob for interior doors that features a fingerprint sensor and can be remotely controlled using Apple Home, HomeKit News reports. If you ever wanted to lock up your home office to keep the kids from screwing with your stuff, the GK1 Smart HomeKit Fingerprint Door Knob could be the way to do it. In some ways, the GK1 is a downgrade from other models ThorBolt has released, since it lacks a keypad.
- ▪Smart lock company ThorBolt has released a new smart door knob for interior doors that features a fingerprint sensor and can be remotely controlled using Apple Home, HomeKit News reports.
- ▪If you ever wanted to lock up your home office to keep the kids from screwing with your stuff, the GK1 Smart HomeKit Fingerprint Door Knob could be the way to do it.
- ▪In some ways, the GK1 is a downgrade from other models ThorBolt has released, since it lacks a keypad.
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Smart lock company ThorBolt has released a new smart door knob for interior doors that features a fingerprint sensor and can be remotely controlled using Apple Home, HomeKit News reports. If you ever wanted to lock up your home office to keep the kids from screwing with your stuff, the GK1 Smart HomeKit Fingerprint Door Knob could be the way to do it. In some ways, the GK1 is a downgrade from other models ThorBolt has released, since it lacks a keypad. But the company’s locks with that feature have an awkward, flat-ish form factor that looks unpleasant to operate. Combined with their keypads, their aesthetic kind of reeks of protecting state secrets.
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