Comcast Xfinity Home Ecosystem Adds Yale Smart Locks
Comcast added Yale Assure smart locks to its library of Xfinity Home smart home devices, it announced Tuesday. Four locks will be available to Comcast’s Xfinity Home customers in different form factors in a choice of three finishes, Derrick Dicoi,…
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executive director-product management, told us. A Yale Zigbee network module ($50) is required for integration, and customers who already own a compatible Assure Lock can buy the Yale module and add it to the Xfinity platform. The compatible Yale smart locks range $129-$169, a company spokeswoman said. Kwikset and August also have smart locks in the Xfinity Home library, and garage access is available through the Chamberlain MyQ smart garage door openers, part of Comcast’s strategy to give customers a wide choice of offerings that have been vetted to work with the Xfinity Home platform, said Dicoi. Yale smart lock options include key-free or keyed locks in touch-screen and push-button versions, said the companies. The locks can be controlled by Android and iOS apps, enabling users to remotely lock and unlock doors, check lock status and create rules to receive a notification if the door is unlocked after a designated time, they said.