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I Replaced My Key With My Phone and Didn’t Expect It to Work (It’s Finally Seamless!)
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@Bruntygenius
July 9, 2026 at 8:15 am
I haven’t used my wallet or Keys in years! Digital Key for my Kia EV9 that I share with my wife (even my kids phone but only to unlock the car, not to start it), been using Apple Pay for years. We then got the Nuki smart lock a couple of years ago with the finger print scanner. Now the only thing I take out with me is my phone/Apple Watch. All works nearly seamlessly. There is no key for my kids to lose to and from school. They can get in whenever they need to. I can share the codes/keys with my mum and neighbours. We have the Nuki cylinder so there is a physical key on the outside incase of emergencies. I haven’t upgraded to the new Aliro key pad yet but I will do soon. Even without that the Smart lock has worked great. The only thing we have to remember to do is to lift the handle (UK based so a three point locking door).
People will moan about what happens if your phone is stolen? Well that’s why I have my Watch, that’s why there is a physical key. The only time I take my physical car key is when I go on holiday and even then it stays in the hotel room/Airbnb for emergencies.
@BommaiBox
July 9, 2026 at 8:18 am
Was this taken long long ago? How come you guys are testing NFC tech where the newer products in market are using UWB
@Bruntygenius
July 9, 2026 at 8:23 am
Because the Aliro standard has only just been released
@memberwhen22
July 9, 2026 at 8:42 am
my guy has never heard of relay attacks
@memberwhen22
July 9, 2026 at 8:40 am
and then hackers have your key equivalents. brilliant, my guy so much better
@fbcpraise
July 9, 2026 at 8:41 am
It’s really just one key you’re taking off your key ring, right?
@jdvelasquezs
July 9, 2026 at 10:45 am
One key doesn’t work well for the advertisement, imagine spending in a new lock, new access pad, a HomePod, for just one key…🤣
@rawrss
July 9, 2026 at 8:45 am
Great… Lose your phone… Means lose all your savings…. And lose your home! 😂😂😂
@RoolSkool
July 9, 2026 at 9:00 am
It also uses fingerprint and has a keypad
@kemistrypops
July 9, 2026 at 9:15 am
Exactly, I think it would use some sort of backup access method
@TheRealSpyKent
July 9, 2026 at 1:13 pm
I used to feel the same way until someone pointed out that the same thing would happen if I lost my keys or my wallet, and neither of those have biometrics to protect them.
@RatKing59
July 11, 2026 at 12:02 pm
How often are you losing your phone?
@jdvelasquezs
July 9, 2026 at 10:52 am
You probably didn’t configured your wyze lock correctly, plus, wyze has a doorbell too, so you can see who’s outside and open the door from the same app, pretty sweet.
@derschlotter5605
July 9, 2026 at 10:54 am
Yeah, no. Just no.
@lpphelps7479
July 9, 2026 at 11:01 am
I was looking last night great
@Mike__B
July 9, 2026 at 11:42 am
“How do I get rid of this janitor sized key ring…” Ummm, why do you have so many keys to locks you can change out? I have literally 1 key for my house, and that’s it, all the other keys are work related that are not going digital any time soon.
@eldon.phukuile
July 9, 2026 at 11:49 am
It’s an OPTION, or it is OPTIONAL. It it NOT an optionality. Gee whiz man.
@danklankin3887
July 9, 2026 at 12:08 pm
Nice clickbait. Just turned into an informercial about smart locks.
@praveenX
July 9, 2026 at 12:10 pm
I have my humble thumb 👍…. And the lock, which understand him.
@AlteredLP
July 9, 2026 at 12:30 pm
But this isnt the Ultra wide band (UWB) version Nuki promised. In the version they promised you wouldn’t even have to tap the phone to the keypad
@zeitgeist888
July 9, 2026 at 12:30 pm
I love similar tech that is unobtrusive and eases daily common activities. I also hate carrying keys.
@ImARichard
July 9, 2026 at 12:41 pm
The tech is cool. But I have a feeling if using a smart lock before Aliro was not appealing to people, they aren’t going to care much for them after either. The bigger problem is people using garbage “smart” products like Wyze and then attributing all the problems they face to every smart device.
@peter-radiantpipes2800
July 9, 2026 at 12:56 pm
I’m not going to recharge my door lock regularly. Fix that first.
@TheRealSpyKent
July 9, 2026 at 1:09 pm
I’ve been running that with Schlage for a couple of years now. We love it and will never go back.
@omnislide
July 9, 2026 at 1:49 pm
I thought the thumbnail was the Nickelback “photograph” meme
@eclark-n6v
July 9, 2026 at 2:57 pm
As great as open standards are (and I hope we get what I’m about to say as open source) Apple announced last year, locks that unlock with UWB technology that’s been in their phones and watches for years now. So far only two locks have launched that have it but it’s incredible. You just walk up and it unlocks, and if your lock supports it, when you shut the door it will lock automatically. No messing with keys OR a phone. Just walk up and go inside.
I used a home key lock for two years and tapping my watch or phone was better and faster than using my keys. But the UWB, is so fast and far more reliable. It unlocks as I walk up to the door so I just walk in, literally no friction, no thinking, no messing around. It’s genuinely the best smart lock experience you can get bar none.
@chocobueno
July 9, 2026 at 4:22 pm
Few seconds video and I m already scare that people will follow this. With all the CVE that are discovered almost everyday and the lack of security of EVERYTHING with code, how can you let your home secured by vibe coding company?
@pratmad
July 10, 2026 at 1:23 am
Love videos like these. small and informative
@Gle7N
July 10, 2026 at 9:53 am
delulu…..it still somehow relies on some remote server…..develop this thought further yourselves
@CNET
July 10, 2026 at 8:06 pm
Read more about Aliro on CNET.com: I Tested the Smart Lock of the Future, Built by a Century-Old Lock Maker
@owenloh9300
July 10, 2026 at 8:58 pm
Different people are seeing different titles on this one
Different people are being shown different titles on this one — right now it’s roughly:
• “I Replaced My House Key With My Phone and Didn’t Expect It to Work (It’s Finally Seamless)” — about 96% of viewers
• “I Replaced My Key With My Phone and Didn’t Expect It to Work (It’s Finally Seamless!)” — about 4% of viewers
@owenloh9300
July 10, 2026 at 8:58 pm
Different people are seeing different titles on this one
Different people are being shown different titles on this one — right now it’s roughly:
• “I Replaced My Key With My Phone and Didn’t Expect It to Work (It’s Finally Seamless!)” — about 100% of viewers
It was also testing “I Replaced My House Key With My Phone and Didn’t Expect It to Work (It’s Finally Seamless)” earlier on.
@nobodyneedstoknow128
July 11, 2026 at 4:38 am
nfc lol cnet is so behind…. ppl are on uwb now…