Today at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, Schlage unveiled its new Schlage Sense Pro Smart Deadbolt, marking the company’s first Ultra Wideband-enabled smart lock, complete with support for Matter-over-Thread.
Schlage has consistently been at the forefront of connected home smart locks. In March 2022, it made history as the first company to launch an NFC-assisted Apple Home Keys-enabled smart lock solution, the popular Schlage Encode Plus. Now, let’s take a closer look at the features and capabilities of the upcoming Schlage Sense Pro Smart Deadbolt.
Schlage Sense Pro Smart Deadbolt
The Schlage Sense Pro will feature Matter-over-Thread support and deliver hands-free unlocking. Thread is, of course, the power-efficient, low-bandwidth, and low-latency communication protocol for IoT devices. It’s more efficient than Wi-Fi, which prolongs battery life in connected devices, and because there’s lower latency, there’s less delay between issuing commands.
Another advantage of Thread is that it eliminates the requirement for a separate hub for each brand or device. All you need is a thread-enabled border router, and the good news is that you might already have one. The HomePod (2nd-generation), HomePod mini, and the 3rd-generation Apple TV 4K with Ethernet all sport Thread radios and serve as border routers. There are quite a few non-Apple Thread border routers as well.
The Schlage Sense Pro, with Matter support over Thread, is poised to become a versatile smart lock. It can be easily controlled through various platforms like Apple HomeKit, Amazon Alexa, and Google. Additionally, it leverages the efficiency, bandwidth, and latency advantages of Thread.
But, of course, that’s not all the Sense Pro aims to deliver. For the first time, Schlage’s flagship lock boasts the latest version of its Converge technology, which introduces support for Ultra Wideband between the lock and the user’s paired and authorized device.
Ultra Wideband technology intelligently calculates speed, trajectory, and motion, enabling the lock to better comprehend the user’s positioning and intent to enter. In essence, it will unlock the door precisely at the moment the user reaches it. The Sense Pro offers various convenient features, including hands-free unlocking, keypad access code entry, and tap-to-unlock using NFC, among others.
Another plus, for some users at least, is that the Schlage Sense Pro completely eliminates physical keys. Physical key ways are an easy attack vector for lock pickers, so eliminating the physical keys helps boost door security.
Related: Schlage Encode Plus review
The Schlage Sense Pro, similar to the Encode Plus (review) before it, is poised to become a compelling addition to connected homes. What are your thoughts on it? Schlage has announced that we can expect its new flagship smart lock to arrive later this year. We’ll provide more details, including a comprehensive review and hands-on experience, once it’s released!
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