​The smart lock standard that could replace your keys is finally here 

​The smart lock standard that could replace your keys is finally here 

A hand holding a smartphone in front of a mockup of a door. There’s a smart lock in the door mockup and the phone is displaying a lock.

A Galaxy smartphone using tap-to-unlock on a keypad for a Nuki smart lock. A new smart lock standard, Aliro, is bringing this functionality to all smartphones. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge

Aliro has officially arrived. The smart lock standard, first announced in 2023, finally has a 1.0 spec, meaning companies can now get hardware certified and roll out support.

Aliro is an open standard designed to let any smart lock be unlocked by any smartphone, regardless of manufacturer. It stores a digital key in your phone’s wallet that you can tap to a compatible lock – just like you tap to pay.

If you’ve used Apple’s Home Key, you already understand the idea – but instead of being locked into Apple’s ecosystem, Aliro is cross-platform, working on both Android and iOS, and with the major mobile wallet ecosystems – Apple, Google, and …

Read the full story at The Verge.

 

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