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Wi-Fi Smart Lock (4th Gen)
Wi-Fi smart door lock
Premium · top third of smart home & security
Quick take
In short: what each side says
AI panel · Buyers — each opened up in full further down ↓
Best on Gemini (avg #1.0), weakest on Perplexity (#6.0)
Owners love the easy retrofit installation and reliable daily operation, but are divided on battery longevity, app connectivity quirks, and whether the premium price justifies the feature set versus…
Every side lands high — Holds up.
Main competitors
Top rivals in Smart Home & Security.
Act one
What the machines think.
Several AI models read the category and place this product — model by model, list by list, over time.
Model by model?
How each AI sees it.
Best on Gemini (avg #1.0), weakest on Perplexity (#6.0) Averaging across the AI panel, Wi-Fi Smart Lock (4th Gen) sits around #2.7 this snapshot.
GPT
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Didn’t rank Wi-Fi Smart Lock (4th Gen) this snapshot.
AI Mode
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Didn’t rank Wi-Fi Smart Lock (4th Gen) this snapshot.
Claude
Didn’t rank Wi-Fi Smart Lock (4th Gen) this snapshot.
Rank trajectory?
Weeks of movement.
Act two · ★ new
What the people say.
The same product, judged by the owners who bought and filmed it — what they praise, what they knock, who it's for.
What buyers say?
What Google knows about it.
Beyond the video critics, Google pools 2,655 buyer ratings of the Wi-Fi Smart Lock (4th Gen) from across retailers — a far wider, if blunter, jury. Here’s the shape of that opinion.
2,655 ratings · 7 written
across 1 retailer
What owners single out
Buyers' weakest aspect—battery life and cost—directly aligns with critics' repeated concerns about expensive CR123 batteries lasting only 3–6 months.
In their words
“I started buying August locks probably 10 years ago. I’ve used them for my house, my Airbnb, my mother’s house, everywhere I can so I can avoid carrying a key on a ring. They have gotten better and better. This is my first August with built in WiFi-a huge improvement. My 83 year old mother, 99% of my Airbnb guests, and friends and family are able to operate them without incident.”
verified purchase · shopyalehome.com
“I’ve had August since their inception, one of each generation. The Gen 3 failed after about 5 years. I wish I’d realized the roughness in the turning was a flaw and gotten it replaced during the warranty period. When it failed (got so crunchy it wouldn’t turn) I replaced it with the only thing August offers and that’s this WiFi unit. I’ve since learned it’s a downgrade in many dimensions.”
jaraco · verified purchase · shopyalehome.com
as of July 29 · 2655 buyer ratings?
Act three · ★ new
Do they agree?
Put the machine's rank and the owners' score in one frame, settle it with a verdict, and answer the only question that matters: should you buy it?
The disagreement
Where the juries actually split.
Gemini
#1avg rank
ranks it highest of the panel
Perplexity
#6avg rank
the most sceptical model
owners 4.4★ sits outside the models' split.
owners 4.4★Per-model average ranks from this week's panel?
Frequent rivals?
What it competes against.
- LockLevelAugust leads 1–0 · 1 sharedRead
- Secure ProLocklyAugust leads 1–0 · 1 sharedRead
- Vision EliteLocklyAugust leads 1–0 · 1 sharedRead
- Encode Smart WiFi DeadboltSchlageAugust leads 1–0 · 1 sharedRead
- Lock ProSwitchbotAugust leads 1–0 · 1 sharedRead
- Halo TouchKWIKSETAugust leads 1–0 · 1 sharedRead
- Sense Smart DeadboltSchlageAugust leads 1–0 · 1 sharedRead
Alternatives by price · Same field?
Same field, less money.
The recap
Where it stands today.
- PositionBest rank #1 across 1 intent tracked (no change vs last snapshot).
- FootprintStrongest in Best Smart Locks (#1).
- TraitsMost often described as “auto-unlock” (2 mentions).
- Closest rivalLock (1–0 across 1 shared intent).
- MakerBy August — see how it ranks across other intents on its brand profile.
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