Aqara U100 smart lock

Not using wifi is the way to go. The lock you choose will depend on the protocols you are running today and in the future (Zigbee, Zwave etc). I am using an Aqara u100 lock. It can be opened using codes, fingerprints, and Apple Homekey (hold iPhone or Apple Watch up to the lock). It also has a hidden physical key hole, and hidden charge port in case it runs out of battery.

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… started this journey. Only gonna answer #6 as I’m sure you will get some good responses from more experienced users for the rest. #6 - I also have the Aqara M3 hub and u100 lock. For me, I didn’t have the range issue but I added via Matter and it was a breeze. It just “worked”. Once I paired via matter the hub and its accessories (at that moment just the u100 lock) were instantly there. Recently I just added Aqara window/door sensors and I first paired them with the M3 hub and got it working there. When I went to open HA and go to the Matter integration, the sensors were already there. The …

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I’ve been using the Aqara U100 smart lock for 6 weeks now. They run $150 (after coupon) for the bronze and $160 (after coupon for silver/stainless) on Amazon. I’ve been pleased as punch with it. If you use iOS it ties in perfectly with HomeKit. Works perfect from Home Assistant. I tried 3 different smart locks over the years and never could get them to work with Z-Wave. So when this worked perfectly the first time, I was honestly surprised. The smart lock card was automatically sent to everyone in my Apple Family so everyone could unlock the door. There is a usb-c port on the front to jack in …

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Aquara U100 is fantastic. Can do fingerprint, code, key, HomeKey (apple), and (with the aquara E1 hub) lets you run through matter for home assistant integration. *code and fingerprint setup are done through the aquara app U50 is good too if you don’t need fingerprint.

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The Aqara u100 does if you get the m100 hub. Hub is only $20 extra and the lock is extremely reasonably priced compared to competitors with less options. Even with the extra $20 hub it’s probably right at or barley more than the competition

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I have an Aqara U100 lock. Absolutely a rock star. $100 on Amazon and works with an AppleTV wireless. It isn’t Zigbee or a Thread but doesn’t need one if you have an AppleTV. If you don’t have an AppleTV, their E1 hub is $20 on Amazon right now.

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… overall it was much less that the other options that ticked all the boxes. In terms of connectivity, I have the hub connected to HA via matter, and the lock piped back out to HomeKit via HA. This means I’m not reliant on a HK hub close by to the lock. A requirement for our family was HomeKey, we are all apple users, and while the lock has many ways to be used it’s iPhone and Apple Watch that get 99% of the usage. Fingerprints on mine work flawlessly (except when your fingers are soaked wet). Codes work well too, though can be a bit finicky with the first press “wake up” before it accepts …

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Lots of quick "don't need a hub" comments on here, and for the most part they are correct. I have Aqara zigbee devices on my zigbee dongle in HA, with no Aqara hub. However, I needed to grab an M2 hub on sale to get the full functionality I wanted out of my Aqara u100 lock into Home Assistant...

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I’m still in the early stages of testing, but I have an Aqara U100 connected to Home Assistant using HomeKit over Bluetooth. I can’t do much with the lock from HA, but I can see status (locked, unlocked, unlocking, locking, jammed, etc), battery level, and signal strength. I can’t see who unlocked the door in HA, unfortunately. You’ll need to use the app to add users, PIN codes, fingerprints, get detailed logs, etc but the lock doesn’t need to be connected to the cloud for that (the app needs an Aqara cloud account,l to work, unfortunately). I can lock and unlock the door from HA in addition …

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It uses a proprietary zigbee implementation, that requires the Aqara bridge.

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I have the Aqara U100. It's a Zigbee lock that I really like but you need to use one of their hubs to connect it to HA. I have the cheaper E1 usb one. The lock is great, and the kids don't need to keep track of keys in their backpack. Just their entry code. And I can use my phone with it. And it has a physical key if all those other things fail. But it works really well in Home Assistant.

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Just got the Aqara u100 and it’s terrific. Has apple homekey so it’ll work by phone tapping. That being said it does not *exactly* jive with HA. If you want homekey it has to be set up through HomeKit. If you set it up straight through HA you will have full control but no homekey. Through HomeKit you can bridge it in but only in a read only fashion, which is fine for me as it can still trigger automations based off the state of the lock, but I can not modify the lock itself through HA. Has to be with HomeKit. Do not get a eufy 31. Had two and they were both junk, one defective and the other …

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Aqara u100. As I understand it, and it could have changed, but basically you can have HK or HA, but not both. If you set it up through HomeKit/Aqara app you get all the features, home key, assign number combinations, fingerprints, etc. but you can not import any features or statuses to HA. If you set it up straight through HA, you can use the lock and get statuses but lose (at the very least) home key and maybe some other options. You can buy the aqara hub which enables matter on the lock but I don’t think there’s any other value-add other than that. Seeing some other posts in here about it …

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I have Aqara U100 locks on all my doors. It does require an Aqara hub to connect them to HA, but that’s the only solution I’ve come up with that will give you proper HomeKey support on smart locks connected and controllable from HA. You can’t program any codes from HA but you can lock/unlock. These locks also have pretty good fingerprint readers and can use cheap NFC tags too. It was also interesting getting them all rekeyed to use the same keys and to get key copies made. They don’t use fully standard keyways, but they’re close to the same as Schlage. I took the 5 locks to a locksmith and …

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