Yale
Yale and Kevo smart locks
Locks · Security
Partly worksCloud
1 report: 1 says it partly works.
Reported on r/homeassistant.
What people report
| Integration | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not named | Partly works Cloud | Slow to unlock and relied on cloudSaved copyI’ve had four different smart locks. Yale, Kevo, Danalock and Airbnk. My learning was: There are no perfect smart locks available. Each one is a compromise. The Yale and Kevo were slow to unlock and relied on the cloud. The Danalock was really badly supported by the manufacturer and the HomeKit upgrades killed it. All of them were a pain to install. So I decided to go for a generic Chinese lock that would allow me to isolate it from any cloud and have it fully under my control. It is zigbee and Bluetooth but at the moment it is not supported by Home Assistant só I made a Bluetooth proxy for … Excerpt saved from the Arctic Shift Reddit archive on 2026-10-23. | Reddit comment · 2024-05 |
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In ReReHome
Once Home Assistant’s HomeKit Bridge shares it, this device reaches Apple Home as a HomeKit accessory behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls it like any other.
Identifiers
| Brand | Yale |
|---|---|
| Category | Locks |
