Owners of an Apple Watch just got another tool to make life easier: a digital door key on their wrists. The functionality comes via the August Smart Lock thanks to an update of the company's iPhone app that allows you to swipe and tap your Apple Watch to open an August Smart Lock-equipped door. Although the Apple Watch functionality is essentially just a porting of August's iPhone app to your wrist, it immediately makes the notion of using the smart door lock a lot more practical and faster than digging your iPhone out to open a door. Back in April, Starwood hotels made news when it showed off an app that allows its guests to use the Apple Watch to open hotel room doors in roughly 100 of its locations (which includes the W Hotel). But August's solution brings the Apple Watch-powered smart home dynamic to the mainstream. In addition to the lock and unlock features, the Apple Watch app also instantly sends you a notification when someone unlocks your door. A silent, Taptic Engine tap on your wrist to alert you to someone entering your home is arguably a lot more seamless than constantly looking for such notifications on your iPhone screen. The August Smart Lock costs $250 and you can download the Apple Watch app for free from Apple's App Store.
August Smart Lock, creators of the popular iPhone app that allows Smart Lock enabled doors to be opened using the mobile device, have developed the functionality to now allow Apple Watches to do the same. Made possible by porting the necessary information from your pocket to your wrist, this application will also notify you when someone locks or unlocks the enabled door.