Now all you have to say is alexa unlock the front door or whatever you named your smart lock.
Can alexa unlock doors.
Say the code and your door should unlock.
Alexa can also lock your doors and tell you the status of your locks.
At this time alexa does not support scenes with lock devices and groups with locks added to them in alexa will not run.
August first established an integration with alexa in july but that was only for locking the door and checking on the status of the door.
This is the first time alexa will be able to unlock a door.
A few things worth noting.
First this is the first smart lock alexa works with.
Alexa lock the front door alexa unlock the front door alexa is the back door locked.
Then you will be required to set a four digit pin which must be spoken before alexa will unlock the door.
This passcode need only be 4 digits and can be changed whenever you need it.
You could already ask alexa to lock the door now after you say a spoken pin code she ll unlock it for you too.
Just give alexa voice commands like the following examples.
Alexa unlock the front door alexa is the back door locked when asking alexa to lock or check lock status you must use the name of your lock as it appears in your smartthings app i e.
Alexa will then ask you for your voice code.
When you say alexa unlock the front door alexa will ask for the pin.
If the pin is correct alexa will unlock the door.
Alexa can unlock your smart locks now.
With voice commands like alexa is the front door locked and alexa unlock my front door you can control your home security without lifting a finger.
Plus you can pair your kwikset smart lock with other smart home devices and control them with a single command like locking your doors and turning off the lights when going to bed.
While yale already has an alexa lock skill that lets yale z wave and zigbee users lock their doors and get lock status updates this is the first time that folks will actually be able to unlock.
After three attempts to unlock the door with an incorrect pin alexa will disable the unlocking feature and.