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hey I'm seen that's right Chris standing here at the front door of the C net smart house testing out the Schlage sense Bluetooth deadbolt and this is a new deadbolt from SH leg that has home kick compatibility built right into it and that means you can use it with Apple smart home platform on your iOS device and that you can control it with Siri so put your phone out of your pocket and ask you to unlock or lock the front door and she'll take care of it now this isn't the first smart deadbolt we've seen from Schlage far from it they've actually been doing it for a couple of years now with models that have z-wave radios built-in with z-wave you connect the lock to a hub the hub connects to your router and then you can access your lock from anywhere with bluetooth things are a little different because it's a limited range you can't accessibly to for more than 50 feet away or so and that means that you don't get remote control of this lock right out of the box if you have an Apple TV you'll be able to use it as the gatekeeper to let you into your home network and unlock the door from afar and so for that reason I don't think that this deadbolt makes sense if you don't have Apple TV or you don't want to get one that said it's a pretty good luck it's got a great app it works well with other home care products and it worked very reliably as I tested it out the installation is a little hands-on but the step-by-step directions make it pretty simple all you really need is a screwdriver and you can get it done in about 20 minutes from there you just sync the lock with your phone and you're good to go you can lock it unlock the door from your app you can add specific codes for specific people that's a nice way to see who exactly is coming and going all of it works well so if you're buying the home kit I think it's a good purchase but at 229 dollars it's a little more expensive than other lock so z-wave versions cost 50 bucks less I'd rather have one of those if I'm building a smart home setup from scratch and I don't want home kit for more check out my full review at cnet.com for seen at appliances here at the CNET's smart home I'm right Chris