one year of autonomy for 49 dollars

In early September, Nuki announced a power supply for your HomeKit compatible lock, as well as a multi-country installation service. Now the Austrian startup has just announced the availability of this battery. So, users who own any version of this smart battery can now use it.

Full charge in 10 hours, twice the life of AAA batteries

The new battery is placed in the same place as the current batteries. According to the company, offers up to one year of battery life

, twice the usual AAA batteries required. To charge you need a USB-C cable included in the product.

The Nuki app allows us to know the charge level of the lock at any time. When it drops below 20%, we will receive a notification

this will indicate the level reached. We will therefore have ample time to put it to charge for as long as it takes. Of course, we can also leave it always connected to power via USB-C if we have a socket nearby.

he power supply de Nuki costs 49 dollars and can be purchased in its online store, although it does not appear in the Spanish store at the moment. The lock itself is priced at 199 dollars and can already be used with HomeKit, to which you need to add a bridge to be able to unlock more statuses from the manufacturer’s app (and increase the range). The pack that includes it costs 269 dollars, so in total we can speak of 318 dollars with the battery. Without him bridge its 248 dollars.

The company claims to be working on products that completely remove the keys from our lives. This indicates full integration with a door, rather than “overlapping” with traditional locks.