Yale Assure Lock 2 Smart Lock with Wi-Fi

The Assure Lock 2 sits in the premium tier of residential smart deadbolts, competing directly with the Schlage Encode Plus and the August Wi-Fi Smart Lock Pro. Unlike August's retrofit cylinder approach, Yale builds the full deadbolt mechanism from scratch here, replacing the exterior cylinder entirely with a capacitive touchscreen. The built-in Wi-Fi module is the meaningful differentiator at this price — no hub, no bridge, no Z-Wave controller required for remote access — though Z-Wave Plus is also onboard for those already running a SmartThings or Home Assistant ecosystem that benefits from the lower-latency mesh protocol. …More info