Wyze Auto-Lock Bolt v2 Smart Lock
Highest scored product for this attribute based on supporting review evidence.
Highest scored product for this attribute based on supporting review evidence.
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Strongest overall product among items with scored evidence for this attribute.
The keypad earns praise in one hands-on review for fast, seamless unlocking.
Pros: Fingerprint, Value and Price
Cons: Smart-home integration (Alexa, Google, Siri, HomeKit, Matter, Thread)
The physical keypad was a recurring positive because reviewers liked the tactile feel, responsiveness, and guest-friendly button design.
Pros: Fingerprint, Installation and Setup
The keypad was generally praised as easy, bright, backlit, and accessible, with one reviewer noting a nighttime first-press annoyance.
Pros: Installation and Setup, App
Cons: Battery, Locking motor
The keypad was viewed positively for reliability, passcode flexibility, and backlighting, although one reviewer treated keypad access as less preferred than fingerprint.
Pros: Camera and doorbell performance, Installation and Setup
Cons: Keyway quality, Door compatibility (deadbolt fit)
The keypad earned strong marks for lighting, large numbers, easy code entry, and fast response, despite a few wake-up quirks.
Pros: Value and Price, Guest Codes and Access
Cons: Industrial design, Hub requirement
The keypad was generally praised as responsive, visible, and easy to use, with scramble-code support helping privacy.
Pros: Palm vein recognition, Camera and doorbell performance
Cons: Door compatibility (deadbolt fit)
The keypad was praised for intuitive everyday locking and unlocking.
Pros: Guest Codes and Access, Industrial design
Cons: User access management, Value and Price
The keypad was repeatedly described as essential, convenient, flexible, and fast, especially when paired with face, fingerprint, NFC, and PIN methods.
Pros: Installation and Setup, Industrial design
Cons: Hub requirement, Auto-lock
The keypad and PIN Genie concept were widely praised for security and usability, although one reviewer found the shifting layout disorienting.
Pros: Fingerprint, App
Cons: Smart-home integration (Alexa, Google, Siri, HomeKit, Matter, Thread), Value and Price
The keypad was generally well-liked for fast response, code entry convenience, visibility, and anti-shoulder-surfing features.
Pros: App, Guest Codes and Access
The keypad was generally well liked for responsiveness, readability, and satisfying operation, with minor complaints about extra confirmation steps or fingerprint wear concerns.
Pros: Fingerprint, Value and Price
Cons: Hub requirement, Battery
The physical keypad was mostly praised for tactile, accurate buttons and anti-peep use, though one reviewer said the circular layout slowed code entry.
Pros: Fingerprint, Installation and Setup
Cons: Hub requirement
Keypad and touchpad feedback was mostly positive, though one reviewer had wake-up/tap responsiveness issues.
Pros: Installation and Setup, Camera and doorbell performance
Cons: Door compatibility (deadbolt fit)
Keypad evidence was mixed: one reviewer preferred physical buttons, while another confirmed the pin code worked.
Pros: Installation and Setup, Facial recognition
Cons: Value and Price, Smart-home integration (Alexa, Google, Siri, HomeKit, Matter, Thread)
The hidden keypad is fast, attractive, and useful for guests or phone-free entry. One defective unit failed to illuminate frequently, but its replacement worked reliably.
Pros: Geofencing, Industrial design
Cons: Feature additions via updates, Key override reliability
Keypad feedback is mostly positive for responsiveness, backlighting, and easy code access, but one reviewer found the outside lock button hard to discover.
Pros: Palm vein recognition, Battery
Cons: Feature additions via updates, Geofencing
The keypad was generally usable and responsive, but reviewers also found that it could take extra taps or touches to wake in some cases.
Pros: Battery, Smart-home integration (Alexa, Google, Siri, HomeKit, Matter, Thread)
The keypad was viewed as secure thanks to PIN Genie, though reviewers also said it can slow entry or make code entry less convenient.
Pros: Facial recognition, Installation and Setup
Cons: Door-sense, Wi-Fi
Keypad impressions were mixed: reviewers liked responsive, readable, and kid-friendly entry, but disliked sunlight readability problems and extra taps to wake the screen.
Pros: Installation and Setup, Smart-home integration (Alexa, Google, Siri, HomeKit, Matter, Thread)
Cons: Wi-Fi, Battery
Keypad impressions were mixed: PCMag found it responsive and well-lit, PCWorld found it slow to wake, and another liked the soft glow.
Pros: Value and Price, Fingerprint
Cons: Smart-home integration (Alexa, Google, Siri, HomeKit, Matter, Thread), Door-sense
The keypad is mixed: one reviewer found it responsive, another found the small, crowded pad error-prone, and another said the PIN worked when needed.
Pros: Palm vein recognition, Installation and Setup
Cons: App, Smart-home integration (Alexa, Google, Siri, HomeKit, Matter, Thread)
The keypad was easy enough for many reviewers, but repeated criticisms focused on the extra checkmark step, fiddly touch behavior, and limited tactile feedback.
Pros: Installation and Setup, Value and Price
Cons: Voice control, Smart-home integration (Alexa, Google, Siri, HomeKit, Matter, Thread)
The optional keypad was considered useful, especially for guests and rentals, but reviewers disliked that it costs extra and is not integrated.
Pros: Installation and Setup, Industrial design
Cons: Value and Price, Door compatibility (deadbolt fit)
The keypad was useful for codes and one-touch access in several reviews, but complaints included finicky input, basic features, awkward placement, and flimsy construction.
Pros: Installation and Setup, Value and Price
Cons: Keypad, Auto-lock
Keypad feedback was split: some reviewers praised responsiveness and readability, while several complained that the numbers are hard to see or that the touch keypad feels lower quality.
Pros: Value and Price, Installation and Setup
Cons: Keypad, App
The optional keypad works and can be useful, but reviewers noted it is not included and may disappoint buyers who want a built-in keypad experience.
Pros: Installation and Setup, App
Cons: Battery
The lack of a keypad hurt remote guest/code workflows, with reviewers noting that users who want PIN entry or quick code issuance should look elsewhere.
Pros: Fingerprint, User access management
Cons: Notifications, Auto-lock