With the Nest Connect, you can use the Nest app to unlock the door from anywhere and get alerts on. The app would hang, requiring a force quit and restart, or crash alt together during locking or unlocking. Meet the secure, tamper-proof lock from Nest and Yale. My initial experiences with the app were rocky, much like the initial setup.
As noted above, the app will walk you through setting a new master PIN, overwriting the one you set on the lock upon initial hardware configuration.
Nest x Yale appears in the Nest app as a separate device, and management is fairly intuitive. I was about to give up on the Connect but gave it one last try after a short prayer, and at last it finally worked.
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(If you have a Nest Secure system, you won’t need the Nest Connect.) To set up the lock with the Nest app, you first scan a QR code on the back of the Nest Connect, configure it to connect to your Wi-Fi network, then scan a QR code inside the lock itself to finish the job.īoth these steps gave me a considerable amount of trouble, which was a big surprise, throwing out error after error, refusing to connect to the network. Nest sells the lock together with the bridge for $279. Christopher Null / IDGĪt this point, you’ll need a Nest Connect device, which is a small hub that plugs into wall power near your lock (within 40 feet), creating a bridge between the lock and your Wi-Fi network.
This doesn’t last long, though, as you are quickly shunted over to the Nest app to continue your setup (which overwrites that PIN code anyway). After the batteries are installed, voice prompts-a helpful feature Yale deployed in its first generation of Yale Real Living smart locks in 2011-guide you through initial setup, including setting a master PIN code.
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