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Ring’s new smart lock has a manual fallback that can’t lock you out – how it works

Ring’s first-ever smart lock addresses a real weakness in the device category with a hand-powered energy dial. The lock also supports PIN, fingerprint scanning, Alexa, and the Ring app to unlock. The jury is out on whether this form of energy backup is more reliable than a physical key. For as much as Ring…
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