Aqara is a leading smart home device manufacturer that was founded back in 2009.  My latest article provides a hands on review of Aqara's latest smart lock, the U300.  Unlike most smart locks, the U300 is a lever lock, not a deadbolt lock.  In addition, the U300 is compatible with the Matter smart home standard so it can be integrated with a wide variety of smart home platforms without the need for a separate hub from the manufacturer.

You can find the article here:

https://restechtoday.com/reviewing-the-aqara-smart-lock-u300/

For those interested in earlier articles that I've written, you can find those here:

https://restechtoday.com/author/jaybasen/

For these interested in even earlier content that I wrote, you can find it all here though older content has formatting issues due to a transfer from blogspot to wordpress.

https://topicsinhomeautomation.wordpress.com/

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Aqara says that the batteries should last 10 months based on locking/unlocking of 10 times per day.  The door I put the lock on to test it is a side door to my garage.  It only gets used about once per day.  So, I think Aqara's 10 month estimate should be about right for a door used on a regular basis.