Smart locks are gaining ground in the industry

Smart locks

Smart home access systems no longer rely on a single key. Now security is biological. The implementation of biometrics in the security industry, both for the home and for shared spaces, is not a surprise. With the wide variety of solutions this technology offers, it was only a matter of time before new solutions or implementations emerged seeking to take advantage of innovative new products.

Part of this process is accompanied by the development of smart locks or smart locks. Opening with fingerprint readers is not a novelty and there are even buildings or offices that already use this biological key as a replacement for more traditional systems. But with the unstoppable advancement of this technology, systems began to appear that propel these keys one step further.

Proof of this was seen at the last CES in Las Vegas, where devices of all kinds were presented: doorbells with cameras that recognize faces, connected systems to alert the police, among others. But the product that caught the eye and that marks the path of the industry was US: E, a smart lock that implements two biometric solutions: face recognition and fingerprint reading.

Thanks to software that analyzes visitors in 3D, this smart lock opens automatically when it recognizes one of the configured profiles. As if that were not enough, you can combine different tools (such as fingerprints or traditional passwords) to access the property.

This is one of the many products that have already started to circulate on the market. With a growing trend, biometric locks already have the ground paved to begin their expansion.

The “Chinese Airbnb” protects tourists

China is a pioneer in biometrics. Recently, the state released a statement confirming that more than 120,000 Beijing public housing began adopting face recognition techniques to prevent property seizure, abuse and thus improve control of government parcels. However, this is not the only field where this country is implementing its smart locks.

The company Xiaozhu, a rival to the real estate rental site Airbnb, began testing face recognition as an identity check method when renting a property. As confirmed by the company, 80% of its customers are already prepared to incorporate this technology in most major cities.

“Years ago, we were concerned that people did not want to share their home with a stranger. Now, with this industry increasingly developed, we want all the parties involved to know that they are safe where they are going to stay and who they are going to live with, “said Kelvin Chen Chi, CEO of the company, in an interview.

With more than six million shared houses in China and a valuation of $ 7.2 billion, the firm (supported by the Alibaba group, the most important e-commerce in the region and one of the most powerful in the world) It demonstrates its security concerns and how biometrics could bring customers closer to better security solutions.