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Although using a smart lock has a lot of pros, one of the negatives is having to deal with an unexpectedly dead battery. Luckin It offers a smart lock that gets around this problem: the V7 Max, which is powered by wireless optical charging. According to the company, the lock uses an “eye-safe optical output to provide fast power delivery with no waste within a range of four metres.”
Here’s how it works, according to Lockin: The smart lock’s lithium battery is charged wirelessly by a transmitter, called the AuraCharge, which plugs into an outlet and is mounted indoors within 4 meters of the lock (you can mount the AuraCharge on a wall or place it on a table or other surface). If the transmitter is turned off for any reason, the lock will remain on for several hours, Lukin says. It should be noted that most smart locks have a battery life measured in months.
Designed by Hartmut Esslinger, Apple’s former chief designer, the V7 Max offers three biometric unlocking options: finger vein, palm vein, and 3D facial recognition. As a result, it doesn’t look like the usual square-style smart locks and number plates. Instead, it resembles an elegantly curved door handle.
The V7 Max has a built-in video doorbell, features 5-inch touchscreens inside and out, and is compatible with the Matter protocol, allowing it to work with Google, Apple, Amazon, and Samsung smart home systems. It uses two external cameras, along with an artificial intelligence system called LockinAI, which the company says can do everything from recognizing and recording deliveries, to monitoring children and the elderly for safety issues, to automatically creating highlight reels for family celebrations. (Many of the claimed AI features appear to require an inward-facing camera, but none of the materials Edge have received it by the mentioned blocking time.)
And this isn’t the only wirelessly charging smart lock the company is announcing. It is also releasing an update for it dowry for The smart deadbolt lock, called Veno Pro Wireless, will be equipped with the same technology as the V7 Max.
This is the second type of wireless charging technology for smart locks we’ve seen; the first, Alfred DB2S smart lockIt uses an infrared laser to keep its battery full. It’s not yet clear how similar Lockin’s AuraCharge technology is to the Wi-Charge system Alfred uses.
Lockin’s V7 Max will be available for pre-order this month and is expected to ship early this year. No price was available at press time.