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Electronics · Smart Locks

Are Wi-Fi smart locks bad for battery life?

Reviewer consensus

Often, yes. Multiple high-trust community threads flag faster battery drain on always-connected Wi-Fi locks and recommend Thread/Matter or Zigbee alternatives if battery longevity matters. Schlage Encode owners, by contrast, frequently report near-yearlong battery life even on Wi-Fi.

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