Tag: August Home
Yale and August integrate with DoorBird IP Video Door Stations
March 16, 2021SSN Staff
SAN FRANCISCO—Smart lock leaders, Yale and August, announced an integration with DoorBird’s IP Video Door Stations. Customers can now connect any Wi-Fi connected August or Yale smart lock to a DoorBird IP Video Door Station for a seamless “approach to entry” experience.
“We’re proud of our robust list of integration partners, helping you connect your locks to voice assistants, lights, alarm systems and even vacuums,” the companies said in the announcement....
August Home hits 1 million user milestone
August 1, 2018Spencer Ives
SAN FRANCISCO—Smart lock company August Home, a subsidiary of ASSA ABLOY, in July announced that it hit the 1 million user milestone for its app. Dale Pistilli, August's VP of marketing and sales, talked with Security Systems News about the factors that led to this milestone and the prospects for the smart lock market down the road.“First and foremost, it's about having a great user experience. We went to great lengths—and have a great passion around—designing an awesome product...
August Home partners with Alarm.com
June 27, 2018SSN Staff
SAN FRANCISCO—August Home Inc., a provider of smart and secure front door solutions, recently announced a partnership with Alarm.com, a platform for the intelligently connected property, to strengthen the security of the front door. By integrating the August Smart Lock Pro into the Alarm.com platform, homeowners with smart home security systems powered by Alarm.com will be able to remotely control the front door, manage their security system and connect to multiple devices around the home with...
August Home and Protect America team up
February 7, 2018Paul Ragusa
SAN FRANCISCO and AUSTIN, Texas—August Home and Protect America have teamed up to provide smarter DIY security for homeowners. By integrating the August Smart Lock Pro into its connected home security systems, Protect America's professionally monitored security now works with the August Smart Lock Pro to provide customers with keyless access to their home.“Our partnership with August Home is significant in that it is the first time we have worked closely with such an innovative leader...
ASSA ABLOY acquires August Home in the US
October 19, 2017Paul Ragusa
STOCKHOLM—ASSA ABLOY has signed an agreement to acquire August Home, a leading smart lock business in the U.S."I am very pleased to welcome August into the ASSA ABLOY Group," Johan Molin, president and CEO of ASSA ABLOY, said in the announcement. "August constitutes a strategic addition to the Group and reinforces our position in the residential smart door market.”Thanasis Molokotos, executive vice president for ASSA ABLOY and head of the Americas division, said August Home strengthens...
Finding security in smart home products
April 27, 2016Paul Ragusa
With the “smart home” taking over talk on the residential side of security, it is no surprise that research and studies continue to pop up in an effort to quantify and qualify what is going on in this growing connected-home market.
Results of a study conducted in March by August Home and Xfinity Home give some further insight into the relationship between home security and connected home devices.
When asked why they would consider adopting smart home technology, the study found that 63...