Ring’s new smart lock has a manual fallback that can’t lock you out – how it works

ZDNET’s key takeaways

• Ring’s first-ever smart lock addresses a real weakness in the device category with a hand-powered energy dial.
• The lock also supports PIN, fingerprint scanning, Alexa, and the Ring app to unlock.
• The jury is out on whether this form of energy backup is more reliable than a physical key.

For as much as Ring has carved itself a spot in the home security market, the brand still doesn’t have a smart lock — though that’s about to change. A new Ring Smart Lock was just announced this week, expanding the Ring ecosystem and Alexa devices.

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The Ring Smart Lock attempts to safeguard against power loss with a unique dial that generates electricity by manually turning it. This is useful if your smart lock dies, since you can simply power it long enough to...

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