Level Lock+ review: The closest thing to a perfect smart lock [Video]

Price When Reviewed

$349.00 (Level Lock+ and the Level Connect Wi-Fi bridge)

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We’ve always liked Level Locks—with the caveat that Apple users will have the best experience with them. That’s the case with the company’s top-of-the-line Level Lock+, which has several advanced features that depend on the presence of an Apple Home hub in your home. The Amazon Alexa experience–via Amazon’s Sidewalk network neighborhood–isn’t quite as compelling, and you can’t integrate a Level Lock+ into a Google Assistant or SmartThings ecosystem at all. But Level’s embrace of Matter over Thread promises to change that–eventually.

Understated design is the biggest appeal of any Level Lock, and this model is no exception. There’s no way to tell this is a smart lock just by looking at it; in fact, there’s not even any branding on either side of the lock (the company’s logo is stamped on the end of the bolt, where you’ll only see it when the door is open).