Yale Approach™ Lock Deadbolt, Black Suede Key-Free Smart Entry Door Lock with Wi-Fi Connected Touchscreen Keypad and Biometric Fingerprint Scanner for Code Entry, B-YRR110-F-WF1-N-BSP

Works Great – Long Battery Life
Best smart door lock that goes over your existing deadbolt out there!Physical installation is simple and takes 10 – 15 minutes depending on if/how you install the door sensor. If you’re drilling it into the door jamb for a hidden look like I did, it’s a good idea to have some krazy glue on hand because if the hole you drill is even a hair too wide in diameter, the sensor wont stay snug in it. A little glue solves that easily.The wifi setup can be a bit if a pain in the butt the first time you do it because you have to turn off Intelligent wifi on your phone (don’t waste your time guessing which option to turn off, just turn them ALL off until you’re done setup) and you may have to allow the lock set to do software updates, which can take a while. Also, if the wifi module doesn’t connect the first time, don’t get too frustrated or discouraged. Just make sure you’re close to it, and close enough to a wifi access point to have a decent signal, and try it again. It will work the 2nd (or 3rd) time! And for those who want to complain about the wifi module being separate… I’ll take that option all day long because it means the batteries last 4x longer than models that have an integrated wifi module!After you’re through initial setup, it works GREAT! Totally worth the time it takes to install, even if it’s a bit cumbersome to do. Fingerprint functionality is really convenient for the wife and me and I also like that I can assign different entry codes for all the kids.I’m typically very wary of items that have less than a 4 star rating on Amazon but for once I’m really glad I ignored the relatively low rating (3.8 stars as of this review) and went with it. Liked the first one on the front door so much that I bought 2 more for the other exterior doors on our house!

Room for improvement
I’m very familiar with smart locks, have installed quite a few from several different brands. My front door (double doors) is full of Schlage hardware. I have the very expensive Schalge Encode Plus but never liked it and decided to go back to the original keys door lock and try out this Yale unit.The good – the design and lock hardware for the door is really nice. Solid, easy to install, and makes a lot of sense.The bad – there are several, most of it Yale could fix with a software update:1 – no Matter support even though Yale claimed it would be available later in 2024. We are hitting Q2 2025 and no Matter2 – the door positioning sensor. You have two choices, the easiest is to surface mount it next to the lock. In my case it would be on the secondary door – which is a darkly stained door with all oil rubbed hardware. A white unit would look absolutely awful. The second choice is to drill into my expensive door to add in the unit on the door edge – again, a no-go. If they offered this thing in black that would be better3 – no auto lock without the door sensor. This is just dumb because every other lock out there offers this. Further, you can still get around this using your smart home. I am a SmartThings user with Home Assistant as a secondary (they are tied together) for things SmartThings doesn’t handle well. I just have SmartThings setup to auto-lock the door.4 – WiFi bridge is oversized; I have other units with smaller bridges. Further, the bridge SHOULD be built into the lock itself5 – WiFi bridge setup required turning off intelligent WiFi settings to set it up (with no explanation of what it wanted shut off exactly…took some research to find it). No other bridge I have setup requires that.6 – Keypad is slow to read fingerprints and you seem to need to tap an extra button to wake it up.7 – the lock wants to decide whether your phone is connected to WiFi or Bluetooth. How about I pick and leave it on WiFi because that’s what I want8 – the app is…okay. Not thrilled with it, but works9 – SmartThings integration is a bit too basic. Why not integrate it with most of the same functions as the Yale App?Overall, this is okay. From my research, this is the best retrofit solution out there, but PLENTY of room for improvement…most Yale could fix with a simple firmware update

keypad doesn’t work as decribed
lots of issues with the keypad, connection issues, doesn’t save fingerprint or codes as it should.