Comcast Adds Three Additional Kwikset® Door
Locks with Home Connect™ Technology to the Works with Xfinity
Program
Today, Comcast announced that it has expanded its relationship
with the Kwikset brand of Spectrum Brands, Inc. and has integrated
three additional best-in-class smart locks into its Works with
Xfinity program. Now Xfinity Home customers can choose from four
Kwikset door locks with Home Connect™ technology to remotely
control access into and out of their homes.
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Comcast partners with Kwikset to offer
Xfinity Home customers more connected door lock options with the
ability to remotely manage access to their home. (Photo: Business
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“For many of our customers, connected door locks can help
provide peace of mind and save time during the course of their
day,” said Neal Foster, vice president of product management for
Xfinity Home. “With Kwikset’s connected door locks and the Xfinity
platform, our customers never have to turn the car around to see if
the doors are locked, leave work because a child forgot their key,
or run downstairs after bedtime to check to see if the doors are
locked.”
According to Parks Associates, nearly a million smart door locks
will be sold in 2017 and they are forecasted to grow at a compound
annual growth rate of 15.5% to 1.7 million units by 2021.
“Smart door locks are among some of the most strongly adopted
smart home devices with eight percent of U.S. broadband households
reporting ownership in 2017,” says Brad Russell, Research Director,
Parks Associates. “Smart door locks not only serve the recognized
home security use case but are providing expanded value through
integration with video cameras and doorbells for remote access
control for everything from vacation rentals to home services and
package deliveries.”
Keith Brandon, Kwikset Vice President of Residential Access
Solutions, Spectrum Brands, Inc. – Hardware & Home Improvement
Division said, “We are delighted to partner with Comcast and add
three more of our smart locks with Home Connect technology to the
Xfinity platform. Xfinity customers now have even more options to
choose from and can select the connected door lock that works best
for their home in the right style, finish, and color, within their
price range.”
The Kwikset SmartCode™ 910 Deadbolt, SmartCode™ 912 Deadbolt
Lever and SmartCode™ 916 Touchscreen Deadbolt join the Smartcode™
914 Touchpad Deadbolt, August Lock, and Chamberlain MyQ garage
controllers to help Xfinity customers manage access and secure
their homes. These Works with Xfinity connected door locks and
garage door controllers offer Xfinity Home customers the ability to
remotely view status, lock/unlock or open/close their doors, view
lock/unlock or open/close events in the activity feed, and create
rules or automated commands to notify users if their doors are not
locked (e.g., “At 10 p.m., notify me if my front door is
unlocked.”). Additionally, customers who have an Xfinity video
camera and Kwikset door lock can unlock their door remotely, which
provides the convenience of granting access to a guest or service
professional.
The Kwikset SmartCode 914 Touchpad Deadbolt will be available
for purchase in many Xfinity retail stores across the country and
directly online on the Xfinity website.
The Xfinity Home mobile app offers the option to easily create
rules or customized commands to automate daily lifestyle scenes.
For instance, with one tap, schedule the "Good morning" scene,
which turns on bedroom lights and turns the thermostat up (or down)
while everyone is getting ready, and disarms the security system in
the morning. Devices can be controlled via the Xfinity Home mobile
app and many rules features are also available through the online
portal. In addition, X1 customers with Xfinity Home service can use
their X1 voice remote to say many commands including, “Xfinity Home
Thermostat”; “Xfinity Home kitchen camera” to see their camera
feeds; “Xfinity Home Arm”; “Xfinity Home Arm Night” and
“Xfinity Home Disarm” to arm and disarm their security system; and
“Xfinity Home” to easily and quickly pull up the main menu of
commands on the largest screen in their home.
Comcast continuously expands its Xfinity Home business by
integrating best-in-class third-party devices such as Kwikset door
locks with Home Connect technology, Chamberlain MyQ garage
controllers, Philips Hue color lighting products, August door
locks, and thermostats, to give customers a single experience that
connects and manages their home security and automation needs.
Comcast also has lighting partnerships with GE, Lutron, and
Sengled, allowing its customers to operate many connected home
devices on the Xfinity Home platform.
Xfinity Home is the total home security and automation solution
from Comcast. This total home security service includes 24/7
professional monitoring, as well as battery and cellular backup,
remote arming and disarming, real-time text and email alerts, 24/7
video recording, live video monitoring, lighting and thermostat
control, and smoke and water leak detection. Through the Works
with Xfinity partner program, Xfinity Home seamlessly integrates
best-in-class smart home devices into its platform. Whether at home
or on the go, customers can manage many devices and stay connected
to their homes via the mobile app, online portal, in-home
Touchscreen Controller, or on their TV with the Xfinity X1 platform
to ensure peace of mind. For more information, go
to www.xfinity.com/home-security.
About ComcastComcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a
global media and technology company with two primary businesses,
Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the
nation’s largest video, high-speed internet, and phone providers to
residential customers under the XFINITY brand, and also provides
these services to businesses. It also provides wireless and
security and automation services to residential customers under the
XFINITY brand. NBCUniversal operates news, entertainment and sports
cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks,
television production operations, television station groups,
Universal Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts.
Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more
information.
About KwiksetKwikset is the leading residential lock
manufacturer, making homeowners feel safe since 1946. Kwikset works
hard to understand the world you live in, so that we can do
everything we can to protect it. The company’s unwavering
commitment to meeting homeowners’ needs has inspired its innovative
lock portfolio that includes patented SmartKey Security™ deadbolts,
keyless entry combination locks, connected home technology,
first-to-market electronic lock, Kevo™, door hardware with
Microban® antimicrobial product protection and a wide variety of
styles and finishes. Our interior and exterior door products
provide customers with the quality, technology, durability and
style they want while guaranteeing the highest level of security.
Headquartered in Orange County, Calif., Kwikset is part of the
Hardware & Home Improvement (HHI) division of Spectrum Brands
Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPB). Kwikset products are sold online and
through retailers and distributors throughout the U.S., Canada,
Mexico and Australia. Visit us at www.kwikset.com
and https://kwiksetpresskit.com.
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