Smart technology is exploding across the UK, with online searches leaping from 160,780 in 2023 to 247,940 in 2024, and 79 % of potential home movers now saying they want their next home to be a smart home i.

It’ s not hard to see why. Smart home security enhances the safety, convenience, and efficiency of modern living, allowing homeowners to keep an eye on their property in real-time, receive alerts about suspicious activities, and interact with visitors via smart doorbells and cameras.

Another major advantage is the ability to integrate various security devices – such as smart locks, alarms, cameras, and sensors – using a central platform. This creates a smart security ecosystem, ensuring they work together to streamline users’ interaction with their smart security products and providing tremendous convenience and efficiency.

In addition, smart home security systems are generally easier and less labour-intensive to install, as their reliance on wireless technology and Wi-Fi means there is less hardwiring required.

The SensCheck™ Keep Mounted Sensor

We recently announced that our SensCheck™ Door and Window Sensor range is expanding to offer smart-compatible hardware for more entry points around the home than ever before.

As part of this expansion, we have launched a new keep-mounted SensCheck™ L2 Door sensor, which is compatible with the Lockmaster AutoEngage and Lockmaster 28mm multi-point door locks. This innovation ensures that every lock sold is smart-compatible, eliminates

the need for modifications, and is easy to install – advanced smart compatible security couldn’ t be simpler.

As a result, our SensCheck™ Door and Window Sensor range now works with a wider variety of home entry points, including:

• Composite and PVCu doors

• Side and bi-fold doors

• PVCu casement windows

• Aluminium windows

So whether it’ s your front door, bifold door, or a window upstairs, SensCheck™ helps keep your home connected and protected. Additionally, SensCheck™ window sensors are now compatible

with newly launched Dual Lock window lock range, alongside our Musang Shootbolt and Rapide window locks. This enhanced compatibility makes it even easier for fabricators and installers to integrate smart security solutions into both PVCu and aluminium windows.

The Yale SensCheck™ range utilises smart technology to provide homeowners with‘ instant connected security status’, enabling them to protect the things that matter most and be sure of their door and window security for instant peace of mind. It allows the homeowner to be

notified via the Yale Smart Living Alarm App if their doors are open or closed, locked or unlocked, and whether their windows are closed, open or in the night vent position.

In addition, SensCheck™ has been British Standards Institute( BSI) Kitemark-accredited for IoT( Internet of Things) security, providing reassurance that it functions securely and reliably as part of an interconnected home, and is Secured by Design’ s‘ Secured Connected Device’ Accredited, supporting the UK police initiative to improve home security through robust security solutions.

A great deal of progress has been made and the UK homeowner is increasingly ready to embrace the benefits of smart home security – as shown by its rapidly accelerating adoption in recent years. Choose your products from an established manufacturer with provenance and trust like Yale and you will give yourself the competitive advantage needed to stay ahead in this brave new era.

For more details on the Yale SensCheck™ hardware, visit: www. yaledws. co. uk / uk / en / products / senscheck / senscheckcompatiable-hardware

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