The biggest difference between the two products is their specs.

If you’ve been looking to add a smart lock to your home, chances are you’ve run across August. The company makes several smart lock and smart-lock-adjacent accessories for your home. Its most popular product, the August Smart Lock, comes in two flavors: the standard August Smart Lock and the August Smart Lock Pro + Connect.

If you’re trying to decide between the two, here’s what you need to know!

By the way, if you’d like to read more about the August Smart Lock (or other excellent smart lock options), check out my review of the best smart locks in 2018:

Best Smart Locks in 2018

Comparing the August Smart Lock to its Pro companion

The best way to understand the difference between these two products is to take a look at their specs. Here’s a handy chart to help you visualize the differences:

 
August Smart Lock
August Smart Lock Pro + Connect
 

App support
Yes
Yes
Auto-Unlock
Yes
Yes
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I want my Apple TV.

Apple TV was an interesting product at launch. It was certainly wasn’t a game machine. J. Allard, the architect of Xbox once told me Xbox was Microsoft’s answer to PlayStation, which was Sony’s effort to be the computer of the living room. It scared Bill Gates at the time. In reality, neither PlayStation nor Xbox took over the living room. They were game consoles, bought by gamers. Apple TV was bought by iPod owners. No one owned the living room.

Apple TV was the first product announced by the late Steve Jobs well in advance of its ship date. In theory it would revolutionize TV. In practice, it turned your TV into an iPod for your living room. It had a hard drive and you could sync your content to it. In theory. In most cases, due to home network speeds or lack thereof, it could take days before everything was in order. It wasn’t the future of TV. It did give a glimpse of that future when the battle for a new optical disk format raged on.

The current Apple TV i…

Turn any word processing document into bookstore-friendly ebooks and print-ready PDFs.

Turning the novel sitting in your word processor into an actual ebook or print book can feel like navigating an obstacle course. But 180g’s Vellum transforms most, if not all, of the mud pits, wall climbs, and rope swings in that process into a relaxing stroll through the park. Here’s a quick rundown on how to prepare any .docx file for digital distribution and/or print perfection.

Step 1: Import Your Manuscript

Vellum can open and convert any file in .docx format, whether from Microsoft Word, Pages, or any other program that can create it. If you use the popular writing app Scrivener, the latest version as of this writing includes a tailor-made ”Vellum Export” option in its Compile options, under the .docx category. Note that Vellum can’t import any other kind of file, including .txt, .rtf, or an existing ePUB book.

Once you have your .docx ready, launch Vellum, click the ”Import Word File” …

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Looking for a fantastic VPN for iOS? Maybe you have a few in mind already?

Whether you’re someone who loves to have a VPN for a little extra security, or someone who’s interested in checking out a VPN for the first time ever, it can be difficult to know which ones are stellar and which are less-than-functional.

We’re chatting in the iMore forums about VPNs and have to ask: what’s your favorite / best VPN for iOS?

iMore Question
03-01-2016 04:34 PM

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Best paid VPN for iOS
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Some people have jumped on the TunnelBear bandwagon:

Evilguppy
03-21-2016 09:44 AM

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I really like Tunnelbear
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While others have talked about paying a little bit extra to get the best VPN value…

Sandy Roberts1
05-26-2016 08:33 AM

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I think the most affor…

When is iPhone 9 being released? Will Apple have an iPhone X2? What will the specs be? Will it have special features? Here’s everything we know!

iPhone 9 — or iPhone XI or X2, or whatever Apple ends up calling the 2018 iPhone — is widely expected to come next fall. But with iPhone 8 and iPhone X both on the market now, there are several ways Apple could go for the next generation. This article is continuously updated to include the latest news and rumors so you can be among the first to find out. Bookmark it, save it, share it, and check back often!

July 31, 2018: iPhone (2018) ’dummies’ gets shown off on video

First, you get the photo. Then, you get the video. That’s how ”dummy” hype works.

Just over a month to go until Apple announces the real thing.

July 30, 2018: Here are your alleged iPhone (2018) ’dummies’

Ben Geskin has shared what are purported to be iPhone X Plus and iPhone 6.1-inch ”dummies”:

2018 iPhone X Plus (6.5-inch) and iPhone (6.1-inch) Dummy Mod…

The reality of MoviePass might be more complicated than you hoped for.

MoviePass offers an interesting service: for $9.95 per month, you can see a new movie in theaters every day. If that sounds too good to be true, that’s because it’s turning out to be. While the idea of a flat rate subscription to see multiple movies in a week is certainly intriguing, the reality of MoviePass is turning out to be a lot more complicated.

For starters, you can only see movies in 2D on standard screens, you can’t watch the same movie multiple times in a week, and most recently, that flat $9.95 per month? Well, there’s now surge pricing (sorry, ”Peak Pricing”) that you’ll need to pay on top of your subscription for popular movies and showtimes. Add to that the fact that the service recently ran out of money one night and was unable to pay for tickets, and what you’ve got on your hands is a mess.

So if you’re looking at all this and thinking about canceling your account, here’s how you go about doing…

These don’t go on sale all that often.

Amazon is currently offering the popular wireless headphones from Apple for $144.99, which is about $15 off the normal going rate. We don’t see many discounts (outside of Costco’s recurring one) for these truly wireless headphones from Apple, so if you have been looking for a set, this is a deal you won’t want to miss out on.

The AirPods are powered by the W1 Bluetooth chip, which means they connect easily and have improved sound over Bluetooth. They’re ready to use with Apple devices out of the box. They can detect when you put them in your ears and immediately start working. You can double tap to access Siri. No wonder they’ve been in such high demand.

Don’t forget to grab some protection for the case the AirPods sit in, as well as a strap so you don’t lose one when traveling!

See at Amazon
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