Two years after being funded on Indiegogo, Friday Labs is finally shipping its eponymous smart lock and opening orders up to new customers.

The lock works a lot like August’s smart lock: it’s installed on top of an existing door lock and can automatically unlock when it detects someone with a paired smartphone approaching. Friday’s app will also keep track of people’s comings and goings, and it can be used to grant temporary access to guests.

These are all pretty standard smart lock features, but Friday has two things to help set it apart: in addition to Bluetooth, it also includes Wi-Fi and support for Apple’s HomeKit system, two things that are a bit less common (it also works with Android).

Both of those are really helpful. Wi-Fi lets…

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