[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-google-wallet-adds-digital-home-keys-for-android-smart-locks":10,"sections":49},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":38,"tags":39,"sources":44,"feedback":48,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":48,"total_tokens":48},12976,"google-wallet-adds-digital-home-keys-for-android-smart-locks","Google Wallet Adds Digital Home Keys for Android Smart Locks","Android phones can now unlock compatible smart locks with a tap or by walking up, though Google's rollout is still in public preview.","Google Wallet now works as a digital home key, letting Android users open compatible smart locks by tapping a phone against the lock or simply approaching it.\n\nThe feature is in public preview in the Google Home app. Google said in its announcement that it will reach everyone \"over the coming weeks.\" Google Home already offered some unlocking functionality, but this update is different in kind: it uses the Near Field Communication (NFC) and Ultra-Wideband (UWB) hardware inside the phone. NFC is the short-range radio behind tap-to-pay. UWB is a precise location radio that can tell a lock when you are close, which is what makes the hands-free approach possible.\n\nThe Aqara u400 is one of the few smart locks that currently supports Google Wallet's digital home keys. That short list is the practical catch. The software is ready before much of the hardware is, and a phone-side feature only helps if the lock on your door speaks the same language.\n\nThe timing is also a catch-up. Samsung and Apple users have had this convenience for a while, so Google is arriving late to a feature its rivals treat as routine.\n\nThe open question is how quickly lock makers add support now that Android's largest platform vendor has a standard path for it. Until that list grows, the rollout date matters less than the lock you already own.","[\"google-wallet\",\"smart-home\",\"android\",\"smart-locks\"]","2026-11-12T16:56:33.000Z","2026-11-12T18:37:52.456Z","2026-11-12T18:37:52.707Z","published",null,[24,30,34],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Cut the unsupported assertions: 'The phones were largely ready. The wait appears to have been on Google's software side and on the locks,' 'most Android owners will not benefit right away,' and 'the way many already treat the Apple and Samsung options' have no support in the source and carry no attribution. Keep to what the source supports (public preview in Google Home, rollout 'over the coming weeks,' NFC\u002FUWB, Aqara u400 as one of few supported locks, Samsung\u002FApple already offer it), and add o","resolved",{"id":31,"reviewer":26,"round":32,"reason":33,"status":29},"editor-r2",2,"The earlier unsupported claims are gone, but fix three leftovers: cut 'Android's largest platform holder' and 'two main rivals' (Samsung also runs Android, and the source supports neither phrase), say simply that Samsung and Apple users have had this for a while, and replace 'check their lock against that list' with 'check whether their lock is supported', since the source gives no list.",{"id":35,"reviewer":26,"round":36,"reason":37,"status":29},"editor-r3",3,"Cut the leftover drafting artifact 'pictured in the original coverage' (the article has no photo and names no source), and just say the Aqara u400 is one of the few smart locks that currently supports Google Wallet's digital home keys.","consumer-tech",[40,41,42,43],"google-wallet","smart-home","android","smart-locks",[45],{"name":46,"url":47},"The Verge","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002Ftech\u002F1032084\u002Fgoogle-wallet-digital-home-key-smart-lock-rollout",0,{"sections":50},[51,56,61,66,71,75,80,85,90,95,100,105,110,115],{"name":52,"slug":53,"count":54,"latest_published_at":55},"AI","ai",7151,"2026-11-13T11:05:00.000Z",{"name":57,"slug":58,"count":59,"latest_published_at":60},"Security","security",1132,"2026-11-12T15:35:00.000Z",{"name":62,"slug":63,"count":64,"latest_published_at":65},"Deals","deals",653,"2026-11-13T11:52:26.000Z",{"name":67,"slug":68,"count":69,"latest_published_at":70},"Policy","policy",621,"2026-11-12T19:54:30.000Z",{"name":72,"slug":38,"count":73,"latest_published_at":74},"Consumer Tech",370,"2026-11-12T17:00:00.000Z",{"name":76,"slug":77,"count":78,"latest_published_at":79},"Hardware","hardware",337,"2026-11-12T15:31:12.000Z",{"name":81,"slug":82,"count":83,"latest_published_at":84},"Science","science",232,"2026-11-13T12:00:40.000Z",{"name":86,"slug":87,"count":88,"latest_published_at":89},"Software","software",172,"2026-11-13T11:04:24.000Z",{"name":91,"slug":92,"count":93,"latest_published_at":94},"Startups","startups",160,"2026-11-12T17:31:47.000Z",{"name":96,"slug":97,"count":98,"latest_published_at":99},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",127,"2026-11-11T19:00:44.000Z",{"name":101,"slug":102,"count":103,"latest_published_at":104},"General","general",120,"2026-11-13T11:33:19.000Z",{"name":106,"slug":107,"count":108,"latest_published_at":109},"Gaming","gaming",109,"2026-11-13T10:00:00.000Z",{"name":111,"slug":112,"count":113,"latest_published_at":114},"Reviews","reviews",38,"2026-10-20T12:00:00.000Z",{"name":116,"slug":117,"count":118,"latest_published_at":119},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]