[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-rings-smart-lock-has-a-hand-crank-for-when-power-dies":10,"sections":35},{"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":24,"tags":25,"sources":30,"feedback":34,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":34,"total_tokens":34},10454,"rings-smart-lock-has-a-hand-crank-for-when-power-dies","Ring's Smart Lock Has a Hand Crank for When Power Dies","The lock adds a physical crank so a dead battery or outage will not lock you out, a low-tech fix for a very digital problem.","Ring's newest smart lock has a backup plan for when the electronics quit: turn a crank.\n\nRing built a hand crank into the lock itself. When the batteries run out, you turn the crank to generate enough power to unlock the door. There is no app to open, no spare batteries to find, and no keypad code to remember - just physical effort as a last resort when the power is out or the battery finally dies.\n\nSmart locks have always carried an uncomfortable trade-off: convenience now, risk later. A dead battery or an outage can turn a locked door into a real problem, and most existing fixes, like swap-in backup batteries or keypad overrides, still require you to remember to prep for failure in advance. A crank needs no planning and no spare parts, which makes it a rare case of a smart-home company solving a reliability problem with a deliberately low-tech answer.\n\nIt will not make headlines like a flashy new app feature, but it is the kind of unglamorous engineering that actually matters when you are standing outside your own front door.","[\"smart locks\",\"ring\",\"home security\",\"iot\"]","2026-10-07T14:00:00.000Z","2026-10-08T02:34:23.087Z","2026-10-08T02:34:26.691Z","published",null,[],"consumer-tech",[26,27,28,29],"smart locks","ring","home security","iot",[31],{"name":32,"url":33},"Engadget","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.engadget.com\u002F2279739\u002Frings-smart-lock-has-a-hand-crank-so-it-works-even-if-the-powers-out\u002F",0,{"sections":36},[37,42,47,52,57,62,67,71,76,81,86,91,96,101],{"name":38,"slug":39,"count":40,"latest_published_at":41},"AI","ai",6369,"2026-10-07T14:12:37.000Z",{"name":43,"slug":44,"count":45,"latest_published_at":46},"Security","security",897,"2026-10-07T19:53:42.000Z",{"name":48,"slug":49,"count":50,"latest_published_at":51},"Policy","policy",470,"2026-10-06T19:55:11.000Z",{"name":53,"slug":54,"count":55,"latest_published_at":56},"Deals","deals",419,"2026-10-07T22:20:00.000Z",{"name":58,"slug":59,"count":60,"latest_published_at":61},"Hardware","hardware",218,"2026-10-07T19:59:32.000Z",{"name":63,"slug":64,"count":65,"latest_published_at":66},"Science","science",186,"2026-10-06T21:20:39.000Z",{"name":68,"slug":24,"count":69,"latest_published_at":70},"Consumer Tech",170,"2026-10-07T17:41:41.000Z",{"name":72,"slug":73,"count":74,"latest_published_at":75},"Software","software",111,"2026-10-07T17:47:14.000Z",{"name":77,"slug":78,"count":79,"latest_published_at":80},"Startups","startups",106,"2026-10-06T20:00:30.000Z",{"name":82,"slug":83,"count":84,"latest_published_at":85},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",105,"2026-10-07T16:59:11.000Z",{"name":87,"slug":88,"count":89,"latest_published_at":90},"General","general",59,"2026-10-07T21:16:18.000Z",{"name":92,"slug":93,"count":94,"latest_published_at":95},"Gaming","gaming",56,"2026-10-07T12:00:00.000Z",{"name":97,"slug":98,"count":99,"latest_published_at":100},"Reviews","reviews",33,"2026-10-05T11:57:17.000Z",{"name":102,"slug":103,"count":104,"latest_published_at":105},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]