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Xfinity Home Customers Now Have More Connected Door Lock Options From Kwikset to Remotely Manage Access to Their Home

According to Parks Associates, nearly a million smart door locks will be sold in 2017 and they are forecasted to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 15.5% to 1.7 million units by 2021.

"Smart door locks are among some of the most strongly adopted smart home devices with eight percent of U.S. broadband households reporting ownership in 2017," says Brad Russell, Research Director, Parks Associates. "Smart door locks not only serve the recognized home security use case but are providing expanded value through integration with video cameras and doorbells for remote access control for everything from vacation rentals to home services and package deliveries."  

From the article "Xfinity Home Customers Now Have More Connected Door Lock Options From Kwikset to Remotely Manage Access to Their Home."

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