Gate

Gate Lab

About this app

Gate Smart Lock equips your door lock with a camera, doorbell, keypad and motion sensor; all managed through your phone. The Gate door lock hardware is required to use this app. No need to hide or share keys with cleaners, dog walkers, deliverymen, repairmen, guests, or anyone else. Provide access to your door with the simplicity of a text message.

Ratings and reviews

I've been using Gate for almost 2 years now for my vacation rental and it's the only keyless entry I've ever had. Overall I love it when it's working which is most of the time. The best features are notifications as people come and go and video so I can see if they have all their suitcases with them so we can get housekeeping in early. Love that guests can only enter during their booking. Buy a 2nd battery. It can run out in less than a week. Sometimes wifi takes forever to update new codes

Good app, would be 5 stars if there would be an option to monitor live audio/video/microphone any time, not just when motion has been triggered or call button pressed, and integration with Nest products. Currently modifying to add a solar panel for constant recharging, with sliding contacts on rotating dial. Optional IR light would be nice for darkness. Also, sign-in window has a bug where keyboard doesn't pop up.

I had no end of problems with the app and the hardware. The device doesn't stay connected to wifi so it's impossible to use the majority of the features. Multiple trips were undetected by the camera as well as multiple locks and unlocks over a period of several hours. I tried resetting everything many different ways with no consistent success. Tried using spacers available with the lock to eliminate some other issues only to find that the space between the lock and the battery was too far apart and would not connect. Nothing but troubles.

What’s new

This important security update is required for continued use of the app.