Review
Smart Locks
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Wyze Lock Bolt v2: The $80 Smart Lock That Reads Your Fingerprint
A fingerprint scanner, a keypad and a mechanical key backup for around eighty dollars, in a category where the same features cost three hundred. The hardware genuinely delivers. The question this review has to answer is not what Wyze cut from the lock — it is what Wyze’s record says about trusting them with a door.
By Johnny T.
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August 2026
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10 min read
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Researched — not tested
We don’t own this lock. Everything below is manufacturer specification, published reporting and owner consensus — tagged so you can see which is which. An earlier version of this page reported hands-on reliability figures; that framing has been removed and the observations are now attributed to the people who made them.
Remarkable hardware value and the most complicated company in this cluster. The fingerprint reader is the best access method available under a hundred dollars, the keypad is decent, and there is a mechanical key backup — which several pricier keyless locks omit.
What you also buy is Wyze’s track record: a three-year gap between disclosure and full patching on its cameras, a model it could never fix and told owners to stop using, and an incident in which thousands of people were shown other households’ camera feeds. None of that happened to this lock. All of it is evidence about the company that operates the cloud behind it.
Fingerprint reader9
Value for money9
Physical security5
App & features7
Vendor trust3
How to read this page
"Vendor trust" is scored on the company’s documented security and disclosure record, not on this product. On a device that depends on a cloud service, that is a specification.
TestedPhysically in hand. Nothing on this page carries this tag.
DocumentedPublished specification, standard, regulatory filing or security research.
ManufacturerThe maker’s own claim. A claim, not a fact.
CommunityOwner reports and locksmith consensus. Informed opinion.
CorrectedSomething we previously published that the record doesn’t support.
The short version
Best fingerprint reader under a hundred dollars, on a Grade 2 body, from the company with the worst disclosure record in this cluster. Fine on a side door. Think harder about the front one.
Start with what it does well, because it genuinely does.
The fingerprint scanner is the fastest unlock method on any lock in this price band — touch the sensor and the bolt retracts, with no code, no phone and no key. Wyze quotes a fraction of a second and owner reports broadly agree. Manufacturer Community
Wyze describes it as a self-learning scanner that refines its model of your print with each use, adapting to pressure, angle and the seasonal changes in your skin. Manufacturer Prints are stored on the device rather than in the cloud, which is the correct architecture and worth crediting, and the lock holds a substantial number of them with per-user access levels through the app.
Owner consensus is that it works reliably in normal conditions and wants a second attempt with cold or wet fingers — which is the same behaviour as a phone sensor and not a defect. Community An earlier version of this page gave a specific success rate from our own use. We do not own this lock and the figure has been removed. Corrected
Why this matters more than the spec sheet suggests
The Schlage Encode Plus, at roughly four times the money, has no fingerprint reader at all. Neither does the August. For households where the friction of a code or a phone is the reason the door does not get locked, a fingerprint is not a luxury feature — it is the thing that makes the lock get used.
Every review of a Wyze product eventually reaches the same fork, and most of them take the easy path. This one will not, because on a cloud-connected lock the vendor is part of the product.
The three-year disclosure gap. In March 2019 the security firm Bitdefender privately disclosed three vulnerabilities in Wyze cameras: an authentication bypass, the ability to run code on the device, and access to footage stored on the memory card. Full patching was not completed until January 2022. Documented Customers were not told during that window.
A model that could never be fixed. The Wyze Cam v1 could not support the necessary updates. Wyze ended support in February 2022 and advised owners to stop using it, without initially specifying what the unfixable problem was. Documented
Other people’s cameras. In February 2024, roughly 13,000 users were shown camera feeds belonging to strangers while the service recovered from an outage — caused by a third-party caching library mismapping device identifiers to user accounts. It followed a similar incident in September 2023. Documented That was not an attack. It was an architecture failure, which is arguably worse, because attacks are somebody else’s decision and architecture is yours.
Being fair about what this does and doesn’t prove
None of the above happened to this lock. Those were cameras and the cloud services behind them, and it would be dishonest to imply the Lock Bolt has a documented vulnerability, because we found none.
What the record establishes is how this company behaves when it learns something is broken: slowly, and without telling you. On a camera, that costs you privacy. On a lock, the failure surface is your front door. You are entitled to weigh a disclosure record as heavily as a specification, and this is a page that thinks you should.
Compare this against August, which shipped patches roughly ten days after researchers demonstrated attacks on stage. Same category, opposite instinct.
The physical side is exactly what the price implies, and Wyze is not dishonest about it.
The lock is certified Grade 2 by the Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association. Manufacturer In test terms that is five blows from a 75 foot-pound impact ram with the lock still functional, against ten for a Grade 1 lock and two for Grade 3. Documented That places it above the builder-grade hardware on a great many doors and a clear step below the Schlage.
It keeps a mechanical key. That is worth more than it sounds, and more than some keyless locks costing three times as much offer. A dead battery, a failed radio or a vanished cloud service leaves you with a way in that does not depend on anyone.
The keypad supports anti-peep entry — padding your real code with random digits so a shoulder-surfer learns nothing — which is a genuinely good feature at any price. There is a backup power port for a flat battery, tamper and jam alarms, and weather sealing rated for outdoor use. Manufacturer
What it does not have
No Grade 1 certification. No anti-pick shield of the kind Schlage fits. And the cylinder behind the key backup is an ordinary one — a lock at this price does not include a high-security core, and nobody should expect it to.
The honest framing is that the Lock Bolt is a competent Grade 2 deadbolt with an excellent fingerprint reader and a budget cylinder. That is a completely reasonable thing to buy. It is not a security upgrade over a well-installed B60N.
Is the Wyze Lock Bolt secure?
Physically it is a Grade 2 deadbolt, meaning it survived five blows from a 75 foot-pound impact ram during certification against ten for Grade 1. That is respectable for the price and a step below the best. It keeps a mechanical key backup, which several pricier keyless locks do not.
Has the Wyze Lock Bolt been hacked?
We found no documented vulnerability specific to this lock. Wyze as a company has a substantial record on its cameras: a three-year gap between private disclosure and full patching, a camera model it could never fix and told owners to stop using, and an incident in February 2024 in which roughly 13,000 users were shown other households’ feeds. None of that is this product, and all of it is evidence about the company operating the cloud behind it.
Where are my fingerprints stored?
On the device rather than in the cloud, which is the correct architecture for biometric data and worth crediting given the rest of this page. The lock holds multiple prints with per-user access levels managed through the app.
Does it work if the batteries die or the internet drops?
Yes. There is a mechanical key backup and a backup power port for a flat battery, and the fingerprint reader does not need a network connection to work. What you lose without connectivity is remote control, notifications and remote code management.
Wyze Lock Bolt or Schlage Encode Plus?
Different products at different prices. The Schlage is Grade 1 and Grade AAA with an anti-pick shield and Apple tap-to-unlock, at roughly four times the money and with no fingerprint reader. The Wyze gives you the fastest access method in the category on a Grade 2 body. If the fingerprint is what makes your household actually lock the door, that is a real argument.
The Spec Sheet
Product
Wyze Lock Bolt — full deadbolt replacement with fingerprint and keypad
Certification
Grade 2, Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association Manufacturer
Impact test
Five blows from a 75 foot-pound ram, against ten for Grade 1 Documented
Access methods
Fingerprint, keypad code, app, mechanical key
Fingerprint storage
On device, not cloud Manufacturer
Anti-peep entry
Yes — pad the real code with random digits
Key backup
Yes — mechanical, ordinary cylinder
Emergency power
Backup power port
Vendor record
Three-year disclosure gap on cameras; unfixable camera model retired 2022; cross-account feed exposure affecting roughly 13,000 users in 2024 Documented
Best used on
A side door, a garage entry, or a household where a fingerprint is what makes the lock get used
The Lock Bolt is the most product for the least money in this entire cluster. A fingerprint reader that works, a keypad with anti-peep entry, a mechanical key backup, Grade 2 certification and a backup power port, for less than the accessory keypad costs on some competitors. On hardware alone it is an easy recommendation.
The reason this page scores it 6.5 rather than 8 is not the lock. It is that a connected lock is a relationship with a company, and this company took three years to finish fixing vulnerabilities it had been told about privately, retired a product it could not fix while telling owners to simply stop using it, and then showed thousands of people the inside of strangers’ homes because of a caching library.
So buy it deliberately. On a side door, a garage, a workshop, or a household where the fingerprint is the difference between a locked door and an unlocked one, it is a genuinely good purchase and the price is not a trick. On the door you actually worry about, the question is not whether the hardware is adequate — it is whether you want that company holding a credential to your house.
And either way: fix the frame first. Every lock on this site fails at the jamb before it fails at the cylinder.
Verdict — 6.5 / 10
Unbeatable hardware value, attached to the weakest disclosure record in the category. The lock is fine. The question is the company.
Sources & Method
- Wyze security and disclosure record — Documented Bitdefender disclosed three vulnerabilities in Wyze cameras in March 2019 — an authentication bypass, remote code execution, and access to footage stored on the memory card. Patching was not completed until January 2022, and the Wyze Cam v1 could not be fixed at all; support ended in February 2022 with advice to stop using it. In February 2024 roughly 13,000 users were shown camera feeds belonging to other people during recovery from an outage, caused by a third-party caching library mismapping device and user identifiers, following a similar incident in September 2023. Consumer Reports — three-year disclosure timeline
- Grade test values — Documented Grade 1 requires surviving ten blows from a 75 foot-pound impact ram with the lock still functional, Grade 2 five, Grade 3 two. NoPryZone — ANSI grades explained
- Product specification — Manufacturer Self-learning fingerprint scanner with on-device print storage, keypad with anti-peep code entry, app control with per-user access levels, mechanical key backup, backup power port, tamper and jam alarms, weather sealing, Grade 2 certification.
- Hands-on claim removed — Corrected An earlier version reported a specific fingerprint success rate from our own use of this lock. We do not own it. The figure has been removed and replaced with attributed owner consensus.
We do not own this lock and nothing here is hands-on. If you run one — particularly on fingerprint reliability through a cold winter, or on how Wyze handled a support issue for you — tell us and you will be credited.
