Cloud vs Edge: Why We’re Teaching Our Smart Lock to Think for Itself

Ever wonder why your auto-unlock takes forever? Or why your “locked after 10 PM” routine sometimes doesn’t run?

That’s usually because your smart lock has to ask the cloud for permission every time it wants to do something. Not ideal.

Enter edge processing — smart devices that handle logic locally instead of always phoning home.

Our upcoming Bolt Z-Wave Lock (ZG28) leans into this hard. Thanks to the Z-Wave 700-series chip, it can do things like:

React faster to triggers (like unlocking when you disarm your system)

Handle user code changes on the lock itself, through your hub and not a separate app

Stay functional even if your internet flakes out

So yeah, smarter locks aren’t just about mobile apps and cloud dashboards. Sometimes the smartest move is letting the lock do the thinking.