Ring built its name on the doorbell, and for years the obvious next product — a lock for the same door — didn't exist. Now it does. The Ring Smart Lock, announced in early October 2026, is a keyless deadbolt with a fingerprint reader, a backlit touchscreen keypad, and one genuinely new idea: a Power Dial you turn by hand to revive the lock when its battery is completely dead.
Every smart lock's nightmare is a dead battery at 1 a.m. Ring's fix needs no key, no spare battery, and no cable — just your hand.
How the Power Dial works
- The battery dies — after roughly a year per charge on its Ring battery pack, if you ignore every low-battery warning.
- Turn the dial a few times (Ring says roughly five to ten turns). The motion generates enough power to wake the electronics — the light turns green when it's ready.
- Unlock as normal — fingerprint, keypad code, or the Ring app — and walk in. No locksmith, no rock with a spare key under it.
The rest of the lock
- Four ways in: fingerprint, touchscreen keypad, Ring app, and Alexa voice.
- Guest access done properly: scheduled and temporary codes for family, cleaners, or guests that expire on their own.
- Connection via Amazon Sidewalk rather than your Wi-Fi, tying into the Ring doorbells, cameras, and alarms you may already have.
- No subscription needed for its features, it fits a standard single-cylinder deadbolt with no extra wiring, and it comes in black, silver, and brass.
Price and timing
The Ring Smart Lock is $249.99, expected in the US in early 2027 (it's awaiting FCC authorization, so Ring's page offers a notify-me signup rather than a buy button; professional installation is optional, from $129.99). If your front door is already Ring territory — doorbell, cameras, alarm — this is the missing piece, and the dead-battery dial is the reason it might finally convert the smart-lock skeptics in your house.
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