Dreame’s Navo A10 Smart Lock Gains Matter Certification
Dreame, a company generally more known for its high end robot vacuums, unveiled a wide range of smart devices beyond their core product range – including cameras and locks. One such lock, the Dreame Navo Smart Lock A10 was Matter 1.4 certified on January 28th of this year, and so should hopefully be coming out in the next couple of months.
Visually, the lock looks very similar in design to Aqara’s range of deadbolt locks – the U50, U100 and the more recently released U400 (check out our U400 video HERE) – with a monolithic slab for the outer assembly, and another slab of plastic for the inner assembly.
However, there are divergences from the aforementioned Aqara range in that the Navo A10 offers Matter over Thread, whilst the U50 and U100 use bluetooth and Zigbee and can only be exposed to Matter via an Aqara hub in Matter Bridge mode.
The U400 is a closer fit to the A10, with Matter over Thread, and although it also has a keypad, NFC unlocking, and a fingerprint sensor, the A10 doesn’t appear to offer either Apple HomeKey or UWB, which for the latter puts the U400 in a class of its own right now.
Th Navo A10 is BHMA Grade 2 security certified, has built-in WiFi using WiFi DirectLink – presumably for use with the company’s own app, IP65 outdoor rating, and an included rechargeable battery with FlashCharge technology to provide rapid battery recharging.
As it stands, unless this is attractively priced, it may not appeal to those that crave either (or both) Apple HomeKey or UWB, although in the case of the latter it does offer auto unlock based on your phone’s geolocation, which probably uses Bluetooth, which is the standard for most locks that offer such functionality, until UWB becomes more widely available. Matter over Thread is a good start for the company’s first smart lock, but it may not be enough.
Aside from the A10, the company also has the E10 lock, that takes a similar route to the Aqara U200 with a retrofit design that sits over existing locks rather than replacing them.
