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AMD’s share in the desktop PC market climbed by a mammoth total of 9.2 percentage points versus last year, a ringing endorsement for AMD’s Ryzen chips and especially its X3D lineup of gaming processors. AMD snatched headlines for its first-quarter performance, where its desktop market share grew by 4.1 percentage points, or just 0.9 of a percentage point from the previous quarter. During the second quarter, AMD’s share climbed 4.2 percentage points in just a single quarter, and 9.2 percent from the second quarter of 2024. In all, AMD now owns basically a third of the desktop PC market, at 32.2 percent. That represents record revenues for AMD, according to the company, and a record high in terms of unit share, according to Mercury Research, which produced the market-share estimates. Intel, too, found something to be proud of: a quarter-over-quarter increase in mobile processors, which has been a key focus of the company over the past few years. But Mercury’s numbers also sparked some questions about Arm: Chromebook sales shrank, and the percentage of Arm chips in Chromebooks also fell. Overall, Chromebooks, PCs, and Macs using Arm saw their market share percentage slightly dip to 13.2 percent, down from 13.9 percent. AMD continues to rapidly gain ground in desktop Overall, AMD’s share of the X86 market increased to 24.2 percent, up 2.9 percentage points from a year ago. In client shipments (desktop, mobile, and server) it was virtually the same, with AMD gaining 2.8 percentage points to 23.9 percent. Intel owns 75.8 percent of the overall X86 market and 76.1 percent of the client market, according to Mercury. Essentially, AMD is aligning itself with the gaming market more than ever before. Mercury noted that AMD had reported a mammoth 73 percent sequential revenue increase in its gaming segment for the second quarter, primarily driven by the SOCs that AMD ships into the Microsoft Xbox and Sony PlayStation platforms. That, combined with AMD’s desktop share, resulted in a big win for AMD. AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D “obliterated” Intel’s best in late 2024, and the momentum has continued. That has to be due to the lukewarm reception of Intel’s lackluster gains in its 13th- and 14th-gen desktop Core chips, as well as the current “Arrow Lake” processors. Mobile is where AMD has treaded water, never really making substantial inroads into Intel’s market share. Qualcomm and Arm PCs have done slightly better, at least in mindshare. But Intel continues to keep owning the laptop market, maintaining the traditional 80/20 ratio that has defined the X86 market for seeming decades. “This may be due in part to consumer mix-related weakness, and Intel’s business-related share gains — typically the first half of the year strongly favors business PCs over consumer,” Mercury principal analyst Dean McCarron wrote in a note to clients and journalists. “On-year AMD’s share was very slightly higher. Both suppliers seem to have seen stronger high-end activity in the quarter, with Intel seeing more Arrow Lake PCs on the market and AMD seeing an increase in Strix Halo [the Ryzen AI Max processor] and Fire Range.” Neither company made much movement in servers from the first to second quarter, although AMD’s share in the server market climbed 3.2 percentage points to 27.3 percent, leaving Intel with the remaining 72.7 percent. Outside of strong growth in the IoT/SOC market, “it was a very normal second quarter for the conventional X86 market,” Mercury’s McCarron wrote. Read...

I have yet to see an OLED gaming monitor go below the $400 mark, and I’ve been on the lookout since almost a year ago. With everything going on in tech and tariffs, I’d say $480 is about as good as you can hope for right now—and if you happen to be in the market right now, Newegg has one for you. This ASRock 27-inch 1440p OLED monitor is on sale for $479.99, a cool 25% off the retail price. This just about hits the baseline for gaming-focused OLED monitors right now, with a 2560×1440 resolution and fast 240Hz refresh rate. That’s far from the fastest on the market, but it’ll make your gaming PC sweat if you try to load up a recent triple-A game with all the graphical fixins. It also offers a little more than just the basics, with USB-C support and a built-in KVM switch, though with just 15 watts of power delivery it’s not an ideal companion for a single-cable laptop setup. However, it is a pretty good pick if you like to play both PC and console games at your desk, thanks to double DisplayPort and HDMI inputs. You also get a standard VESA mount included, in case you want to add on a monitor arm. Overall, at this price, it’s a solid get. Newegg hasn’t put a time limit on this deal, but since it’s currently the cheapest OLED around, I wouldn’t be surprised if it went pretty quickly—so grab it quick if you’re interested. If you’re looking for something else, check out PCWorld’s picks for the best monitors. Get this 27-inch 1440p 240Hz OLED gaming monitor for $480Buy now from Newegg Read...

China has been the manufacturing juggernaut of the world for decades, thanks to low labor costs and a lot of business-friendly moves from the government. But now that the U.S. is apparently on a very personal crusade to disrupt this status quo, businesses are starting to look elsewhere. Asus recently confirmed that it’s moving PC and motherboard production elsewhere…but not to the U.S. According to a representative speaking to investors on an earnings call, over 90 percent of PCs and motherboards destined for the U.S. market are now being manufactured outside of China, primarily in Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia. The translation provided by PCMag does not explicitly call out U.S. president Trump’s deep and constantly shifting import taxes as a cause. After a wild escalation of tariffs earlier this year capped at 145 percent, the current tax rate for goods and materials shipped from China to the US sits at 30 percent. Most other countries have a 10 percent tariff, with higher taxes set for certain countries and industries. Trump has often wildly swung back and forth on tariffs and other economic policies, most recently threatening a 100 percent tax on all imported chips with exceptions for companies that are investing in U.S. manufacturing. Asus, notably, would not qualify for this exception, though the chips contained in its products might, as they’re provided by companies like Intel, AMD, and TSMC. Motherboard manufacturing, which relies on hundreds of individual components for each board, is an especially unlikely candidate for shifting to U.S.-based manufacturing. Aside from the higher costs of labor and real estate, the simple logistics of creating these devices are so concentrated on Asia that it would be all but impossible to move to any western nation on a large scale. Manufacturing in China is still so lucrative, even without devices sold in the U.S., that its domestic business is unlikely to be imperiled by one country massively taxing imports. U.S. and international businesses that rely on China for manufacturing have been scrambling to adapt to Trump’s tariffs for most of 2025. The increased costs have driven prices up, especially on finished goods. Nintendo, notably, made a shocking increase in the price of the original Switch console, now almost 10 years old, to adapt to market trends. Asus laptops announced at CES reached the market with price tags notably higher than previously indicated, though they’ve also gone on sale shortly thereafter. The most visible upcoming product from Asus is probably the ROG Xbox Ally handheld, made in partnership with Microsoft (which also had to raise prices on years-old Xbox hardware). European prices have allegedly leaked at €599 and €899 for the standard and upgraded X variant, but despite an expected announcement later this month, there is no price information available so far. Read...

Can you imagine yourself having a conversation with Windows about what your PC is doing? Microsoft’s Windows chief can, and is trying to build a future where those interactions are the norm. In an interview with Microsoft AI product manager Christiaan Brinkhoff, the chief of Microsoft’s Windows + Devices group, Pavan Davuluri, explained that the company is trying to work toward a future where you can access Windows pretty much anywhere via the cloud, then use AI to fine-tune what you’re trying to accomplish. Microsoft described the conversation as “the next chapter of Windows,” with an eye toward delivering the changes within the next few years. Davuluri described what he hoped the Windows team could accomplish from a strategic level, without targeting any future version of Windows with these goals in mind. Like many projects at Microsoft, Davuluri’s vision begins with businesses in mind. Instead of (or adjacent to) the PC, Microsoft said it’s backing the Windows 365 Link, a sort of dumb mini PC that connects directly to the cloud and to Windows 365. “People are not talking about multiple steps; they’re just trying to get to the cloud PC as seamlessly as possible,” he said. “They can’t tell when they’re using their local CPU and when they’re using a CPU in Azure,” Microsoft’s cloud, Davuluri added. That’s not new. Microsoft began talking about this hybrid compute model a few years ago, when Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella opened its Build developer conference by specifically calling out how future applications would combine the cloud and local compute capabilities. At Microsoft, that’s now common, with Copilot sneaking into just about everything. But Nadella used his keynote to specifically call out Adobe and apps like Photoshop. And that’s exactly what happened, there, top: Photoshop now uses your PC’s GPU to modify images, but also calls upon the Adobe cloud for generative AI. Voice is coming back to your PC Davuluri also hearkened further back, stating that Microsoft would expand Windows’ modalities into speech and vision. Modalities are what Microsoft uses to describe the various ways you interact with your PC: you can touch the screen, type on the keyboard, or move the mouse. More recently, pens have added inking, too. “I think we will see computing become more ambient, more pervasive, continue to span form factors and certainly become more multimodal in the arc of time,” Davuluri said. “I think experience diversity is the next space where we will continue to see voice becoming more important,” Davuluri added. “I think more fundamentally, the concept that your computer can actually look at your screen and is context aware is going to become an important modality for us going forward. The other thing I think is going to get more intuitive is multimodal interactions. So you’ll be able to speak to your computer while, you know, writing, inking, interacting with another person. For example, you should be able to have a computer semantically understand your intent to interact with it from when it’s awake, or to put a machine to sleep.” Copilot Vision allows your PC to see apps that you allow it to.Mark Hachman / Foundry That’s a pretty direct reference to Copilot Vision, which can now “see” your screen and talk to you about it. Microsoft built that from two AI models, Phi and Mu, which are “small” language models that can run on your PC. Those models not only enable services like Copilot Vision but can also be used to power Microsoft’s new semantic search options in File Explorer and Settings, which can be changed at a user’s natural-language request. Microsoft plans to augment those capabilities as assistive technologies, such as evolving Narrator from simply “reading” words on your screen to actively describing what’s going on. With voice and vision being added to ChatGPT and other models, people are finding themselves chatting with AI. Will they feel as comfortable doing so with a PC? Will Surface flourish again? Finally, Davuluri gave a hint (or not) about the future of Microsoft’s Surface PCs. After the departure of former Windows + Devices chief Panos Panay, some wondered if Microsoft would ever return to the diversity of Surface devices that prompted everything from the Surface Duo to the Surface Laptop Studio — both seemingly on hiatus or discontinued. Davuluri didn’t offer any clues. “I think today one of the things that we celebrate in Windows is the diversity on form factors in which computing is available, for sure,” he said. “Between the work that the ecosystem partners do and Surface does, we have a pretty broad range of devices in themselves. Read...

Have you heard this one before? A scrappy entertainment company launches a small catalog of ad-free streaming movies and TV shows for cheap. It doesn’t seem like a big deal at first, because the content is mostly B-movies and reruns, but it proves popular with consumers and goes on to change television entertainment as we know it. I could be referring to Netflix, which started down that exact path with its “Watch Now” streaming catalog way back in 2007. But I could also be prognosticating about Howdy, the $3-per-month streaming service that Roku launched just last week. The parallels are obvious. Roku is starting with a small catalog, heavy on filler, and claims it’s not trying to compete with incumbents. But it’s also arriving at a time when consumers are increasingly frustrated with the larger streaming services, which are becoming more like the bloated, expensive cable packages they once aimed to displace. Howdy might seem insignificant now, but like Netflix, it could become the start of something bigger. Howdy vs. Netflix Roku People tend to remember Netflix as offering an endless bounty of content in its early years, but in 2007, its catalog was tiny, with just 1,000 titles at the outset. Roku’s Howdy catalog is similarly small, with “thousands of titles,” according to Roku, and less than 10,000 hours of entertainment in total. This isn’t about quality over quantity, either. While Howdy has a handful of standouts, including Mad Max: Fury Road and Apocalpyse Now, it’s also filled with such forgettable TV shows as Nikita and Spartacus: Gods of the Arena. (The catalog has some overlap with The Roku Channel, Roku’s long-running free ad-supported streaming service, but there are unique titles on each.) That’s how it was with Netflix back in the day as well. “[T]he selection is fairly small, at least once you subtract the mind-boggling gigabytes of B movies — more like C or D movies — like Addicted to Murder III: Bloodlust and Witchcraft XI: Sisters in Blood,” David Pogue wrote of Netflix’s streaming launch. Early users created forum threads for recommending quality content—shows like The Office and films like Groundhog Day—from within the cruft. Of course, Netflix’s streaming catalog got better over time. The service struck a deal with Starz in 2008 to get new-release movies onto the service, and it outbid premium networks (including Starz) for Disney’s movie streaming rights in 2012. A series of deals with AMC brought such prestige TV shows as Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, and Mad Men onto the service, where they became more closely associated with Netflix than the cable network that originally aired them. By 2013, it was launching its own buzzy originals with House of Cards and Orange is the New Black. One could imagine Roku scaling up its own service in similar ways. The subscription business requires big hits to encourage sign-ups (something Roku itself has acknowledged in the past), so the company will surely seek flashier content deals for Howdy in the future. Its original programming arm could play a bigger role as well. Not rocking the boat Roku Here’s another parallel to consider: In its early years, Netflix claimed it was not competing with the incumbent cable business. Speaking to Kara Swisher in 2011, Netflix co-founder and (at the time) CEO Reed Hastings noted that cable subscriptions were up even as Netflix grew. “So it appears that to the consumer, Netflix is complementary,” he said. We all know what happened next: While Netflix kept growing, cable began to stagnate. And pretty soon, most major media companies were preparing their own streaming services to take on Netflix directly. Netflix was always going to compete with the incumbents, but it had to insist otherwise because it needed to keep licensing their content. Now, Roku is taking a page from Netflix’s playbook. In a press release, Roku CEO Anthony Wood said Howdy is “designed to complement, not compete with, premium services.” I doubt he actually believes that, but it’s something he’s obligated to say while Roku builds up the Howdy catalog. The next wave Roku I’m drawing these parallels so we can better understand what else is next for streaming, because all we’ve seen from the incumbents looks a lot like cable. Netflix keeps getting more expensive as it pursues more high-dollar sports programming, and services like Peacock and Paramount+ are following suit. The endgame for major streamers now is to push people toward bundles they might not need, with ad-supported tiers that pack in more commercials than were originally promised. I believe a new phase of cord-cutting is inevitable, in which the folks who initially fled cable will start to reevaluate their relationship with major streaming services as well. Free streaming services such as YouTube, Tubi, and even TikTok will play a role in this shift, but there’s also a room for ad-free services that are cheaper than the likes of Netflix, HBO Max, and Disney+. That’s a gap that Howdy could fill. Just as Netflix was able to build its streaming business off the success of its DVD rental program, Roku can build up Howdy on the success of its streaming players and smart TV platform. Before long it could become what Netflix once was: a successful, affordable streaming service that disrupts everything that came before. 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Gaming desktops are great, but they are, essentially, boxes. Maybe that’s why PC sellers are getting so obsessed with filling them full of tiny screens and flashing lights—there are only so many ways to spice them up. But two new members of HP’s Omen series turned my head at a press event. One is adding some genuine cooling innovation, and the other is being a little more low-key in a very cool way. Omen Max 45L: It’s got a little AIO hat The Omen 45L isn’t actually a brand new design, as it’s been available for most of this calendar year. But this was the first time I’d seen what HP is calling the “Omen Cryo Chamber”—a dedicated area above the primary PC component compartment, specifically made for an all-in-one cooler. The one installed in the demo unit (and presumably any pre-built you buy) was 360mm, but any standard cooler with the usual radiator-and-fans combo should work. The pump and heat spreader is connected to the coolant lines through a narrow channel between the compartments. Michael Crider/Foundry This separated AIO space keeps the main chamber cooler and allows better ventilation for the cooler itself. HP claims this maximized air flow can lower full-load temperatures by up to 7.5 degrees Celsius. I asked, and yes, you can replace or upgrade the AIO with any standard model, again, up to 360mm. HP That’s not the only trick in the Omen Max 45L’s playbook, though. Hiding under a shroud at the other end of the case is a new, exclusive 1,200-watt modular power supply. It’s connected to the motherboard via USB-C, allowing for real-time monitoring, custom fan curves, and “built-in cleaning mode.” Occasionally, the fan’s rotor will be reversed, helping to clear out any accumulated dust. I doubt it’ll be enough to completely overcome the need for manual cleaning, but it’s an undeniably cool trick. Michael Crider/Foundry The updated Omen Max 45L maxes out the configurable parts to an AMD Ryzen 9950X3D and a GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card, about as good as it gets for pre-built machines on the consumer level. HP isn’t talking prices at the moment, so just assume “a hell of a lot” if you want those top-tier components. Omen 35L Stealth: Hold the RGB The Omen 35L—a smaller mid-range gaming desktop—also isn’t new. But the “Stealth Edition,” which eschews the usual tempered glass panel and RGB adornments in favor of a flat black look, is a new variant. With only the “Omen” branding on the front, it looks a little more business-like. Not that it’s lacking for power. Even without the 45L’s impressive AIO chamber, the 35L gets access to the same parts, including that interesting 1,200-watt power supply. You get the same options in the flashy standard model or the Stealth Edition. Michael Crider/Foundry HP representatives told me they like how the all-black, no-RGB design doesn’t immediately scream “gamer,” so it’s a good option if you want a machine that looks a little more professional while still having plenty of gaming and media chops. Since I build my PCs to look like tiny refrigerators, I can dig it. The Omen 35L Stealth Edition will start at $1,500 when it gets refreshed in October, the same price as the flashier RGB version. HyperX Cloud Alpha 2 headset: Now with a macro pad! Whereas the Omen brand gets HP’s gaming PCs and laptops, the HyperX brand gets the accessories. I’m already a fan of HyperX headsets for their absolutely incredible battery life, but the Cloud Alpha 2 Wireless really scratches my desktop nerd itch with its base station. Michael Crider/Foundry In lieu of the usual wireless dongle, this premium headset comes with a big, finger-friendly volume knob and six light-up, programmable control buttons. It’s basically giving you a sort of mini-Stream Deck, albeit without the tiny screens. The knob itself is massive, easy to find without looking, and the center button defaults to a mic mute. The headset itself is no slouch either, boasting huge 53mm drivers, a removable boom mic, simultaneous 2.4GHz and Bluetooth wireless options (so you can hear audio from your phone and PC at the same time, for example), and a sturdy metal frame. HP claims 250 hours of battery life (125 in Bluetooth mode), and there’s a 3.5mm cable connection for anything that needs direct wired audio. HP Just be prepared to pay for all that functionality. When it launches later this month, the Cloud Alpha 2 Wireless will cost $300. That’s not unreasonable compared to other flagship headsets, especially with that base station in the box… but that’s still a lot of dosh. Read...

At a glanceExpert`s Rating Pros Sturdy exterior escutcheon Fingerprint reader is fast and reasonably accurate Very inexpensive Cons Lost its Wi-Fi connection more than once Smart Life app is one of the worst management tools on the market Massive interior escutcheon Our Verdict This inexpensive smart lock covers the basics—and even provides a fingerprint reader—making for a very affordable smart lock if you don’t need any other bells and whistles. Price When Reviewed This value will show the geolocated pricing text for product undefined Best Pricing Today Best Prices Today: TCL D1 Fingerprint Smart Lock Retailer Price $89.99 View Deal Price comparison from over 24,000 stores worldwide Product Price Price comparison from Backmarket Best Prices Today: Check today’s prices You probably know TCL for its TVs, soundbars, and smart appliances more than its home security devices, but the manufacturer now offers no fewer than six smart locks (and one home security camera, too). One of its most ambitious smart locks—the D1 Pro Palm Vein Smart Lock—was a better value than the even more ambitious TCL D1 Max 3-in-1 Video Smart Lock, which boasted an integrated video doorbell. Both of those devices had their flaws, but if you’re willing to give up palm vein scanning technology and an integrated camera to see your visitors, the far more basic TCL D1 is the better value. This less-expensive alternative retains the PIN pad, fingerprint scanner, and Wi-Fi connectivity in a package that’s available at Amazon for just $90. That makes it one of the least expensive smart locks with a fingerprint reader on the market. Specifications The D1 has a familiar and basic industrial design, with an understated exterior escutcheon that features physical buttons (which illuminate when pressed) instead of a touchscreen, a standard fingerprint reader up top, and a traditional keyhole beneath. The lock carries no ANSI or BHMA certifications (need to know more about those standards? Our guide to smart lock quality and security will tell you everything you need to know.) The TCL D1 Fingerprint Smart Lock is one of the least expensive fingerprint smart locks on the market—it’s an excellent value. Inside the house, the massive interior escutcheon of the D1 Pro remains, measuring a gigantic 6.75 inches inches tall (just slightly smaller than the even larger 7-inch escutcheon on the TCL D1 Max I reviewed in January 2025). This lock is powered by eight AA batteries (not included) instead of a rechargeable cell. TCL says fresh batteries will supply nine months of juice. A USB-C port on the underside of the exterior escutcheon is available for emergency access power. Installation and setup The numeric PIN pad on the TCL D1 Fingerprint Smart Lock consists of physical buttons, but they become backlit when you press one. Christopher Null/Foundry Installation is straightforward and exactly in line with the D1 Pro Palm Vein Smart Lock I reviewed in December 2024. TCL includes a decent manual, but also provides bolts in multiple sizes, so you’ll need to pay close attention to ensure you use the right ones. (Pro tip: You will probably want the smaller ones unless you have a massively thick door.) These bolts attach the interior mounting frame to the door, and the interior escutcheon in turn connects to that frame. As with the D1 Pro, this requires juggling three screws in two different sizes, and features tiny screw holes that are difficult to reach with a standard size screwdriver. Again, I had to dig around for a tool small enough to get the job done and that wouldn’t mar the surrounding plastic housing. As with the D1 Pro, you’ll have to manage the lock in Tuya’s Smart Life app, which has not improved in any meaningful way since my last encounter with it. Onboarding the lock to Smart Life involves pressing a small button on the lock hardware followed by a numeric code to put it into pairing mode, though the manual will guide you through this process well enough if you follow along carefully. Pairing with a 2.4GHz Wi-Fi network was expedient in my testing. As noted, the lock supports electronic access via fingerprint or PIN, in addition to the app. The unit supports a maximum of 50 PINs and 100 fingerprints. User management is done in Smart Life’s “Member management” section, where each user can be assigned PINs, fingerprints, or both. Nothing seems to have changed about this rickety system since I last encountered it, complete with the poor translations and unfortunate design choices that may rightfully make you question whether to put into it the necessary faith required to trust it with your homestead. TCL relies on one of my least-favorite third-party smart home apps and cloud services–Tuya Smart Life–for configuration and control. Christopher Null/Foundry Most of the common options for configuring temporary access are available in Smart Life, though one-time restricted access must be set to expire at the end of the day, rather than at a certain time. Oddly, temporary passwords for non-recurring users can, however, be set to expire at a given time, or, with the strangely named “dynamic” password, after five minutes. The “special password” feature from the D1 Pro is also available here. This feature lets you choose a separate PIN that users can enter if they are under duress. Tapping in the “special password” sends a push notification to the administrator to this effect. You can also designate a different fingerprint to be used as for duress incidents. It’s not the most elegant setup, with notifications like “${username} may be hijacked. Please act now!” But it does at least work mostly as intended. The Smart Life app is pretty dumb I remain baffled over Smart Life’s logging, which records all lock opening events, but not lock closing or failed opening attempts, both of which may be vital for some users. I also encountered several instances where the lock abruptly lost its Wi-Fi connection; the only foolproof way I found to quickly reconnect it was through removing and replacing the batteries—that’s hardly ideal if you’re trying to remotely manage the lock. This was probably the most troubling concern I had with this lock, as it renders the app unusable for a time (as there’s no Bluetooth backup in the event Wi-Fi is offline). Lock operations are smooth and reasonably quiet, with all actions verbally announced. The physical buttons offer a satisfying but not overly loud click when pressed, along with an electronic beep. The location and vertical alignment of the fingerprint reader aren’t ideal, but its accuracy is fine provided you keep your finger aligned the same way it was scanned, and it works quickly. Smart Life’s advanced settings for the D1 are minimal. Auto-locking can be configured from 5 to 900 seconds, and audio volume controls are robust. Some Googling will be required to figure out what certain options like “sleep time” are for (turns out this disables the app, but not PINs and prints, and prevents it from opening the lock during the set interval). Simple support for Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa is included, but you’ll need Smart Life to manage credentials and perform most other functions. Should you buy the TCL D1 Fingerprint Smart Lock? Again, the price of the device is its strongest selling point by far: just $90, and apparently in free-fall as TCL prepares to release an updated model. I’ve not found any other reputable products with a fingerprint reader at that price point, though a few come close. If you’re looking to spend less and don’t need a fingerprint reader, take a look at the TP-Link Tapo DL100, a Wi-Fi smart lock with a PIN pad but no fingerprint reader that’s going for just $60. As with TCL’s other smart locks, the TCL D1 mostly gets the job done while being rough around the edges. If you have a door where “good enough” protection will suffice, give it a look. This review is part of TechHive’s in-depth coverage of the best smart locks. Read...