The new Ultraloq smart lock uses both your face and your palm to let you in
TL;DR
Xthings introduces the Ultraloq Bolt Sense smart lock at CES, featuring facial and palm vein recognition for touch-free entry without an app. Palm scanning is touted as more reliable than fingerprints, working even with wet or dirty hands.
Xthings is rolling into CES with a bunch of new gear, including two new smart locks and a few smart security cameras. It's definitely the Ultraloq Bolt Sense that's the most intriguing of the bunch, however. It's a relatively compact smart deadbolt that combines facial recognition with palm vein authentication for touch-free access, without resorting to an app.
While palm scanning is still relatively new to the consumer market, Xthings claims it's more reliable than fingerprint scanning because it's actually reading the vein pattern under your skin, so it doesn't care if your hands are wet or dirty. And, since vein scanning uses near infra …