Samsung Pay can now open door of your home using UWB-based digital key

Samsung Pay (AKA Samsung Wallet) app, which you use for regular payments and transactions, can now equip a UWB-based digital home key. The company partnered with Zigbang, which is a comprehensive proptech company, so the Samsung Pay app can load the digital home keys of “Zigbang UWB Smart Door Lock.”

After loading the UWB digital home key in your phone’s Samsung Pay app, you will be able to easily open the door of your home if you’ve installed the Zigbang UWB smart door lock. Earlier, the company launched digital car key, while support for smart home lock makes Samsung Pay a great app.

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No need to carry physical keys

With the support of UWB-based digital home key, you don’t need to carry physical keys of the locks of your home. Samsung Pay makes it possible to enter and exit conveniently in a non-contact manner without a separate authentication procedure such as entering a password.

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Aside from this, family members can also set each other to know who is entering and exiting the door when they open the door using the Zigbang app. In case of losing a smartphone that has a digital key in Samsung Pay, you can stop access through the “Find My Device.”

Eligible Devices

According to Samsung, the Samsung Pay app’s UWB digital home key can be used on the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Galaxy S22 Ultra smartphones. More Galaxy devices with UWB support will gain access to this feature gradually, while future phones with UWB function will also have digital key support.

Digital Key is better

Samsung Pay Digital Home Key protects users’ sensitive info and encrypted keys through the industry’s highest level of security chipset and is safe from potential hacking risks such as interference or interception of wireless signals due to precise UWB technology.

Back in 2019, the South Korean tech giant established FiRa (Fine Ranging Consortium), which is a UWB technology standard organization. Similar to previous digital key functions, the digital home key service also utilizes UWB technology certified by FiRa.

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What’s UWB

UWB technology is a short-range wireless communication protocol that uses radio waves, such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, and is characterized by using high-frequency bands to enable precise distance measurement in centimeters (cm) and support directionality.