The cheapest way into palm vein entry, for doors that already have a round deadbolt.
The Veno Go is the least expensive way into palm vein entry, and it only suits a door that already has a standard single cylinder deadbolt. Hold your hand about 10cm from the reader and the door opens in roughly a fifth of a second, with nothing to touch and nothing to carry. Lockin sells it as a smart deadbolt rather than a full lock set, so the outside panel carries the palm reader, a keypad and a key cylinder, and the inside carries the thumb turn and the battery. There is no camera, no fingerprint pad and no card reader. That is the trade you make for the price. Fitment is the part to settle before anything else. Lockin's own compatibility chart asks for a door 35mm to 55mm thick, a 60mm or 70mm backset, a 38mm or 54mm crossbore and a rectangular latch plate. The same chart says plainly that the lock does not go onto a mortise lock or a rounded latch hole, and a European mortise with a lever handle is exactly what most Dubai apartment doors use. We measure before we order anything. Where it does fit, it earns its keep. Palm vein reading ignores sweat, fine sand and cracked skin, the three things that beat a fingerprint sensor here, and one rechargeable pack runs for about seven months. Wi-Fi is built in, so the app and Matter work without a bridge.
Palm vein reading works with sweaty, dusty or cracked hands, which is where a fingerprint sensor fails in Dubai.One rechargeable pack runs about seven months, and a USB-C port takes a power bank if it is ever flat.
Wi-Fi and Matter are built in, so Apple Home, Alexa, Google Home and SmartThings all work with it.
Codes can be one time, timed by the hour or set to a weekly schedule for cleaners, guests and short lets.Model Veno Go
| Unlock methods | Palm vein, PIN keypad, Lockin app, mechanical key, voice through Matter |
| Palm reading | Venokey palm vein at about 10cm, 0.17 second read, false accept rate below 0.00001% |
| Capacity | 50 palm profiles, up to 5 per person, PIN codes of 6 to 10 digits |
| Lock type | Smart deadbolt that replaces a single cylinder deadbolt and leaves your handle in place |
| Door fit | 35mm to 55mm thick, 60mm or 70mm backset, 38mm or 54mm crossbore, rectangular latch plate |
| Power | One rechargeable lithium pack, up to 7 months, USB-C emergency charging port |
| Connectivity | Built in 2.4GHz Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Matter, no bridge needed for the Lockin app |
| Weather rating | IP53 outside panel rated from -30C to 70C, inside panel is for indoor use only |
| Security | ANSI/BHMA Grade 3, anti peep entries up to 20 digits, lockout after repeated wrong codes |
The door decides this one. Most Dubai apartment entrance doors and plenty of villa main doors carry a European mortise lock with a lever handle on both sides, and Lockin states in its own fitting chart that this lock does not go on a mortise. It suits a door that already has a separate round deadbolt above the handle, which turns up on villa side doors, garden rooms, staff entrances, holiday home flats and doors built to an American pattern. We check yours before ordering. In a tower the flat door is usually fire rated, and changing it can void that rating, so ask building management first. If you rent, get the landlord's approval in writing and keep the old deadbolt for the handover. Heat is the other factor. The outside panel is rated to 70C, which covers a shaded Dubai door, but a west facing door in direct July sun drains the battery faster, so plan on charging more often than seven months.
Lockin in the UAE. Sold through UAE smart home retail. Its palm-vein and finger-vein locks read blood-vessel patterns rather than a fingerprint surface, which is a class of lock most brands here do not offer.
