Imagine an app that opens doors effortlessly with just a tap of your smartphone. While Digital Keys are already a reality, we've taken the concept to a new level of convenience and efficiency. For Salto KS users, your Digital Key is your best friend – no more digging through pockets or rummaging through bags for physical keys. With a simple press of a button, you can unlock doors instantly. The Salto KS app offers extensive features for site owners and admins to manage sites, users, and access via the Salto KS Web and Mobile apps. But what about the everyday user who wants a straightforward, faster, and easier way to open doors? The team at Salto has found a way to achieve this with a lightweight and user-focused app.
Introducing Salto KS Keychain, our brand-new Digital Key app for iOS and Android, and compatible with Apple Watch and Wear OS smartwatches. We've created the perfect solution for you, whether you're a university student entering your dorm late at night, a tenant enjoying building amenities, or a hybrid worker accessing your office. With Digital Keys at your fingertips, this app provides seamless access for your everyday needs. In this blog post, we will walk you through the benefits of Salto KS Keychain and how it works. We are also proud to announce that Digital Key NFC is now available for Android, offering faster and more convenient access than ever before. Read ahead to discover the app!
What is Salto KS Keychain?
Salto KS Keychain is a lite and streamlined version of the Salto KS app designed to offer the primary functionality of Digital Key access. It is ideal for the everyday user who requires a fast, efficient, and easy-to-use solution to open doors with their smartphones. The app is significantly smaller than the Salto KS app due to the absence of administrative tools. As a result, Salto KS Keychain ensures quick downloads, minimal storage usage, and faster performance, making it ideal for users with limited device capacity or weaker internet connections. Just like the Salto KS Mobile App, the Salto KS Keychain app is for both iOS and Android and offers Digital Key for Apple Watch and Wear OS smartwatches.
The main difference between the Salto KS Keychain and the Salto KS Mobile App lies in their core functionalities. The KS Keychain app focuses exclusively on the Digital Key, designed for the simple and practical purpose of opening doors. In contrast, the Salto KS Mobile App offers comprehensive management capabilities, allowing you to oversee locks, events, and IQs. Salto KS Keychain is a streamlined, lightweight version of the Salto KS Mobile App, providing an effortless, straightforward experience opening doors.
The Salto KS Keychain app offers the following key features:
- Faster access: Instantly unlock doors with your Digital Key and NFC technology (available for Android) or use your personalised widget.
- Lightweight: The app uses minimal data and storage space on your device. Store all your Digital Keys in one place while saving memory.
- User-friendly interface: Enjoy a simple, sleek, and intuitive design with Digital Key as focus. Choose between Dark and Light Mode settings according to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
- Secure: Benefit from the same reliable security protocols as Salto KS to ensure your access is always safe.
- Smartwatch integration: Pair your Salto KS Keychain app with your Apple Watch or Wear OS smartwatch to open doors directly using your wearable device.
Digital Key and Salto KS Keychain
Now, you know that Digital Key is at the core of Salto KS Keychain. Are you new to the concept of Digital Key? Or do you already use Digital Keys but want to understand more about the technology and its benefits? The first thing you need to know is that Digital Key is the key that lives within your smartphone, giving you access in an easier way. Unlock doors by simply tapping the back of your phone against the lock. Aside from having a key that is just a tap away in your phone, Digital Key has the following benefits that can make all the difference:
- Replaces physical credentials: Gone are the days of losing keys or handing them over.
- Simplifies operations: Distributing and managing keys is easier than ever for operators who can quickly and remotely extend, edit or revoke access rights.
- Authenticates identity: Smartphones are secured with a multi-factor identification system built into them (PIN, fingerprint, or facial recognition).
- Ensures security: Data transfer and authentication between phones and locks are secured with SSL AES 128-bit encryption opening procedures.
Salto Bluetooth LE-enabled locks support Digital Key and as a result Bluetooth must be enabled on your device to communicate with the lock and open the door.
To use Digital Key, first make sure your Bluetooth is on. Next, tap on the Digital Key button or the widget. Now that the Digital Key is active, tap the back of your phone against the lock, and it will flash green with a sound to indicate that the door is successfully unlocked.
NFC opening for Android users
The Salto KS and Salto KS Keychain Mobile Apps are proud to introduce NFC technology for Digital Key, now available to Android users. Launching in beta, the NFC feature allows users to easily test the seamless door unlocking experience. The Salto KS Keychain app has NFC openings enabled by default to enhance user convenience further. Android users can tap their phones to the lock without opening their app or tapping on their widget, and the Digital Key will activate via NFC technology to unlock the door. An NFC opening saves even more time opening doors as you don’t need to open the app or swipe to find your widget.
If your Android phone is NFC-enabled, placing it within close proximity of the lock will trigger your device to activate your Digital Key and successfully open the door if you have access permissions.
NFC is also available for Wear OS smartwatches! To enable this feature, download the Salto KS app on both your Wear OS watch and Android phone via the Google Play Store. You will be guided through setting up and activating the Digital Key on your watch. Once activated, you are ready to use Digital Key by simply placing your arm within short range of the lock for it to open instantly.
The Salto KS Keychain Digital Key Widget
The Salto KS Keychain app offers a Digital Key Widget that takes convenience to the next level. This customisable widget allows you to unlock doors effortlessly without opening the app. All that is required is to turn on your Bluetooth and unlock your phone.
Widgets give you quick and easy access to essential functions, and the Digital Key Widget is no exception. It’s the key that’s always within reach on your smartphone. With the widget, all it takes is a single tap on the ‘Use Digital Key’ button and a touch of your phone to the lock to gain access.
Salto KS Keychain Digital Key for smartwatches
The Salto KS Keychain app is compatible with Apple Watch and Wear OS smartwatches. This means you can use your wearable device to open doors without needing a smartphone present.
Just as you would add a widget for quick access on your smartphone, you can add the Digital Key complication on your watch to make opening doors even faster. No more swiping to find an app; you only need to tap a button.
Why choose Salto KS Keychain?
Salto KS Keychain is designed with simplicity and efficiency, making it light on your phone and easy to use. Developed with our everyday users in mind, it focuses solely on your Digital Keys, allowing you to open the doors you need to access effortlessly. Salto KS Keychain saves you memory space on your device compared to the Salto KS Mobile App, ensuring smooth functionality without compromise.
Say goodbye to juggling multiple physical keys – now you can manage and use keys with just a tap. The app supports multi-site access, instantly allowing you to switch between Digital Keys for different locations and as many keys as required. As with all our solutions, security is our top priority. Salto’s robust technologies and policies protect customer privacy and ensure the safety of our products and services. We believe technology should be accessible to everyone, so we created this lite app to offer a smarter, even fool-proof experience in modern access.
Building managers or administrators can reduce operational costs by choosing Salto KS Keychain as the primary means of opening within a space. When tenants, members, or guests use the app, there are fewer physical keys, plastic keycards, or tags. This lowers expenses and leads to a more economical and environment-friendly solution.
Set up Salto KS Keychain on your smartphone
To get started using Salto KS Keychain and open doors seamlessly, follow the steps below.
For existing Salto KS Mobile App users:
- Install the app: Visit the App Store for iOS or Google Play Store for Android and download Salto KS Keychain.
- Log in: Use your regular Salto KS credentials to sign in or use social login to sign into the app.
- Generate your Digital Key: If you are an existing user of Salto KS, your Digital Key(s) will be instantly generated. If you are a new user, activate your new Digital Key on the Salto KS Keychain app.
- Pro tip! Use the Widget: Add the widget to your smartphone for quicker access to your Digital Key, which will create the ultimate experience. Smartwatch users can add their Digital Key as a complication, and Android users with NFC enabled can tap their phones to open doors for instant access!
Conclusion
Salto KS Keychain is lite and secure, designed to make life easier for our users. With its focus on Digital Key, the app saves significant memory space and simplifies multi-site access and key management, providing effortless access. By reducing the need for physical keys, tags, and keycards, the app can transform a space into a more economical, environment-friendly, and ultimately smarter one. The app is easy to set up and use, compatible with smartwatches, and customisable on your screen as widgets. With faster openings and now NFC as an option for Android users, we are closer to achieving flexible and keyless solutions. Download Salto KS Keychain today for iOS and Android and unlock a new world of seamless access.
