Yes—Apple Home can use a last-person-leaves automation to request locking a compatible smart lock. For Lockin Veno Solar Palm, that means adding the lock through Matter, keeping a compatible Apple home hub with Thread support available, and selecting the lock’s Locked action. Each participating person’s location settings also need to be correct. Lockin documents Apple Home locking and departure routines, with automation behavior dependent on the platform. See the Veno Solar Palm Matter FAQ.
Treat this as an extra locking request after departure. It does not establish that the door is closed, that everyone has physically left, or that the deadbolt successfully engaged. Keep your normal close-and-lock routine while you verify the automation on your own setup.
What Veno Solar Palm needs for Apple Home
Veno Solar Palm combines palm-vein entry with Matter over Thread connectivity. This lets a household use Apple Home for supported lock control while retaining Lockin’s own access and management features. The product’s built-in Wi-Fi does not remove Apple Home’s hub requirements.
Check these items before building the departure rule:
| Check | What to confirm |
|---|---|
| Correct lock | Your device is Veno Solar Palm, and it appears as a controllable lock in the intended Apple home. Do not assume another model has the same setup. |
| Compatible hub | Lockin lists HomePod mini, HomePod (2nd generation), Apple TV 4K (2nd generation), and Apple TV 4K (3rd generation, Wi-Fi + Ethernet). Confirm the exact version you own. |
| Working connection | Keep the home hub powered and connected. Verify that Apple Home can request locking and receive an updated lock state. |
| Current software | Update the Lockin Smart app, lock firmware, Apple devices and Home software before troubleshooting a missing control. |
| Household access | Add the intended residents to the correct Apple home and configure their location participation. An access code alone does not make someone a participant in Apple’s location automation. |
Lockin’s Solar Palm/Face setup FAQ describes the Apple pairing process. In Lockin Smart, select the lock, open Settings → Matter Integration → Bind Matter, then use Apple Home’s accessory-add flow with the Matter code. The documented pairing window is five minutes. Follow the current in-app instructions if labels differ.
For Apple’s home-hub setup requirements, see Set up your HomePod or Apple TV as a home hub. In Home, More → Home Settings → Home Hubs & Bridges shows the active hub at the top. Pairing a nearby accessory with an iPhone is not the same as having a home hub available for a departure automation.
Set Apple Home to lock the door when the last person leaves
Once direct Apple Home locking works, create a home automation:
- Open Home and select the correct home. Open Automation, then add an automation.
- Choose People Leave. If offered, select the last-person-leaves condition rather than a rule that runs whenever any one person leaves. Review the people included in that condition.
- Use your home as the location. Check that it is the intended address. Apple notes that choosing a different location removes other participants from the automation.
- Review any time restriction. If you want the request whenever the household leaves, avoid unintentionally limiting it to a particular time of day.
- Select your Veno Solar Palm. Set the action to Locked. Inspect the final action before saving; adding the accessory alone is not enough.
- Use Test This Automation, then save. With the door closed and someone able to check the lock, verify the requested action. Next, test a real household departure as described below.
Apple’s iPhone automation guide covers event and accessory setup; its Home automation support guide explains participant, location and testing controls. Available controls can vary with software and accessory support. If the last-person condition or lock action is missing, resolve that before relying on the rule.
Check each person’s location-sharing device
For everyone whose departure should count, check Settings → [name] → Find My on their iPhone or iPad. Enable Share My Location, and make sure My Location identifies the intended device. On iPhone, you can also open Find My → Me, check Sharing From, and choose Use This iPhone as My Location if needed. See Apple’s location-sharing guide. Apple’s location-automation instructions require this check for each participant; a Mac cannot supply its location for this automation.
The practical consequence is simple: a location-sharing device left at home may prevent the expected departure event. Someone without a participating device may still be inside after Apple considers the selected household members away. Agree on who the rule represents, including how it should behave when children, relatives or guests stay behind.
Test the household condition and the actual lock
Test This Automation checks the action; it does not recreate everyone’s departure. Use a planned trial to check both parts. Keep a working entry method with you, and do not leave the door unsecured just to make the test more obvious.
| Trial | What to look for |
|---|---|
| Request locking directly in Apple Home | The closed door locks, and the displayed state reflects the result. If this fails, start with the lock connection rather than location settings. |
| One participant leaves while another remains home | The last-person rule should wait. If it runs, review the trigger and which residents count. |
| The final participating person leaves with their location-sharing device | Check whether the automation runs, whether any confirmation is requested, and whether the lock reaches the intended state. |
| Return and inspect the door | Confirm that it was fully closed and the deadbolt engaged correctly. A completed phone interaction alone is not a physical inspection. |
If local auto-lock has already secured the door, finding it locked does not by itself prove the departure automation fired. Keep that distinction when judging the test; do not disable a working locking routine simply to create an unattended unlocked-door trial.
Do not assume locking and unlocking have identical security behavior. This setup requests locking. If your actual Apple setup asks for confirmation, complete it and account for that step in your routine. Avoid treating a workaround that bypasses a prompt as a verified feature of the lock.
If the lock does not respond when you leave
Work from the failed part of the chain:
- The lock cannot be controlled in Home: check the home hub, Thread connection, lock power, Matter setup and current software. Lockin Smart Wi-Fi control working does not prove the separate Apple Home connection is working.
- Direct control works, but departure does not: review the last-person setting, home location, selected residents, each location-sharing device and any time restriction.
- A request runs, but the door is not secured: check that the door closes freely and the deadbolt aligns properly. Resolve a jam or incomplete closure at the door; repeating the automation will not correct the physical fit.
There is no universal departure-to-lock time promised here. Location detection and the lock’s response need to be checked in your household’s actual conditions.
Keep a dependable way to lock before walking away
Veno Solar Palm also supports One-Touch Locking. With the feature enabled, press the exterior keypad’s key button to wake it, then press again to lock; the manual also describes a double-press shortcut. Confirm the result before leaving. The setting is under Lockin Smart → Devices → your lock → Settings → Door Lock Settings → One-Touch Locking. See the Solar Palm/Face user manual.
The lock’s own door-closure auto-lock is another separate feature. Its delay or active schedule answers a different question from Apple’s household-location rule; configure it for how your door is used, then verify it at the door.
To have Apple Home lock your door when the last person leaves, start with a working Veno Solar Palm → Apple Home connection, verify the participating devices, and test the result. Use the Lockin user manuals for model setup and Lockin’s FAQ for troubleshooting when a required control or response is missing.