Your packages are here, and you’re not. It’s all right—they’ll just let themselves in.
United Parcel Service Inc., of Atlanta, has begun a pilot program with the smart-access provider Latch to give UPS drivers keyless entry to building lobbies and package rooms in parts of New York City.
“It can be difficult to securely deliver packages in high-density, multifamily urban residences, especially when people are not at home,” Jerome Roberts, UPS’s vice president of global product innovation, said in a statement. He called smart access “a big step forward for the package delivery business.”
Latch, founded by veterans of Apple Inc. and based in New York, has raised more than $26 million in private funding, according to the statement.