{
  "id": 16461690,
  "title": "Hyve Smart Package Locker Review: Protecting Your Holiday Deliveries",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/hyve-smart-package-locker-review-protecting-your-holiday-deliveries",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-25T10:01:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Wired",
    "slug": "wired",
    "url": "https://www.wired.com/review/hyve-smart-package-locker/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a suburban neighborhood, delivery trucks frequent the streets daily, with UPS, FedEx, DHL, and Amazon delivering various items. For the author, who works from home, picking up packages left on the doorstep is a regular occurrence. However, the author cannot be home 24/7 and relies on a neighbor to keep an eye on boxes when they are away. Unfortunately, package hold requests are not consistently honored by major carriers, and FEDEX recently discontinued its vacation hold option without notifying anyone.\n\nPackage hold requests at shipping centers usually cost about $5 per package, requiring a trip after returning home to collect the delivered items. This process can be time-consuming, especially if the author is gone for a week, potentially fetching a dozen boxes or more. To alleviate this, the author discovered Hyve, a startup offering a smart lockbox to secure deliveries and notify homeowners when accessed.\n\nParcels lockboxes are not new, operating similarly to traditional post office mailboxes with a cantilevered hatch that allows secure storage below. The Hyve Smart Package Locker eliminates the two-chamber design, opting for an electronic hatch accessed via 4-digit PINs. The box measures 32 inches high, 20 inches wide, and 20 inches deep, with interior dimensions approximately 4 inches shorter in each direction, providing 7.4 cubic feet of storage space.\n\nConstructed with plastic and steel, the Hyve Locker appears sturdy against package thieves without power tools. Available in gray or white, the unit requires assembly, which can be challenging due to the lack of printed instructions. Instead, a QR code leads to a walkthrough video and a PDF guide, making the installation process cumbersome. The device weighs 40 pounds and requires four AA batteries, with a solar panel for trickle charging a backup battery and a USB-C port for emergency power supply.\n\nHyve's Wi-Fi bridge plugs into an inside outlet near the locker, which can be a challenge if there are no power outlets nearby. The device connects to the homeowner's app, which sets a master PIN for access to both deliveries and retrievals. However, this PIN presents a security risk, as anyone with the four-digit code can open the locker. Despite this risk, the physical design of the device prevents one courier from removing a package that another has left behind.",
  "summary": "Hyve’s smart porch lockbox can secure incoming gifts—if your delivery driver uses it and there’s still room inside.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}