Apple has officially taken its biggest step into the smart home yet. On October 13, 2026, the company announced Apple Home Collection, a full lineup of smart home accessories developed with LG Electronics and Schneider Electric. The range covers indoor and outdoor cameras, a video doorbell, a smart deadbolt lock, two smart thermostats, and temperature and humidity sensors — all set up with a single tap on iPhone and managed through the Apple Home app, with no separate app or account required. Everything is encrypted end to end, and availability begins in December, with select accessories following in early 2027.
“Apple Home Collection makes it easy to choose smart home accessories with confidence,” said Matthew Costello, Apple’s vice president of Hardware Engineering. “Working closely with industry leaders LG Electronics and Schneider Electric, we designed every accessory to work seamlessly with Apple Home, so managing your home is simple, reliable, and private.”
The Full Lineup: Cameras, Lock, and Climate
Unlike conventional third-party accessories that simply support a smart home platform, the collection’s devices were co-developed across hardware, software, and user experience. LG supplies the security and access hardware; Schneider Electric co-developed one of the two thermostats.
Four security cameras
LG’s four cameras work with a home hub like Apple HomeView, HomePod, HomePod mini, or Apple TV 4K. Every camera captures up to 2.5K video and recognizes people, familiar faces, pets, vehicles, and packages. Video history is stored through the customer’s own iCloud+ plan — no separate camera subscription — with 10 days of event history included, plus Apple Intelligence video descriptions and natural-language footage search on eligible plans.
- LG Video Doorbell Wired ($249.95) — dual cameras capture separate views of visitors and packages; the front camera records in 2.5K and the bottom camera in full HD, with a built-in spotlight and a chime that plays through HomeView, HomePod, and HomePod mini.
- LG Floodlight Cam ($399.95) — adaptive dual floodlights activate automatically on motion detection, paired with low-light color night vision for perimeter monitoring.
- LG Outdoor Cam Plug-In ($299.95) — low-light color night vision with an adjustable mount for flexible outdoor coverage and simple self-installation.
- LG Indoor Cam Plug-In ($199.95) — takes a distinctive approach to privacy: it automatically tilts down to stop monitoring as soon as the first member of the household returns, and tilts up again when the home is empty. Users can also tilt it manually or from the Home app at any time.
Built-in storage keeps the cameras recording even when Wi-Fi goes down, and detected moments are not missed during a network outage. Users can view live footage and camera activity from the Home app on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV 4K, or HomeView, with quick live snapshots that give an at-a-glance view without opening a full livestream.
LG Smart Deadbolt Lock ($349.95)
The lock uses Ultra Wideband to tell how close a user is and when they are approaching. With a home key on a compatible iPhone or Apple Watch, the door unlocks automatically as the user walks up. Users can also tap to unlock, use an integrated PIN pad, or fall back on a hidden backup key slot. The lock senses whether the door has been opened, closed, or tampered with, and alerts users if the door is open while locked.
Guest access can be shared directly through the Home app, giving a dog walker, house sitter, or visiting family member their own way in. The lock is Matter compatible and supports Aliro, the smart-lock digital-key standard, and works entirely locally so core access functions continue without an internet connection.
In the Home app, the doorbell and lock work together as a front-door system: when a visitor rings, a chime sounds through HomeView, HomePod, or HomePod mini and a notification appears on Apple devices. From anywhere, users can see who is there, speak to the visitor, and unlock the door in a single view — or just ask Siri.
Two smart thermostats and room sensors
Two Smart Thermostats are available — one from LG and one from Schneider Electric — so users can pick the product that fits their home’s energy ecosystem. Both start at $199.95, with standalone temperature and humidity sensors from each brand at $39.95.
Using on-device intelligence from iPhone, Adaptive Temperature adjusts the thermostats based on whether someone is at home, winding down at night, or away — no manual scheduling needed. In the contiguous U.S., Clean Energy Guidance can shift heating and cooling to cleaner, lower-cost periods for users with a compatible utility plan, while the Home app shows usage insights including peak and off-peak rates. The thermostats read temperature and humidity across rooms via the standalone sensors or the sensors built into HomeView, HomePod, and HomePod mini. Both are Matter compatible, DIY-friendly, work with a broad range of HVAC systems, and include on-device wire detection to simplify installation.
Pricing and Availability
Apple Home Collection will be available starting in December at apple.com/store, in the Apple Store app, and at Apple Store locations, with select accessories available starting early 2027. Confirmed U.S. starting prices are:
- LG Video Doorbell Wired — $249.95
- LG Floodlight Cam — $399.95
- LG Outdoor Cam Plug-In — $299.95
- LG Indoor Cam Plug-In — $199.95
- LG Smart Deadbolt Lock — $349.95
- LG Smart Thermostat — $199.95; LG Temperature Sensor — $39.95
- Schneider Home Smart Thermostat — $199.95; Schneider Home Room Sensor — $39.95
The cameras, doorbell, and lock come in Essence Graphite and Essence Silver (the indoor camera in Essence White); the thermostats and sensors in White or Silver + White. Cameras and doorbell will be sold in the U.S., Canada, and the UK, while the lock, thermostats, and sensors are U.S. and Canada only. Installation accessories for thermostats are sold separately, including an LG C-Wire Power Adapter ($24.95), a Schneider Home Trim Plate ($14.95), and a Schneider Home C-Wire Power Adapter ($24.95). Notably, the press release states that Apple HomeView is not available for sale in the European Union, as Siri AI is currently unavailable in iOS in the EU.
Designed to Work as One System
Every product shares the same setup and control experience: a single tap with iPhone adds the accessory to Apple Home — similar to setting up a HomePod — with no additional app or account to create. Every device supports Thread, helping it stay connected even if Wi-Fi drops, and products automatically update their network credentials if the customer changes home Wi-Fi.
The accessories are designed to work together. A single “Good Morning” scene can adjust the thermostat, tilt an indoor camera down while a user gets ready, and start music on HomePod. And as the last person leaves for work, the thermostat adjusts for an empty home, the door locks, and the cameras resume monitoring — reversing automatically before they arrive home.
Privacy by Design
Privacy is Apple’s central pitch. Camera footage and personal data in the Home app are end-to-end encrypted and never accessible to LG, Schneider Electric, or Apple. Footage is processed locally on the customer’s own Apple Home hub or in Private Cloud Compute, and stored encrypted in iCloud for 10 days for iCloud+ users.
Apple’s Bigger Smart Home Bet
The launch caps a remarkable turnaround. HomeKit launched in 2014 but long trailed Amazon Alexa and Google Home in ecosystem breadth, with Apple relying almost entirely on third-party accessories. Now the company is building the ecosystem itself: alongside the accessories, Apple announced its new HomeView smart home hub plus updated HomePod mini and Apple TV 4K models at the same event, giving the collection a native control center on day one.
The LG partnership also gives Apple a day-one hardware lineup without manufacturing, marketing, and supporting every accessory itself — LG handles manufacturing and product support. For professional installation, Apple Retail now offers third-party installation from ADT for an additional charge in the U.S., starting this fall.
What It Means
Competitively, the collection lands squarely in Ring, Nest, and Ecobee territory. The difference Apple is selling is integration: one app, one tap to set up, no separate subscriptions for camera history, and privacy guarantees that cloud-heavy rivals have struggled to match. The risk is price and platform lock-in — the range is iPhone-first, requiring an iPhone running the latest OS for pairing and an Apple hub for the full feature set.
If you are invested in the Apple ecosystem, this is the most compelling reason yet to consider Apple Home as your platform. Matter and Thread support means the hardware should slot into existing setups natively. With official pricing and dates now confirmed after months of leaks, the question is no longer whether Apple is serious about the home, but whether buyers will pay Apple-style prices for hardware built for Apple Home first.