The report came true: Apple's Home Collection pairs LG doorbells, locks, cameras and thermostats with its new HomeView hub, priced from $39.95 and arriving from December.
A week after Bloomberg reported that Apple and LG had secretly built a line of smart home gadgets together, Apple confirmed it. On Oct. 13 it launched the Apple Home Collection, made with LG and Schneider Electric, next to its new HomeView display.
The lineup covers a video doorbell, a smart deadbolt, indoor, outdoor and floodlight cameras, two thermostats and two sensors.
This gives iPhone owners a privacy-focused alternative to Ring and Nest, though AI video descriptions need a pricier iCloud plan. Apple says the devices start arriving in December, with some slipping to early 2027. The doorbell and cameras are also headed to the UK and Canada.
The smart lock Apple helped design will open your front door before you touch it. That LG-built deadbolt, priced at $349.95, is the standout in a set of Apple LG smart home devices that went from leaked regulatory filings to an official launch in barely a week.
If you live in an iPhone household, this changes how you would kit out a home. Until now Apple left doorbells, cameras and locks entirely to other brands, so there was no obvious Apple answer to Amazon’s Ring or Google’s Nest. Now there is one, even though the LG name, not the Apple logo, sits on most of the hardware.
The partnership first surfaced on Oct. 6, when Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported that Apple and LG had quietly built a range of home gadgets together. LG had already filed paperwork with the Federal Communications Commission and the certification company UL Solutions, listing a wired video doorbell, a smart deadbolt, a thermostat, a temperature sensor, indoor and outdoor plug-in cameras and a floodlight camera. Apple’s name appeared nowhere in those filings, and LG had asked for photos and fine details to stay confidential until early next year.
Bloomberg described it as a second-party deal: Apple shapes the design and features, while the partner builds, sells and supports the product. That spares Apple the cost and hassle of running a warehouse full of doorbells and cameras, and it hands LG, better known for TVs and washing machines, a fast way into home security.
On Oct. 13, at its Welcome Home event in New York, Apple made it official. It introduced the Apple Home Collection alongside its new HomeView smart display, a refreshed Apple TV 4K and a second-generation HomePod mini. There was one surprise. France’s Schneider Electric joined LG as a partner, adding its own thermostat and room sensor.
The collection has nine products in all, seven from LG and two from Schneider Electric. US prices are:
Apple has not announced UK or Canadian prices. The devices come in black or silver with white accents, and the cameras share a plain tube shape that is meant to blend in rather than show off.
The lock is the most interesting piece. It uses ultra-wideband, the same short-range radio an iPhone uses to pinpoint an AirTag, to sense you walking up with your phone or Apple Watch and unlock automatically. You can also tap your device or punch in a code, and you can hand out guest access in the Home app. It replaces a standard US-style deadbolt, runs on AA batteries and connects using Matter over Thread, a newer standard that lets smart home gear from different brands talk to each other.
Setup is meant to feel like pairing AirPods. You tap a device with your iPhone, and it is recognized over Bluetooth and NFC, with no extra apps or accounts. Everything is managed in the Apple Home app, and Apple says communication is end-to-end encrypted, meaning only you control who sees your data.
The doorbell’s front camera records at up to 2.5K, while the downward package camera records in full HD. It has a built-in spotlight, and it can ring through a HomeView, HomePod or HomePod mini as your chime. The indoor and outdoor cameras also record at up to 2.5K, and they keep footage on the device if your Wi-Fi drops.
The privacy pitch is the main difference from Ring and Nest. The cameras work with HomeKit Secure Video, so footage is analyzed on an Apple home hub in your house and sent to iCloud encrypted. They can flag familiar faces, pets, packages and vehicles. An iCloud+ plan gives you 10 days of event history.
There is a cost catch. Apple Intelligence can write short text descriptions of what a camera saw and let you search clips in plain language, but that needs a higher iCloud storage tier and a supported phone, an iPhone 15 Pro or newer.
Do you need an iPhone at all? In practice, yes. The thermostats and sensors are Matter compatible, so they may work with other systems, but the collection is built around Apple Home, and features like hands-free unlocking depend on an iPhone or Apple Watch. If your home runs on Alexa or Google Home, this is not your shortcut.
The thermostats are DIY-friendly. Both detect your wiring on the device to guide installation and work with a broad range of heating and cooling systems.
Apple says the Home Collection starts arriving in December, with some products not shipping until early 2027. The lock is due in the US and Canada from December. The doorbell and cameras are coming to the US, Canada and the UK, but Apple has not set dates for them yet. That matches Bloomberg’s original warning that the LG gear would land a few months after Apple’s own hub.
No. Apple co-developed them, but they carry the LG or Schneider name and sit under the Apple Home Collection label. LG handles manufacturing and support for its devices.
The LG Smart Deadbolt Lock costs $349.95 in the US and supports hands-free unlocking with an iPhone or Apple Watch.
You need a device that can act as an Apple home hub, such as a HomeView, HomePod or Apple TV, for features like camera video analysis and remote control.
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