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# Apple Home Collection: A Doorbell, Lock and Cameras Built by LG and Schneider
- URL: https://averagetechnerds.com/apple-home-collection-doorbell-lock-cameras/
- Published: 2026-10-13T18:53:13.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-16T01:11:35.000Z
- Description: Apple’s new Home Collection brings LG cameras, a doorbell, a UWB smart lock and LG and Schneider thermostats to Apple Home from December. Prices, hubs and what each one needs.
- Author: Victor
- Tags: News, Home Tech

Apple announced the Apple Home Collection on October 13: a set of cameras, a video doorbell, a smart lock, two thermostats and room sensors, all built for the Home app. The hardware comes from two partners. LG Electronics makes the cameras, the doorbell, the lock and one thermostat, Schneider Electric makes the other thermostat, and Apple [says](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/10/introducing-apple-home-collection-a-new-lineup-of-smart-home-accessories/?ref=averagetechnerds.com) each one was designed in collaboration with it. Nothing ships yet, with availability starting in December and some accessories following in early 2027.

Bottom line up front

## So what does this mean for the *Average TechNerd*?

The Apple Home Collection is a lineup of LG and Schneider Electric accessories that Apple sells and recommends. Each one sets up with a tap of an iPhone and runs in the Home app, with no extra app or account. Prices run from $39.95 for a room sensor to $399.95 for the floodlight camera, and the cameras keep 10 days of footage in iCloud+ with no separate camera subscription.

For the Average TechNerd who already lives on an iPhone, the appeal is simpler setup and end-to-end encrypted home data that Apple says LG, Schneider and Apple itself cannot read. The catch is the requirements: most features need an Apple home hub such as a HomeView, HomePod or Apple TV, the lock needs a hub with Thread, and camera recording needs a paid iCloud+ plan, whose size sets how many cameras it covers. Nobody has tested these devices, and Apple has not said which of them slip to 2027.

At a glance

What it is

Smart home cameras, doorbell, lock, thermostats and sensors made by LG and Schneider Electric for Apple Home

Price

- Doorbell $249.95; cameras $199.95 to $399.95
- Smart Deadbolt Lock $349.95
- Thermostats $199.95; sensors $39.95

Ships

From December 2026, some accessories in early 2027; no pre-orders yet

Key specs

- 2.5K cameras with HomeKit Secure Video
- Hands-free unlock over Ultra Wideband
- Thread on every device; Matter on the lock, thermostats and sensors
- Cameras and doorbell in the US, Canada and UK; the rest US and Canada

Still unknown

- Which accessories arrive in 2027
- Real-world reliability
- Independent testing

## What is the Apple Home Collection, exactly?

Apple’s own shelf of smart home gear, made by LG Electronics and Schneider Electric. Apple has long let others build cameras, locks and thermostats for its Home app through its Works with Apple Home and Matter certification programmes (Matter is a cross-brand smart home standard). This time Apple says it worked closely with both companies on each product so setup and control feel the same across the lineup, and it’ll sell them itself, at apple.com, in the Apple Store app and in Apple Stores, though for now the store pages only say “Coming later”, with no pre-orders. They arrived alongside HomeView, a new Apple smart display, at an event [The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/tech/1009680/apple-home-collection-doorbell-lock-camera-smart-home-announced?ref=averagetechnerds.com) reports was called Welcome Home.

“Collection” is Apple’s name for the line, but the products carry their makers’ names. The [Apple Store listings](https://www.apple.com/shop/home/accessories/apple-home-collection?ref=averagetechnerds.com) read “LG Video Doorbell Wired” and “Schneider Home Smart Thermostat”, and each page notes that products not bearing the Apple brand are serviced and supported by their manufacturers under the manufacturer’s own terms. Apple’s part is the design collaboration, the Home app integration and the shelf.

## What do you need before you buy any of it?

An iPhone, and for most features, an Apple home hub. Every accessory pairs with a tap of an iPhone on the latest iOS, and Apple says the extra features need a compatible home hub, an Apple device that stays home and runs things while you’re out, such as a HomeView, HomePod or Apple TV. Android users in the house can still control the lock, thermostats and sensors, because they support Matter, which lets [other apps](https://support.apple.com/en-us/102135?ref=averagetechnerds.com) that support the standard add them too. The cameras and doorbell list no Matter support on their store pages, so they stay Apple-only.

Every device also supports Thread, a low-power mesh network for smart home gear, which Apple says keeps them connected if the Wi-Fi drops. The doorbell uses 2.4 or 5 GHz Wi-Fi alongside it. And when your home Wi-Fi changes, say after a move to a new router, Apple says the accessories update their network details on their own.

Rather not mount a doorbell or wire a thermostat yourself? Apple Retail will offer professional installation by ADT in the US for an extra charge, starting this fall, at a price Apple hasn’t published.

## What can the cameras and doorbell do?

Record up to 2.5K video (the doorbell and Outdoor Cam pages say recordings keep the full 2.5K) and recognise people, familiar faces, pets, vehicles and packages, according to Apple. LG makes four of them: the Video Doorbell Wired at $249.95, the Floodlight Cam at $399.95, the Outdoor Cam Plug-In at $299.95 and the Indoor Cam Plug-In at $199.95, for the US, Canada and the UK ([£229.95, £349.95, £279.95 and £179.95](https://www.apple.com/uk/newsroom/2026/10/introducing-apple-home-collection-a-new-lineup-of-smart-home-accessories/?ref=averagetechnerds.com)), in Essence Graphite or Silver outdoors and Essence White indoors. Nothing in the collection is listed for the EU or Australia, and [The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/tech/1009680/apple-home-collection-doorbell-lock-camera-smart-home-announced?ref=averagetechnerds.com) reports the cameras and doorbell have no release date yet. Built-in storage keeps them recording if the Wi-Fi drops, and every one of them has two-way talk through the Home app.

![The LG Video Doorbell Wired in Essence Silver and Essence Graphite](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/10/lg-video-doorbell-wired.jpg)

The LG Video Doorbell Wired in Essence Silver and Essence Graphite. Image: Apple

The doorbell has two cameras, a 2.5K one facing visitors and a full HD one pointing down at packages, plus a spotlight. It runs off existing 16 to 24 volt doorbell wiring, according to its [store page](https://www.apple.com/shop/product/hsn92zm/a/lg-video-doorbell-wired-essence-silver?ref=averagetechnerds.com), and rings through a HomeView, HomePod or HomePod mini as the chime. It’s rated IP65 against dust and rain. The Floodlight Cam adds two motion-activated floodlights with 1,780 lumens of light and a siren you trigger from the Home app, according to its [store page](https://www.apple.com/shop/product/hsn32zm/a/lg-floodlight-cam-essence-silver?ref=averagetechnerds.com), and both outdoor models offer colour night vision in low light down to about 1 lux, switching to infrared when it gets darker. Both also have custom detection zones. The Indoor Cam is the odd one out: it tilts up to watch the room, then tilts back down to stop monitoring when the first person in the household gets home. It runs on USB-C power and sits on a table, wall or ceiling.

![The LG Indoor Cam in white, shown tilted down and tilted up](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/10/lg-indoor-cam.jpg)

The LG Indoor Cam tilts down to stop monitoring. Image: Apple

Recording runs through HomeKit Secure Video, Apple’s camera system, which keeps 10 days of event clips in iCloud+ with no camera subscription of its own. Your iCloud+ plan sets the camera count: 50GB covers one camera, 200GB up to five and 2TB unlimited. Apple Intelligence adds written summaries of each clip and lets you search footage by description, on eligible iCloud+ plans with an Apple Intelligence iPhone or iPad. Those AI features have their own, tighter camera limits: [Apple’s support page](https://support.apple.com/en-us/127901?ref=averagetechnerds.com) allows one camera on the 2TB plan, two on 6TB and five on 12TB, and warns the counts may change. All of it needs a HomeView, HomePod, HomePod mini or Apple TV 4K as the home hub, and for the clip summaries, the HomePod has to be the second generation.

## How does the LG Smart Deadbolt Lock know it’s you?

By measuring how close your phone or watch is. With a home key on a compatible iPhone or Apple Watch, the LG Smart Deadbolt Lock uses Ultra Wideband, a short-range radio that measures distance precisely, to tell when you’re walking up, and unlocks the door hands-free. You can also tap an iPhone or Apple Watch, punch in a PIN or use a backup key from a hidden slot. It senses whether the door is open, closed or being tampered with, sounding an alarm if it is, and you can share guest access from the Home app, with entry schedules for guests and adjustable auto-lock timing. It costs $349.95, in the US and Canada, in Graphite or Silver, and [The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/tech/1009680/apple-home-collection-doorbell-lock-camera-smart-home-announced?ref=averagetechnerds.com) reports it’s due in December and counts it as only the third lock to support Apple’s hands-free unlock. Paired with the doorbell, the Home app shows who’s at the door and unlocks it in one view or by Siri, from anywhere, though Apple doesn’t describe any unlock triggered by the doorbell recognising a face.

![The LG Smart Deadbolt Lock in Essence Graphite, keypad exterior and interior unit](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/10/lg-smart-deadbolt-lock.jpg)

The LG Smart Deadbolt Lock’s keypad and interior unit. Image: Apple

It supports Matter and Aliro, a newer standard for unlocking doors with a phone, and Apple says its core functions keep working without an internet connection. Four AA batteries are rated for six months, with USB-C for emergency power, and it fits single-cylinder deadbolts in doors 40 to 51 mm thick, on left- or right-handed doors, with no wiring, according to the [store page](https://www.apple.com/shop/product/hsnc2zm/a/lg-smart-deadbolt-lock-essence-silver?ref=averagetechnerds.com). The page says it needs a Thread-enabled hub such as a HomeView, HomePod mini or select Apple TV 4K models (among Apple TVs, [Apple’s specs](https://support.apple.com/en-us/111839?ref=averagetechnerds.com) list Thread on the second-generation 4K and on the third-generation Wi-Fi + Ethernet model, but the Wi-Fi-only one lacks it), plus an iPhone or Apple Watch with Ultra Wideband for hands-free unlock. Alerts also need an internet connection. Its compatibility list includes the [Apple Watch Ultra 4](https://averagetechnerds.com/apple-watch-ultra-4-unboxing-ultra-2-comparison/) I unboxed and iPhones back to the iPhone 11.

## Who makes the thermostats?

Both partners, which makes it the one category with a choice of maker. LG and Schneider Electric each make a Smart Thermostat at $199.95, with matching temperature and humidity sensors at $39.95, all for the US and Canada. Apple says both thermostats work with a broad range of heating and cooling systems and detect the wiring themselves during installation. LG’s [store page](https://www.apple.com/shop/product/hsmz2zm/a/lg-smart-thermostat?ref=averagetechnerds.com) lists furnaces, air conditioners and heat pumps among supported systems, and Schneider’s thermostat is designed for standard 24V systems. If your system lacks a C-wire, the extra wire that gives a thermostat constant power, adapters cost $24.95.

The Home app’s Adaptive Temperature feature uses your iPhone to adjust heating and cooling depending on whether someone is home, asleep or away. Schneider’s [store page](https://www.apple.com/shop/product/hsmv2zm/a/schneider-home-smart-thermostat?ref=averagetechnerds.com) notes that it needs a home hub such as an Apple TV, HomePod or HomeView. The thermostats can also read the temperature sensors already inside HomeView, HomePod and HomePod mini. And in the contiguous US, Clean Energy Guidance can shift heating and cooling to cleaner, cheaper hours for homes on a compatible utility plan. The Verge reports both thermostats arrive in December.

## Can LG, Schneider or Apple see your footage?

No, according to Apple, and it’s the strongest part of the pitch. Apple says camera footage and personal data in the Home app are end-to-end encrypted, meaning they’re scrambled before they leave your home and only your devices hold the keys. HomeKit Secure Video analyses clips on your home hub or in Private Cloud Compute, Apple’s secured cloud servers for AI processing, before they’re stored in iCloud. LG adds, on the [doorbell](https://www.apple.com/shop/product/hsn92zm/a/lg-video-doorbell-wired-essence-silver?ref=averagetechnerds.com) and [Indoor Cam](https://www.apple.com/shop/product/hsn72zm/a/lg-indoor-cam-plug-in?ref=averagetechnerds.com) store pages, that both reached the Diamond level, the top tier, of the UL Solutions IoT Security Rating.

That promise matters because not every camera maker has kept its own. In 2023, Anker [admitted to The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/23573362/anker-eufy-security-camera-answers-encryption?ref=averagetechnerds.com) that its Eufy cameras could produce unencrypted video streams, which reporters had watched from across the US with an ordinary media player, after a security researcher found its supposedly cloud-free cameras uploading images to the cloud. Anker said it then moved its streams to encryption. Apple’s promise still needs independent testing, but it starts from encryption that covers every camera in the collection.

## What else did Apple announce at Welcome Home?

A smart display, a new HomePod mini and a new Apple TV. [HomeView](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/10/meet-apple-homeview-a-new-way-to-enjoy-entertainment-and-manage-the-home/?ref=averagetechnerds.com) is the centrepiece: a 7-inch screen on a speaker base, running Siri AI, Apple’s new version of Siri, in beta. It recognises up to six people by face, acts as a home hub and can show up to nine camera feeds at once. It costs $299 as a tabletop model, or $299 wall-mounted with one of three Schneider Home mounts from $59.95\. Pre-orders opened October 13 in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and India, deliveries begin on November 13, and it won’t be sold in the European Union.

![Apple HomeView in five colours and positions, showing different screens](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/10/apple-homeview.jpg)

Apple HomeView. Image: Apple

The [HomePod mini 2](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/10/apple-announces-the-next-generation-of-homepod-mini/?ref=averagetechnerds.com) costs $149, on pre-order now and out October 30\. Like the original, it works as a home hub, and it can announce who’s at the door using the Home Collection cameras’ face recognition. Siri AI reaches it later in a software update. The new [Apple TV 4K](https://averagetechnerds.com/apple-tv-4k-4th-gen-siri-ai-price/) costs $299, from November 13.

![HomePod mini 2 in white, blue, green, pink and midnight](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/10/homepod-mini-2.jpg)

HomePod mini 2\. Image: Apple

## When does the Apple Home Collection come out?

From December 2026, with some accessories following in early 2027, and none can be pre-ordered yet. After that, the thing to watch is how they behave once installed, since setup is the part Apple has simplified.

Which would you buy first: the doorbell, the lock, a camera or a thermostat? Or is your setup already sorted? Share what you use now.

Based on Apple’s press releases, Apple Store listings and support pages, with per-product timing reported by The Verge, as of October 13, 2026\. Prices and dates may change; none of these accessories has shipped or been tested yet.