Apple’s new Home Collection puts a video doorbell, a smart deadbolt, three security cameras, two thermostats and two sensors on the same price list, and the numbers run from $39.95 for a sensor to $399.95 for the Floodlight Cam. Everything was announced Oct. 13, 2026, and it is due in December, with some pieces slipping to early 2027.
The hardware is built by LG Electronics and Schneider Electric rather than by Apple itself, but the two companies designed the line with Apple and sell it through Apple’s channels. The price spread is wide: a sensor costs a tenth of what the top camera does, and the single most expensive item is more than ten times the cheapest.
The full price list, accessory by accessory
According to Apple’s Home Collection announcement, the top of the range is the LG Floodlight Cam at $399.95, followed by the LG Smart Deadbolt Lock at $349.95, the LG Outdoor Cam Plug-In at $299.95 and the LG Video Doorbell Wired at $249.95. The LG Indoor Cam Plug-In is $199.95. Two smart thermostats, one from LG and one from Schneider Electric, are also $199.95 each.
The bottom of the range is sensors. LG’s Temperature Sensor and Schneider Electric’s Room Sensor are both $39.95, the lowest price in the collection. Thermostat installation accessories are sold separately: an LG C-Wire Power Adapter at $24.95, a Schneider Home Trim Plate at $14.95 and a Schneider Home C-Wire Power Adapter at $24.95. The doorbell, the three cameras and the lock all sit between $199.95 and $399.95.
Where each piece is sold and when
Availability varies by product. The video doorbell and the three cameras are listed for the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, while the lock, both thermostats and both sensors are listed for the United States and Canada. All products start in December 2026 at apple.com/store, in the Apple Store app and at Apple Store locations, but Apple says select accessories arrive in early 2027 without saying which ones. Professional installation through ADT is available at Apple Retail in the United States starting this fall for an additional charge.
The collection pairs with HomeView, Apple’s $299 smart display, which goes on sale Nov. 13. TechCrunch reports that a doorbell press plays a chime on the display. Apple also says HomeView is not sold in the European Union, so the hub half of the pairing is unavailable there.
End-to-end encryption and the iCloud+ catch
Matthew Costello, Apple’s vice president of Hardware Engineering, said “Apple Home Collection makes it easy to choose smart home accessories with confidence.” The reassurance rests mostly on privacy design. Apple says Home app data is end-to-end encrypted, so LG, Schneider Electric and Apple cannot read it, and that camera footage is processed locally on the user’s Apple Home hub or in Private Cloud Compute. For people with iCloud+, footage is stored encrypted in iCloud, with 10 days of event video history and no separate camera subscription.
The catch is storage. Apple’s plan tiers tie camera counts to iCloud+ capacity: 50GB supports one camera, 200GB supports up to five and 2TB supports unlimited cameras. DesignRush points out that a home with several LG cameras therefore needs at least the 200GB tier. On eligible plans, Apple Intelligence adds video descriptions and natural-language footage search, but those features require an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone or iPad and a supported home hub.
A quick tally shows what a full set would cost. One of each entry product, the doorbell, the lock and the three cameras, comes to $1,499.75 at the listed starting prices. Adding both $199.95 thermostats and both $39.95 sensors brings the total to $1,979.55, before the thermostat installation accessories. Those are Morning Overview’s sums from Apple’s listed prices, not a bundle price Apple has announced, and Apple describes them as starting prices.
Matter, Thread and the lock that works offline
The lock is the most technically interesting entry. Its core access functions keep working without an internet connection, and the Smart Deadbolt is Matter compatible and also supports Aliro. Both thermostats, both sensors and the lock are Matter compatible, and every device supports Thread, so it stays connected if Wi-Fi drops. Apple does not state Matter or Thread support for the cameras. Setup begins with an iPhone running the latest software for NFC pairing, and the thermostats and sensors are designed for do-it-yourself installation with on-device wire detection.
Kihyun Jung, an executive vice president at LG Electronics, said in the announcement that working closely with Apple allowed LG to co-create a more connected, intuitive and convenient home experience for its customers. Schneider Electric chief executive Olivier Blum called the company’s thermostat a true collaboration with Apple. Before launch, iClarified relayed Mark Gurman’s report that Apple helped design and engineer the LG products while LG would handle manufacturing and support. Apple has not said in the announcement how support will be divided, so buyers should expect that detail to surface closer to December.
This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Morning Overview editors prior to publication.
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