A new Apple Home Collection range from LG combines cameras, a doorbell, smart lock, thermostat and sensors, with rollout planned for the UK from December 2026.
LG Electronics and Apple have teamed up on a new set of smart home accessories aimed at making connected homes more useful and less fragmented. The range, announced as part of Apple Home Collection, brings together indoor and outdoor cameras, a video doorbell, a smart lock, a thermostat and a temperature sensor in a single ecosystem designed to work through the Apple Home app and Siri, according to Apple and LG. The collaboration extends the companies’ effort to tie together security, comfort and energy management in a more seamless domestic system.
The products are intended to do more than switch lights on and off or trigger isolated automations. LG says the broader idea is a “Zero Labour Home”, in which appliances and accessories respond to routines with minimal manual input. In practice, that could mean a voice command such as “Good morning” adjusting climate settings and changing the angle of an indoor camera at the same time, so the household behaves more like a coordinated system than a collection of separate gadgets.
On the security side, the cameras are said to record in up to 2.5K resolution and offer colour night vision, along with detection for people, pets, vehicles and movement. Users will also be able to set privacy zones to block parts of the frame from view or recording. The video doorbell uses two cameras so it can capture both visitors and parcels, while the smart lock supports PIN entry, NFC, a physical key and automatic unlocking through Ultra-Wideband on compatible iPhone and Apple Watch models. Apple also says the collection is being built with privacy in mind, using end-to-end encryption and local storage for camera footage.
The climate-control products are meant to make the home more responsive to when people are present, asleep or away. The thermostat can adjust heating and cooling around household routines, while extra sensors can track temperature and humidity in different rooms. That could help reduce unnecessary heating or cooling, although the actual savings will still depend on the building’s insulation, the wider heating system and how residents use the home. The accessories also rely on Matter over Thread, a connectivity approach intended to improve communication between devices and reduce the compatibility problems that have long slowed the smart home market.
According to Apple, the collection will begin rolling out in December 2026 in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, with some products coming later. No launch date has yet been announced for Portugal. The wider significance of the launch lies in what it suggests about the next phase of connected living: less emphasis on single-purpose devices, and more on integrated systems that combine security, convenience and energy management without asking the user to manage each function separately.
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