Apple Home Collection Puts LG Locks on Store Shelves

Apple on October 13 put an LG smart lock, cameras, and two partner thermostats on its own store shelves as the Apple Home Collection. The devices are designed in collaboration with LG and Schneider, sold through apple.com and Apple Stores, and due in December, with some pieces held for early 2027.

That is not Apple building a lock factory. It is Apple picking two industrial partners, putting their names on the hardware, and hanging a “recommended” badge over the HomeKit catalog it has run since 2014.

Seven LG Devices and a Schneider Climate Kit

LG Electronics is bringing seven smart home accessories co-developed with Apple: four cameras, a wired video doorbell, a smart deadbolt, a thermostat, and a temperature sensor. Schneider Electric’s Schneider Home brand is bringing a matching thermostat and a room sensor. Apple writes the Home app path, the one-tap iPhone setup, and the privacy copy. The partners cut the metal.

Matthew Costello, Apple’s vice president of Hardware Engineering, framed the deal as a confidence product, not a science project.

Apple Home Collection makes it easy to choose smart home accessories with confidence. 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.

Matthew Costello, vice president of Hardware Engineering, Apple newsroom

LG is louder about who did the work. Kihyun Jung, head of the Platform Business Center at LG’s Home Appliance Solution Company, said the two firms built the products together from early planning, not after a certification checklist. LG still lists the same gear in ThinQ. Apple’s path needs no extra app and no extra account. Both statements can be true, and that split is the point: LG gets Apple Store distribution and keeps its own door into the hardware.

Olivier Blum, Schneider Electric’s CEO, tied his firm’s slice to energy, not cameras. Schneider Home’s thermostat is the product he put on the record, sold beside LG’s round model at the same U.S. price so a buyer can pick the brand that already sits in the breaker panel.

Apple Spent Twelve Years Waiting on Other Factories

HomeKit arrived with iOS 8 on September 17, 2014, as a software layer with an MFi chip and a promise that other companies would make the locks and thermostats. The Home app followed in 2016. HomePod became a hub in February 2018. The missing piece was always the front door and the wall plate, because Apple did not sell either.

THE HOMEKIT PATH TO A STORE SHELF

1. September 17, 2014: Apple ships HomeKit inside iOS 8 and tells accessory makers to build the hardware.
2. 2016: The Home app becomes the first-party control surface for rooms, scenes, and Siri.
3. February 2018: HomePod joins Apple TV as an always-on hub for automations and remote access.
4. February 10, 2026: Apple ends iPad home-hub support, leaving HomePod and Apple TV as the bridges that stay plugged in.
5. October 13, 2026: Apple announces Apple Home Collection with LG and Schneider Electric and puts those products in its own stores.
6. November 13, 2026: HomeView, the 7-inch hub, goes on sale.
7. December 2026: Collection accessories begin arriving, with select items slipping into early 2027.

Apple still says the Collection sits on top of thousands of Works with Apple Home and Matter accessories. The new language is “recommended.” That word is doing retail work the MFi program never did. Aqara, August, Level, Ecobee, and Yale can keep their Matter listings. They do not get the Apple Store endcap, the one-tap setup film, or the ADT truck that Apple just attached to this lineup.

Neil Cybart, the Apple analyst behind Above Avalon, put the makers in parentheses when he posted the launch clip: “Apple Home Collection smart home gadgets (by LG and Schneider).” The parentheses are the product.

The $349.95 Deadbolt Unlocks From a Pocket

LG’s Smart Deadbolt Lock is the item that makes the Collection feel like a house key, not a camera pack. It starts at $349.95 in the U.S. and Canada, in Essence Graphite and Essence Silver. Ultra Wideband reads how close a person with a home key on a compatible iPhone or Apple Watch is standing. The bolt can open on approach, with no tap.

Apple says core access keeps working locally if the internet drops. The lock is Matter compatible and supports Aliro, the Connectivity Standards Alliance’s Aliro 1.0 specification for digital keys, which CSA published on February 26, 2026 with Apple, Google, and Samsung wallets in the mix. Home Key stays Apple’s own NFC and UWB path. Aliro is the cross-phone version of that idea. Shipping both on one deadbolt is how Apple covers an Android guest without giving up the iPhone walk-up.

WAYS THE LG DEADBOLT OPENS

• UWB walk-up: A home key on a compatible iPhone or Apple Watch can unlock the door as the owner approaches, with no tap.
• NFC tap: The same phone or watch can unlock by tapping the lock.
• PIN pad: An integrated keypad covers guests and dead-battery nights.
• Hidden key slot: A physical backup key still exists under the pad.
• Guest passes: Dog walkers and sitters get access from the Home app instead of a spare key.
• Doorbell pairing: The lock and LG Video Doorbell share one view, so a person can see who is outside, speak, and unlock from an iPhone, iPad, HomeView, or Siri.

The lock also reports open, closed, and tamper states, including a door that is open while it still thinks it is locked. That is useful. It is also the kind of status an Apple Store clerk can demo in thirty seconds, which is something a third-party Matter lock on Amazon cannot do from a cubby in the Home app.

At $349.95 the deadbolt will look expensive next to Matter locks already on shelves, including Aliro-certified models that landed earlier in 2026 for less. Apple is not competing on that aisle. It is selling a lock that is already in the iPhone’s proximity stack, next to the doorbell, under a brand the buyer already trusts with a wallet.

Two Thermostats Share One Software Layer

LG and Schneider Home each sell a Smart Thermostat at $199.95 in the U.S. and Canada, plus a matching temperature and humidity sensor at $39.95. LG’s unit is round, in Essence White. Schneider’s is square, in Silver + White, with a metal bezel. Adaptive Temperature in the Home app uses on-device data from iPhone to shift heat and cooling when someone is home, winding down, or away, without a manual schedule.

In the contiguous U.S., Clean Energy Guidance can move heating and cooling toward cleaner, lower-cost hours for a compatible utility plan, and the Home app shows peak and off-peak use. Both thermostats speak Matter, run Thread, work with a wide HVAC range, and use on-device wire detection so a homeowner can see what the wall actually has before the first call to an installer. Extra sensors can sit in other rooms. HomeView, HomePod, and HomePod mini already carry temperature and humidity sensors, so a small apartment may not need the $39.95 puck.

Apple’s line is that a buyer should pick the thermostat that fits the rest of the home’s energy kit. Schneider is a buildings and power company. LG is an appliance company that still wants ThinQ in the same house. The software layer is identical. The brand on the wall is the remaining choice, which is a polite way of saying Apple declined to pick a single climate partner.

Indoor Cameras Tilt Down When Someone Comes Home

LG’s four cameras all record up to 2.5K, flag people, familiar faces, pets, vehicles, and packages, and store event history in a supported iCloud+ plan for 10 days. Apple’s phrase is “no separate camera subscription.” Live view and alerts live in the Home app. The 10-day clip roll is the iCloud+ piece, not a second bill from LG. A home hub is still required: HomeView, HomePod, HomePod mini, or Apple TV 4K. Built-in storage keeps recording if Wi-Fi drops.

The Indoor Cam Plug-In, at $199.95 in Essence White, is the privacy stunt. It has a 160-degree view and a motorized tilt. When the first person in the household comes home, the camera tilts down and stops watching. It can also tilt from the Home app or by hand. That is a visible off switch, which connected indoor cameras have needed for a decade and rarely shipped as hardware.

The Outdoor Cam Plug-In is $299.95. The Floodlight Cam is $399.95, with dual lights that pop on with motion and color night vision. The Video Doorbell Wired is $249.95, with a 2.5K front camera, a full HD bottom camera for packages, a spotlight, and a chime through HomeView, HomePod, and HomePod mini. Those four camera products plus the doorbell ship in the U.S., Canada, and the UK, in Essence Graphite and Essence Silver for the outdoor units. The lock and the climate gear do not go to the UK in this first wave.

On eligible iCloud+ plans, Apple Intelligence writes short descriptions of clips and lets a person search footage in plain language. Camera data is end-to-end encrypted. Apple says LG, Schneider, and Apple cannot read it. Footage is processed on the household hub or in Private Cloud Compute. That pitch will still hit a wall with buyers who already treat LG’s connected TVs as a surveillance joke. The encryption claim is strong on paper. The logo on the outdoor cam is still LG’s.

Creating a truly connected home requires products that work seamlessly together. By bringing LG’s expertise in home appliances and the home environment together with the Apple Home, we are creating intuitive, integrated experiences that fit naturally into customers’ daily lives.

Kihyun Jung, head of the Platform Business Center, LG Home Appliance Solution Company

Thread is on every Collection accessory, and devices are supposed to pick up a new Wi-Fi name if the home router changes. Scenes can gang the hardware: a Good Morning command can move the thermostat, tilt the indoor camera, and start HomePod. When the last person leaves, the thermostat can drop, the lock can throw, and the cameras can wake up. That routine is the Collection’s real product. The SKUs are parts.

What Does the Apple Home Collection Cost?

U.S. prices below are the figures Apple posted on October 13. HomeView is a separate hub with its own date and does not sit in this table.

APPLE HOME COLLECTION U.S. PRICES

A front door with the doorbell and the deadbolt is $599.90 before tax and a hub. Add the indoor cam and one thermostat and the ticket crosses $1,000, still before HomeView. That math is why the Collection, not the display, is the piece people are pricing against a monthly camera plan. Footage rides on iCloud+ the household may already pay for. There is no extra LG camera bill. There is also no cheap rung. Apple did not ship a $79 sensor cam to undercut the drawer of Matter gadgets people already own.

ADT Will Install Them Through Apple Retail This Fall

Apple’s own hub for this gear is HomeView, a 7-inch Liquid Retina display that pre-orders opened for on October 13 and that goes on sale November 13. Tabletop units come in silver, starlight, rose pink, and space gray. The wall-mounted model comes in space gray and silver. Both versions are listed as HomeView for $299 in the U.S. Greg Joswiak, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, said it is meant to be shared by the household and still feel personal to each face it sees. The Home Camera face can show up to nine live feeds. Collection cameras, the doorbell, and the lock are the feeds that make that grid look finished on day one.

Apple Retail will sell third-party installation from ADT in the United States this fall, for an extra charge. That is a quiet stakeholder too. A $349.95 deadbolt that needs a clean bore, and a $199.95 thermostat that needs the right wires, is a return nightmare in an Apple Store. ADT takes the drill and the callback. Schneider already lives in electrical rooms. LG already lives in appliance bays. Apple is borrowing both service networks while keeping the receipt.

WHAT WE KNOW

• On sale: Collection accessories begin arriving in December at apple.com, the Apple Store app, and Apple Stores.
• Later wave: Apple said select accessories land in early 2027 and did not name which SKUs slip.
• Hubs: HomeView goes on sale November 13 at $299; HomePod, HomePod mini, and Apple TV 4K also work as hubs for the new gear.
• Regions: Cameras and the doorbell include the UK; the lock, thermostats, and sensors are U.S. and Canada only in this first list.

WHAT IS UNCONFIRMED

• The 2027 list: Apple has not said which cameras, mounts, or climate parts miss December.
• Camera Matter: The lock and thermostats are Matter compatible; Apple has not said the same for the LG cameras in the Collection copy.
• ThinQ overlap: LG lists ThinQ support, and Apple lists no extra account; how those two apps share a lock in daily use is still untested.

December will show whether shoppers want an LG deadbolt with an Apple receipt. Until then the Collection is a shelf decision: two factories got the call, and everyone else in the HomeKit catalog is still an accessory.