Apple will take orders for select Home Collection accessories starting November 13, with availability beginning in December.
The Home Collection is the smart home lineup Apple designed with LG and Schneider Electric and introduced alongside its HomeView hub. It covers indoor and outdoor cameras, thermostats, temperature sensors, a video doorbell and a door lock. Apple has not listed which items make up the "select" group.
Prices:
- LG Video Doorbell: $249.95, with a 2.5K front camera and a full HD camera aimed at packages
- LG Outdoor Cam: $299.95
- LG Indoor Cam: $199.95, which tilts up when people are home and down when they leave, based on geofencing (a location trigger)
- LG Floodlight Cam: $399.95
- LG Smart Deadbolt Lock: $349.95, with UWB (ultra-wideband, a short-range radio) for hands-free unlocking
- LG Thermostat: $199.95
- Schneider Electric Thermostat: $199.95
- Temperature and humidity sensors: $39.95
The pricing shows where the money goes. A doorbell and lock together run $599.90, and a thermostat with two sensors comes to $279.85. Apple said the doorbell and lock can work as one unit, so you can see a visitor and open the door.
The lineup also continues Apple's habit in the home category of leaning on partners for hardware. Here, though, Apple says it designed the products, which is a step beyond certifying someone else's gadgets.
The two thermostats share a price and both support Adaptive Temperature, but their listings differ. Only the LG model is described as able to run heating and cooling during lower-cost periods, and that applies in the U.S. to users with a compatible utility plan. Whether the Schneider Electric model gets the same feature is the question to answer before choosing between them.