Apple Gets Serious About Smart Home Security Introducing New Home Hub And Suite Of Devices.
Apple Gets Serious About Smart Home Security – Apple has made a significant move into smart home solutions, introducing a new home hub and a suite of connected security and building-control devices.
The heart of the play is Apple HomeView, a 7-inch smart display designed to act as a central interface for Apple Home and connected devices. The unit allows users to control smart-home functions including cameras, door locks, thermostats, lights and blinds.
Siri AI provides voice control and personalised interaction while the HomeView unit can display up to 9 camera feeds simultaneously for home and SMB security and safety monitoring.
Apple HomeViewNine cameras on one screen. Six faces it knows.Apple’s first in-house home hub is the part of this launch Australians can actually buy.
9 live feeds
Illustration, not an Apple screen
A$449RRP inc. GSTTabletop or wall-mounted, same price.
Display7-inch Liquid Retina
ChipA18
Camera feedsUp to 9 at once
Face recognitionUp to 6 people
Works withApple Home and Matter
In storesFriday 13 November
Wall mounts, by Schneider Home
USB-C Wall ConnectorA$94.95
AC WiredA$124.95
PoE WiredA$199.95Early 2027 · one for installers
Source. Prices, specifications and dates from Apple Newsroom (Australia), October 2026. Mount prices are “from” prices. The screen illustration is SEN’s, not Apple’s interface.
More significant for the security industry in terms of competition is Apple’s new Home Collection, developed in collaboration with LG Electronics and Schneider Electric.
The range includes indoor and outdoor cameras, temperature sensors, thermostats, a video doorbell and a smart door lock, with devices configured through the Apple Home app rather than requiring separate manufacturer applications or accounts. These devices are nice looking and the spread of functions proffered is worthy.
As well as displaying camera feeds, Apple’s HomeView can provide doorbell alerts and control door locks, while Apple’s Home Key technology can be used for unlocking compatible locks.
AvailabilityAustralia gets the hub. Not the hardware, yet.HomeView launches here on 13 November. The LG and Schneider Electric Home Collection has no Australian release announced.
Device
Made by
Price
US
CA
UK
AU
Ships
HomeViewApple · A$449 RRP
Apple
A$449AU RRP inc. GST
13 Nov
Video DoorbellLG · US$249.95 · ≈ A$358
LG
US$249.95≈ A$358
From Dec
Floodlight CamLG · US$399.95 · ≈ A$573
LG
US$399.95≈ A$573
From Dec
Outdoor CamLG · US$299.95 · ≈ A$430
LG
US$299.95≈ A$430
From Dec
Indoor CamLG · US$199.95 · ≈ A$287
LG
US$199.95≈ A$287
From Dec
Smart Deadbolt LockLG · US$349.95 · ≈ A$502
LG
US$349.95≈ A$502
From Dec
Smart ThermostatLG / Schneider Electric · US$199.95 · ≈ A$287
LG / Schneider Electric
US$199.95≈ A$287
From Dec
Announced for launchNot announced≈ A$ currency conversion only, not Australian pricingSome Home Collection items arrive early 2027
Source. Launch markets and HomeView’s A$449 RRP from Apple Newsroom (Australia). Device makers and US RRPs as reported by Macworld. A$ conversions are SEN calculations at the RBA rate of US$0.6975 per A$1 (4pm, 19 October 2026), excluding GST. They are not Australian prices: US RRPs exclude sales tax, Australian RRPs include 10% GST, and Apple sets local pricing. For comparison, HomeView’s US$299 converts to about A$429 (A$472 with GST), against Apple’s actual A$449. Temperature sensors (US$39.95, ≈ A$57) follow the thermostats’ US and Canada launch.
According to Apple, the Home Collection includes indoor and outdoor camera types, with video managed through Apple’s Home ecosystem and privacy architecture. The wider platform supports Matter-compatible smart-home devices and Apple is pushing privacy and encryption as central elements of the system.
The systemOne hub, partner hardware, Apple’s privacy model.
Who makes whatLG Electronics builds the cameras, video doorbell and smart lock, and one of the thermostats. Schneider Electric builds the other thermostat, sensors and HomeView’s wall mounts. Apple builds HomeView itself.Set up from the Apple Home app, no maker accountsMatter-compatible accessories also workLock supports Home Key on iPhone and Apple Watch
PrivacyApple says HomeView processes camera and microphone data in Secure Exclaves that its own software and apps cannot reach. Camera recognition of people, pets, packages and vehicles is end-to-end encrypted.Recognition needs a supported iCloud+ planSiri requests run on-device or in Private Cloud ComputeNo separate camera subscription
When the internet dropsReports from the launch say every Home Collection device supports Thread, the lock’s core functions run locally, and the cameras keep recording to onboard storage through a Wi-Fi outage.Thread mesh between devicesLocal lock operationOnboard camera storage
Source. Makers, setup and privacy details from Apple Newsroom (Australia) and launch coverage. The offline behaviour is as reported by Hypebeast from the launch, not confirmed by Apple’s Australian newsroom. Diagram is schematic.
HomeView can be wall-mounted or used on a stand and incorporates a camera and microphones with Siri AI used for voice control and to operate connected devices. This all sounds very seamless though in SEN’s opinion, Siri can sometimes be a little obtuse.
Regardless, this is an interesting play from Apple. The company spent years supporting HomeKit and third-party smart-home products with no sign of attempting to deploy its ‘own’ hardware.
This new range is a clear shift – Apple partner hardware lies at the camera, doorbell, lock and smart home layers but Apple HomeView is an inhouse manufacture – that means Apple is retaining control of software and can go all-out when it comes to connectivity to its own smart devices.
For security manufacturers and integrators, the obvious question is where Apple goes next with its smart home solutions, what the pricing is like, the intended routes to market and how users respond to the system.
HomeView is scheduled to ship from 13 November, while the new Home Collection devices are due to begin rolling out from December – you can keep an eye out for products here or read more SEN news here.
In Australian stores Friday 13 NovemberHomeView arrives first. The rest is a question.For security manufacturers and integrators, the open points are the ones that decide whether this competes with them here.
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