Why Apple is finally making its own smart home devices

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="Apple’s Home Collection is part of the company’s first major push into the smart home category. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge" data-portal-copyright="Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/IMG_0432-1.jpeg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> Apple’s Home Collection is part of the company’s first major push into the smart home category. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge </figcaption> </figure> <p class="has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph">For more than a decade, Apple has told other companies to build smart home devices for its platform. This week, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1009680/apple-home-collection-doorbell-lock-camera-smart-home-announced">Apple launched its own</a>. The Apple Home Collection is a lineup of cameras, thermostats, sensors, a smart door lock, and a video doorbell, all codeveloped with LG Electronics and Schneider Electric. They arrive alongside <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1009704/apple-homeview-smart-display-first-look">HomeView</a>, Apple's first smart display.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Even after 12 years of HomeKit, Apple's smart home ecosystem still feels underdeveloped, especially compared to the competition. Amazon's and Google's ecosystems support more products, and both have popular in-house brands: Ring and Nest. Apple had nothing of its own to point c …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1013025/apple-home-collection-products-lg-schneider-smart-home">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>