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Apple Starts Taking Orders for LG's Home Collection Cameras and Video Doorbell, From $199.95
The LG Indoor Cam, Outdoor Cam and Video Doorbell are the first Apple Home Collection accessories to go on sale, with deliveries due in December. The floodlight camera, door lock and thermostats are listed but not yet orderable.
Cupertino, Calif. · Noah Park, Gadgets · Nov 13 2026
CUPERTINO, Calif. - Apple began taking orders on Friday for the first three accessories in its Apple Home Collection, a line of smart home devices built with LG Electronics. The LG Indoor Cam Plug-in costs $199.95, the LG Video Doorbell Wired $249.95 and the LG Outdoor Cam Plug-in $299.95, and all three can now be added to a cart on Apple’s U.S. online store.
The timing lines up with the arrival of Apple HomeView, the company’s new smart home display, and the updated Apple TV 4K, both of which reached stores the same day. An Apple spokesperson, Emily Ewing, told The Verge that orders would open for “select” accessories and that availability begins in December, matching the timeline Apple gave when it introduced the collection on Oct. 13.
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The indoor camera is the most unusual of the three. It records 2.5K video and can tilt its lens up to watch a room when everyone is out and down again when someone comes home, either automatically through the Home app or with a button on top of its stand. It runs on USB-C power and can sit on a table or mount on a wall or ceiling.
The video doorbell pairs a 2.5K front camera with a Full HD camera that points down, so it can show a visitor and a package on the step at the same time. It runs on existing 16 to 24 volt doorbell wiring, has a dimmable spotlight and two-way talk, and is rated IP65 for dust and rain. When someone rings, HomeView and HomePod speakers in the house can chime and announce the visitor.
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The outdoor camera also records 2.5K video, uses a plug-in power design, carries an IP65 rating and supports two-way talk. All three cameras offer low-light color night vision that Apple’s store pages say works down to about 1 lux, with infrared night vision taking over when it gets darker, and each keeps recording to built-in storage if Wi-Fi drops.
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The accessories are set up with a single tap from an iPhone and run entirely in Apple’s Home app, with no separate LG app or account. Paired with a home hub such as HomeView, HomePod or Apple TV 4K, the cameras can recognize people, pets, vehicles and packages, and footage is stored in iCloud+, which gives each camera 10 days of event history with no separate camera subscription. Apple says the video is encrypted end to end, so neither Apple nor LG can read it.
“Apple Home Collection makes it easy to choose smart home accessories with confidence,” Matthew Costello, Apple’s vice president of hardware engineering, said when the line was announced.
The video doorbell and outdoor camera come in Essence Graphite and Essence Silver, and the indoor camera in Essence White. Apple’s October announcement said the cameras would be sold in the U.S., Canada and the U.K.
The rest of the collection is listed on Apple’s store but marked as currently unavailable. That includes the $399.95 LG Floodlight Cam, the $349.95 LG Smart Deadbolt Lock and two $199.95 thermostats, one from LG and one from Schneider Electric. Apple has said some Home Collection accessories will not arrive until early 2027.
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