Apple Opens Preorders for Three Home Collection Devices, Five Remain Without Ship Dates
Apple has opened preorders for the first three devices in its Home Collection, with delivery expected in mid-December. The collection's initial hardware was co-developed with LG Electronics and Schneider Electric, and the store lists the wider lineup, though most of it cannot yet be ordered.
Three products are open for preorder. The LG Outdoor Cam is priced at $299.95, the LG Indoor Cam at $199.95 and the LG Video Doorbell at $249.95. All three carry an estimated shipping window of December 11 to December 17, which puts the earliest deliveries inside the mid-December timeframe Apple has given for the collection as a whole.
The remaining five products appear in the store without preorder availability or an estimated ship date. The LG Floodlight Cam is priced at $399.95 and the LG Smart Deadbolt Lock at $349.95. Two thermostats are listed at $199.95 each: the LG Smart Thermostat and the Schneider Home Smart Thermostat. The Schneider Home Room Sensor is listed at $39.95. For buyers, the distinction matters. A listing signals that a product is part of the collection, but only the three camera and doorbell SKUs (stock-keeping units, the retailer's product codes) can be reserved today, and nothing in the store indicates when the others will ship.
The lineup splits along a clear functional line. The cameras and doorbell cover video monitoring at the perimeter and inside the home. The lock and thermostats address access control and climate, and the room sensor provides a localized input for temperature-related control, meaning it supplies readings that the system can use to adjust heating or cooling in one area. Apple's store presents these as one collection, but the hardware came from two partners, and the listing does not describe how each device is wired or which protocols it uses (the communication standards that let devices exchange data). Anyone planning a deployment should check compatibility details directly before committing.
Pricing sits at the premium end for home security hardware in several categories. The floodlight camera is the most expensive item listed, and the lock costs $150 more than the indoor camera. Buyers comparing these against third-party alternatives will need to weigh the Apple ecosystem's integration against cost, and the unreleased items cannot be evaluated on availability until they reach preorder.
In my view, the more interesting question is what the staggered rollout reveals about the collection's readiness. Shipping three devices first, while five others remain unpriced for shipment, suggests that the cameras and doorbell were the most mature parts of the lineup at launch. The locks and thermostats carry heavier integration and certification requirements, and the store gives no reason for their delay. Readers should treat the gap as a sign that the collection is arriving in stages rather than as a finished product line.
The broader context here is a long-running effort by Apple to bring the home under the same account, update and privacy model it applies to phones and wearables. Partnering with established hardware makers, rather than building every device in-house, is one way to reach categories where Apple has little existing presence. Whether the collection delivers on that promise will depend on how the unreleased devices perform once they reach customers, and on whether the integration feels seamless in practice.
Three devices can be preordered with shipping expected from December 11 to December 17, and five more are listed with no order window or ship date. The next signal will come when Apple adds preorder dates for the remaining products.
