Apple is reportedly working on a connected doorbell allowing you to unlock your home by simply showing your face.
Clearly, Apple is not joking with its plans for the connected home. According to Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman, the Cupertino firm is currently developing a device not yet available in its catalog, aiming to compete with Ring in the connected doorbell market.
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A connected doorman
Very popular in the United States, connected locks allow you to enter your home hands-free and strengthen the security of your home. Such a device using Face ID, the authentication method in place on iPhones since 2017, would effectively offer additional guarantee against the risk of burglary. But Apple being Apple, the brand would take particular care of the confidentiality of personal data.
Ring, owned by Amazon, has in fact stood out several times for fairly serious attacks on the privacy of its owners, or even passers-by (the brand's doorbells are equipped with cameras). According to Gurman, Apple would still arbitrate on the presence, or not, of a device allowing filming and therefore acting as both a doorbell and a surveillance device.
In any case, the journalist understands that the device – planned at best for 2026 – would be equipped with the new wifi chip developed internally by Apple, which has a secure enclave to further padlock the personal data of its future customers.
Apple is doubling its efforts on the connected home
This hypothetical connected lock is the latest addition to the rich catalog dedicated to the connected home which is taking shape in Cupertino.
According to rumor, Apple would start by launching a new connected hub that would offer an experience halfway between the HomePod speaker and the iPad. A device to be fixed to the wall, which would allow you to control your smart home, but also to use the AI functionalities of Apple Intelligence.
The year 2025 therefore promises to be particularly rich for the brand, which must also renew its famous iPhone SE, but also launch a second, more affordable edition of its Apple Vision Pro headset.
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