Apple‘s Smart Home Plans: Smart Doorbell with Face ID Should Unlock Doors 34 Comments
Apple’s (unofficial) smart home plans are taking shape: The company is also reportedly working on a smart doorbell with Face ID, which will recognize the user via their face and unlock the door. The company also plans to support third-party motorized door locks.
Smart Doorbell with Face ID
About Apple’s doorbell Bloomberg first reported this yesterday in the Power On newsletter. From inside the company, Mark Gurman wants to know about the doorbell’s plans to stand out from competitors Google and Amazon with facial recognition. According to rumors, I want Apple Face ID uses the same technology as the iPhone and iPad to identify people. The decryption signal should then also be compatible with third-party door locks, as Gurman writes.
So a door lock integrated into Apple’s Home app is probably enough to be unlocked via Face ID. The project is said to be in an earlier development phase and would not be marketed until the end of 2025, but probably later.
Cameras probably come first
The development of surveillance cameras should be significantly more advanced Apple I would also like to offer yourself or via Belkin. According to Bloomberg, the camera could be powered by “Proxima”, a new Apple chip should be developed specifically for the smart home. What exactly this has in store for us is not yet known.
Apple is planning a major offensive in the smart home
For Apple, the smart doorbell and lock should only be part of a larger whole. The rumor has been swirling for months on the theme of the Apple smart home to try again: from next year, the group wants to conquer homes with a new homepod with screen, a new hub with iPad screen and AI functions. A robotic arm and even domestic robots are also planned in the future.
Existing devices are being reviewed
In addition to the new devices, the current HomePod Mini and the Apple TV 4K equipped with the new “Proxima” chip and can be integrated into the new smart home ecosystem. There Apple already uses the Matter connection standard, current devices should also be able to be addressed. It is still unclear what specific improvements can be expected with the new models. It is conceivable that Proxima for the first time Apple Intelligence on smart speakers and TV boxes from Apple enabled.
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