Apple is working on a doorbell camera with Face ID

Apple is working on a new smart doorbell camera that uses Face ID to unlock your door, according to BloombergIt’s Mark Gurman in today Power On newsletter. The camera could be released by the end of 2025 “at the earliest,” writes Gurman.

The lock works like your iPhone, automatically unlocking your door when you or another resident is guarding it. Like the biometric login information on other Apple devices, the camera would be equipped with the company’s Secure Enclave chip that stores and processes Face ID information separately from the rest of the system’s hardware.

Gurman writes that this device will “likely” work with existing third-party HomeKit smart locks and that the company may also partner with a smart lock company “to offer a complete system on day one.” He expects the camera to use Apple’s internal “Proxima” combination Wi-Fi/Bluetooth chip that is rumored to be new. HomePod Mini and Apple TV devices next year

This camera bell joins a wider collection of rumors surrounding a renewed Apple push into the smart home that is centered around Apple Intelligence. Those include another new smart home camera, a possible Apple-branded TV, and new smart home screens — one a simple iPad-like device that magnetically attaches to wall mounts or speaker bases, while a another display is at the end of an attached robotic arm. to a larger base.