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 To light up newsletter. The camera could be commercially available by the end of 2025 “at the earliest,” Gurman writes.

The lock would work like your iPhone, automatically unlocking your door when you or another resident looks at it. Like biometric login credentials on other Apple devices, the camera would feature 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 could also partner with a smart lock company “to offer a complete system from day one.” He expects the camera to use Apple’s “Proxima” Wi-Fi/Bluetooth combo chip, which is being talked about for the new HomePod Mini and Apple TV devices next year.

This doorbell camera joins a broader collection of rumors surrounding a new push from Apple into the smart home centered around Apple Intelligence. These include another new smart home camera, a possible Apple-branded TV, and new smart home displays – one being a simple iPad-like device that magnetically attaches to wall mounts or speaker bases, while another screen sits at the end of an attached robotic arm. to a larger base.