On this episode of the HomeKit Insider Podcast Apple’s 2025 smart home plans become more clear and more new products launch.
We saw two pieces of smart lock news this week. Nuki released the Nuki Lock Ultra in the EU — before a 2025 US release — that was massively updated.
The Nuki Lock Ultra is three times smaller and three times as fast as its predecessor. There’s no Home Key support but they do plan to support Aliro, which is essentially the same.
Level then updated its Level Lock+ to Matter via a free firmware update. What’s important here is that not only does it unlock Matter, but Thread support too.
Aqara is teasing its newest product too, which appears to be a smart water controller. Its social media promises a release date of November 19.
The rest of the episode was spent on Apple’s new smart home plans. More details have emerged ahead of the first release in early 2025.
Apple’s smart home display will purportedly be roughly six inches in size and have multiple mounting options, including a stand or on the wall. It will run a new homeOS and have a built-in FaceTime camera.
After that, it seems Apple is looking at creating its own smart home security camera. This will drop in 2026 and focus on privacy and Apple Intelligence to differentiate itself.
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