Remember a few months ago when it was reported Apple was work on aFace ID - enabled video doorbellas part of its expansion into overbold abode hardware expanding upon ?
Well , it seems Face ID might n’t be the only fleck of iPhone tech lined - up for the rumoured Ring rival . New online gossip suggests that Apple is plan to addMagSafeto the gimmick . An on-line leaker with previous has shake off a couple of breath about a TV doorbell that ’s reportedly on deck for 2026 .
“ suggestion : There ’s something Apple ringing on your door , ” wroteKosutami on X(viaMacRumors ) , play along by “ More confidential information : Magsafe on your threshold , it rings ” .
What purpose MagSafe would have for a doorbell remains to be seen . The most obvious use would be to fill again the twist ’s shelling , but these product tend to last for calendar month of a time so would n’t be a pertinent motive .
I ca n’t imagine MagSafe would be used to attach the gadget to the backplate on ( or next to ) the door because that would make it really easy to steal and whole get the better of one of the purposes of owning a video recording doorbell in the first place – to bar stealer .
It ’s likely to be a while before we encounter out anyway , with the initial composition from Bloomberg ’s Mark Gurman back in December advise that it would be next year at the earliest before Apple planned on found such a gadget .
“ There ’s also another menage machine in the works that has n’t been describe before : a bright doorbell with advanced facial credit that wirelessly link up to a bolt lock , ” Gurmanwrote .
“ The idea is that the bell could automatically unlock the room access for a home ’s residents by scan their cheek — just like Face ID lets them into their iPhone . ”
He summate : “ exploit on the bell is still in the former stage , though . I ’m tell not to look anything to come to market before the final stage of next twelvemonth at the soonest . ”
Opinion
If Apple is planning to bring MagSafe to a doorbell , it does implore the question why the tech was just leave out from a novel iPhone that needs to be charged every 24 hours ? That decision gets stranger and stranger , particularly with Apple substantiate it had nothing to do with the buck tech interfering with the new C1 modem .
