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Apple’s new ‘second-party’ accessories for Home are bigger than we thought, per leak
Apple has reportedly been co-developing “second-party” Home accessories with LG, but a new leak reveals there are “second-party” smart home products coming from another company too.
Over the past day, we’ve seen several leaks regarding Apple’s ambitions for growing its smart home ecosystem.
Alongside the first-party Home products expected to launch next week, like a new Apple TV 4K, ‘HomePad,’ and HomePod mini 2, the company has reportedly been working with LG to develop a suite of new home accessories.
These accessories are co-built by Apple and LG, but will ship under LG branding. And today leaked images revealed what they look like:
The idea of Apple co-developing products to boost its smart home ecosystem makes a lot of sense. And it turns out, the partnership may not be limited to just LG.
Leaker pdfu found evidence in iOS 27.2 of two additional Home accessories designated as “second-party” products.
Those accessories are a Schneider-branded smart thermostat and temperature/humidity sensor.
The “second-party” partnership includes accessories from Schneider:• Schneider Home Smart Thermostat• Schneider Electric Temperature/Humidity SensorOnly the Thermostat shows (placeholder) setup assets. Its setup configuration mentions Proximity Settings.In total, iOS… https://t.co/8w4fUQ4WpK
As pdfu’s post says, only the new LG accessories and these two Schneider products currently have “second-party” designations in Apple’s HomeKit database.
By being categorized as second-party, accessories will “receive special treatment by the OS.”