{
  "id": 12568746,
  "title": "Apple is coming for Google Home, and LG could help it get there",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/apple-is-coming-for-google-home-and-lg-could-help-it-get-there",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-07T06:24:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Android Authority",
    "slug": "android-authority",
    "url": "https://www.androidauthority.com/apple-lg-smart-home-doorbell-lock-thermostat-leak-3719882/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Apple is reportedly teaming up with LG to build a wide range of smart home devices, potentially challenging Google Home's dominance in the market. According to Bloomberg, the collaboration could see LG produce a video doorbell, smart lock, thermostat, cameras, and a floodlight camera, all carrying the LG brand but designed, engineered, and shaped by Apple. The smart home hub, Apple's long-awaited product, is set to launch on October 13. However, the LG-made accessories are expected to be available a few months later. Apple's move aims to expand its smart home ecosystem beyond its new screen on the kitchen counter, previously relying on other manufacturers to fill the gaps in HomeKit.",
  "summary": "Doorbells, locks, cameras, and thermostats are all part of the plan.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Android Authority",
        "title": "Google Home can once again change smart light colors for you",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/google-home-can-once-again-change-smart-light-colors-for-you",
        "published": "2026-10-07T05:05:35.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}