New leaks provide our first look at Apple and LG’s smart home devices

Apple and LG are reportedly expanding their smart home ecosystem with a thermostat, smart lock, and temperature sensor designed to integrate with Apple’s upcoming hub, signaling a deeper push to make Apple’s platform the control layer for connected home devices. For CIOs and technology leaders, the strategic takeaway is that consumer IoT is becoming more tightly bound to major ecosystems, raising the stakes for interoperability, security, and device-management standards as these technologies increasingly blur the line between home and enterprise edge environments.