Very late to this party. If you have a house, you most likely already have a competitors product installed.
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Apple's Face ID Doorbell Rumored to Feature MagSafe
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Face ID makes very little sense on a MacBook Pro. Maybe for unlocking, but you would need to have the user confirm somehow for Apple Pay. Which would most likely be pressing the power button, where Touch ID is now, so that defeats any convenience. On an iPhone/iPad, you still have to press the Side button but there's the benefit of being able to remove the Home button for a larger screen. There's no benefit on a Mac.
So does this mean you have to take the doorbell of the door every day and charge it for an hour?
Yeah because of all the times that has already happened with the tens of millions of Ring doorbells. Oh wait...
They can sell a MacBook without it. A doorbell cam needs something special to really sell it, and FaceID would be it.
All I want is a poe powered doorbell that uses Ethernet and connects to my doorbell wiring to trigger my bell. Secure as possible so Ethernet instead of WiFi.
There are people who buy security cameras that need to be charged. I imagine this is for those people.
I hope when Apple launches their own security cameras and doorbells, they finally increase the 1080p limit on HSV.
Spray paint, silly string or even hit a doorbell camera and it will get destroyed or be useless. Will it deter criminals; nope, is it offer some low level convenience sure but is it worth the cost as a hit product, probably not.
Not all. I have a Ring Wired Doorbell Pro, which is completely hardwired with no internal battery.
And I hope Apple has a hardwired option if they release this.
Powered by Apple Intelligence, I'm sure nothing could go wrong. 
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The other issue that hasnt got a solution yet, is the speed/reliability of the the notifications. Ethernet solves both. I personally would rather the expensive bit was internal ( and plugged into Ethernet) and the ringer itself was smaller and cheaper to replace. Looking forward to seeing what they’ll do with it.
To what end? If the WiFi is offline then the doorbell is essentially useless in most cases so no point powering it during a power cut. The wires are there to avoid charging.
Doesn't seem like a product Apple should be wasting any focus or resources.
Well, yes, perhaps Apple should be able to juggle a decent amount of balls at the same time.
That is an interesting debate to have but in the end they have already proven several times that they aren't able to do that so before doorbells, do home hardware like speakers properly.
Some might even prefer a leaner product line but at least take care of stuff that already exists.
Well, yes, perhaps Apple should be able to juggle a decent amount of balls at the same time.
That is an interesting debate to have but in the end they have already proven several times that they aren't able to do that so before doorbells, do home hardware like speakers properly.
Some might even prefer a leaner product line but at least take care of stuff that already exists.
Maybe to you, what happens when Apple finally rolls out FaceID in a Mac laptop then these justifications go silent. I gather your vocal objection to Apple when this happens?
This is a tale so old of Apple’s MO that it’s comical that people still try to defend anything this company markets only to do a 180 degrees. The trickling of features to shareholders benefits is amusing and I am a shareholder.
That makes the most sense, honestly.
Imagine not having your keys on you, and being locked out of your house because the battery died.
No homeowner needs a battery powered doorbell. Every free standing house has a doorbell wired into the house with a low voltage transformer. Those people should just get a wired smart doorbell. Apartment dwellers may want a battery powered smart doorbell outside their doors if the building doesn't have a lobby camera.
It's actually absurd that we still don't have Face ID on a MacBook Pro. It's absurd that we don't have it in an Apple-designed external webcam too. Face ID has been a shipping product for 8 years and under development far longer. This should all have been a done deal ages ago.
Face ID makes just as much sense on Mac as it does anywhere else. You literally have the camera sitting stationary pointing directly at your face. That's not even the case for iPhone or iPad most of the time.
Of course you also have the benefit of a big physical case and keyboard where a Touch ID can be hidden without impacting the design at all. So that has prevented Apple from pushing hard for better here.