Apple Drops Price of HomeKit-Enabled D-Link Omna Camera to $149.95

Apple recently dropped the price of the HomeKit-enabled D-Link Omna 180 Cam HD camera from $199.95 to $149.95 in the United States, a $50 discount off of the launch price. Apple's website doesn't mention a discount, suggesting the base price of the accessory has been lowered.

The price has also been lowered in Canada from $269.95 CAD to $199.95 CAD, and it's also been discounted in several other countries, including the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, and more. It appears the price cut went live a few weeks ago.

d link omna camera
The D-Link Omna 180 Cam HD was the first camera to include support for HomeKit, but other products have been released since then, including Logitech's Circle 2.

The Omna is a quality in-home security camera with a wide angle lens, night vision support, and an accompanying app, but it records all content to a microSD card and does not include support for uploading to the cloud, a feature that may keep some users from wanting to buy it.

For a more complete picture of the D-Link Omna, make sure to check out our review.

Related Roundup: Apple Deals

Popular Stories

AirPods Pro 3 Mock Feature

AirPods Pro 3 Just Months Away – Here's What We Know

Friday April 18, 2025 5:16 am PDT by
Despite being more than two years old, Apple's AirPods Pro 2 still dominate the premium wireless‑earbud space, thanks to a potent mix of top‑tier audio, class‑leading noise cancellation, and Apple's habit of delivering major new features through software updates. With AirPods Pro 3 widely expected to arrive in 2025, prospective buyers now face a familiar dilemma: snap up the proven...
iphone 17 air dummy unbox therapy

iPhone 17 Air's Extreme Thinness Demoed in New Video

Tuesday April 22, 2025 10:22 am PDT by
Apple plans to release an all-new super thin iPhone this year, debuting it alongside the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max. We've seen pictures of dummy models, cases, and renders with the design, but Lewis Hilsenteger of Unbox Therapy today showed off newer dummy models that give us a better idea of just how thin the "iPhone 17 Air" will be. The iPhone 17 Air is expected to be ...
iphone 17 dummies sonny dickson

iPhone 17 Air Almost as Thin as Its Buttons, New Images Show

Thursday April 24, 2025 2:14 am PDT by
If you missed the video showing dummy models of Apple's all-new super thin iPhone 17 Air that's expected later this year, Sonny Dickson this morning shared some further images of the device in close alignment with the other dummy models in the iPhone 17 lineup, indicating just how thin it is likely to be in comparison. The iPhone 17 Air is expected to be around 5.5mm thick – with a thicker ...
ipad air windows 11 arm

M2 iPad Air Runs Windows 11 ARM via Emulation, Thanks to EU Rules

Tuesday April 22, 2025 5:01 am PDT by
A developer has demonstrated Windows 11 ARM running on an M2 iPad Air using emulation, which has become much easier since the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA) regulations came into effect. As spotted by Windows Latest, NTDev shared an instance of the emulation on social media and posted a video on YouTube (embedded below) demonstrating it in action. The achievement relies on new EU regulatory...
iphone 16 pro models 1

17 Reasons to Wait for the iPhone 17

Thursday April 17, 2025 4:12 am PDT by
Apple's iPhone development roadmap runs several years into the future and the company is continually working with suppliers on several successive iPhone models simultaneously, which is why we often get rumored features months ahead of launch. The iPhone 17 series is no different, and we already have a good idea of what to expect from Apple's 2025 smartphone lineup. If you skipped the iPhone...
iOS 18

iOS 18.5 Includes Only a Few Changes So Far

Monday April 21, 2025 11:00 am PDT by
Apple seeded the third beta of iOS 18.5 to developers today, and so far the software update includes only a few minor changes. The changes are in the Mail and Settings apps. In the Mail app, you can now easily turn off contact photos directly within the app, by tapping on the circle with three dots in the top-right corner. In the Settings app, AppleCare+ coverage information is more...
iPhone 17 Pro Blue Feature Tighter Crop

iPhone 17 Pro Launching Later This Year With These 13 New Features

Wednesday April 23, 2025 8:31 am PDT by
While the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max are not expected to launch until September, there are already plenty of rumors about the devices. Below, we recap key changes rumored for the iPhone 17 Pro models as of April 2025: Aluminum frame: iPhone 17 Pro models are rumored to have an aluminum frame, whereas the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro models have a titanium frame, and the iPhone ...

Top Rated Comments

WilliamG Avatar
100 months ago
Not really sure why you'd need a homekit enabled camera. The only point of homekit is to get siri to do stuff, the automation side of it is severly lacking and you'd be much better off using SmartThings to trigger reactions to motions
To have everything in one place.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
nutmac Avatar
100 months ago
Not really sure why you'd need a homekit enabled camera. The only point of homekit is to get siri to do stuff, the automation side of it is severly lacking and you'd be much better off using SmartThings to trigger reactions to motions
It's all about standardization and security.

Even if a vendor stops supporting the product (or goes out of business), HomeKit devices should continue to work (unless Apple updates the requirements to a point where older product will no longer comply), even if you uninstall the third party app.

While not always the case, HomeKit generally provides better security framework than third party.

And a nice side benefit is integration. A HomeKit device will respond to Home app and Siri's commands, as well as work with other HomeKit devices though automation rules.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Jest3r Avatar
100 months ago
Not really sure why you'd need a homekit enabled camera. The only point of homekit is to get siri to do stuff, the automation side of it is severly lacking and you'd be much better off using SmartThings to trigger reactions to motions
iOS 11 has already addressed the automation shortcomings.

Attachment Image
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
wesley96 Avatar
100 months ago
I mean, it's better than iOS 10 but... there's lots of room to improve. Why aren't temperature sensors a valid "sensor"? I'd sure love to have my window fan turn on when the temp upstairs hits, say 75 - seems super simple, yet there's no way in home to do that yet - at least that I can find. Simple stuff like this just seems to be a no brainer yet it's still missing.

I love home kit and have spent way too much money on it, but man there's LOTS of room for improvement still, even once iOS 11 ships. Sadly.
This is an issue of the default Home app, not the HomeKit framework. You can, in fact, have the temperature as a valid trigger for automation in HomeKit even under iOS 10, but you need a separate app like Elgato Eve to program it first. Apple needs to beef up the Home app to take advantage of all that HomeKit offers.
[doublepost=1503372973][/doublepost]
The Omna is a quality in-home security camera with a wide angle lens, night vision support, and an accompanying app, but it records all content to a microSD card and does not include support for uploading to the cloud, a feature that may keep some users from wanting to buy it.
The thing is, some people actually WANT it this way because they don't trust a 3rd party cloud storage. I personally think both options should be available.

Logitech Circle 2 goes the full opposite direction by having no local storage and the MR article reporting on that understandably had people complaining about this.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Jest3r Avatar
100 months ago
As of now, the Circle 2 is not HomeKit compatible. They claim it will be enabled in a firmware update but they also made the same claims for the original Circle, which never came to be.
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)