Security and smart home gear tends to arrive one piece at a time, and each piece means opening a wall that was closed the year before.
The short version
Pull the cable while the walls are open even if the equipment is years away. Cable is the cheapest part of any of these systems and the only part that is genuinely expensive to add later.
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