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Apple Unveils HomeView Smart Home Hub
Confirmed
In Short: At its 'Welcome Home' event on Tuesday, Apple unveiled the HomeView, a new smart home hub designed to serve as the central command center for an Apple-powered smart home.
The HomeView will come in two configurations: a countertop model with a metal speaker base and a wall-mounted version with a flat, square base.
According to reports, the HomeView will be powered by an A18 chip and feature a display, acting as a Siri command center.
Apple is also expected to unveil a new Apple TV set-top box powered by an A19 chip and an updated HomePod mini with an S10 chip, extending voice control and music playback throughout the household.
The HomeView will support select Apple apps, focusing on integration with smart home devices, and there will be no dedicated App Store for it.
The device is expected to ship around mid-November, roughly a month after its unveiling.
Apple’s HomeView represents a significant push into the smart home market, following previous attempts with HomeKit software and the HomePod smart speaker.
The HomeView name first appeared in a trademark filing by a shell company, a discovery reported by MacRumors.
According to Gurman, the HomeView will offer better sound quality than the new HomePod mini.
The software approach for the HomeView separates it from a general-purpose tablet, with a user interface that blends elements of Apple Watch, iPad, and Apple TV.
Apple is hoping that third parties will build accessories that can be controlled via Siri and other Apple devices, using HomeView as the central connecting hub.
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Background
Apple and LG Electronics are teaming up to develop a suite of smart home devices, including a video doorbell, thermostat, smart deadbolt lock, temperature sensor, indoor and outdoor security cameras, and a floodlight camera, reports Bloomberg and MacRumors.
What's confirmed
- The Apple smart home device that the company is expected to announce on Tuesday is called HomeView and will ship to consumers in November.
- The HomeView will come in two configuration: a countertop model with a metal speaker base and a wall-mounted version with a flat, square base.
- Alongside the HomeView, Apple is expected to unveil a new Apple TV set-top box powered by an A19 chip and an updated HomePod mini with an S10 chip that extends voice control, music playback and other functionality throughout the household, Gurman reported.
- Apple is expected to unveil the devices at its massive “Welcome Home” smart home event Tuesday.
- The device, which will have a display and be powered by an A18 chip, will act as a Siri command center for an Apple-powered smart home, Gurman reported.
- “As for the HomeView name, the use of ‘view’ reflects how the device is meant to be used: as a display that people look at and control primarily with their voice. Though the screen supports touch input, a name like HomePad would suggest an iPad-like experience centered on direct interaction,” said Gurman.
- Apple's all-new smart home hub, the HomeView, will ship around mid-November, roughly a month after its unveiling at Apple's " Welcome home " October 13 event.
What's still developing
- For more than a year, Apple has been rumored to be readying a Siri-focused smart display hub for the home, sometimes referred to as a HomePad.
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- Apple is reportedly set to debut a new smart home device, dubbed HomeView, this week at its “Welcome Home” smart home event on Tuesday.
- The new device may represent a very different approach from Apple’s usual.
- The same reporting places refreshed Apple TV 4K and HomePod mini models ahead of it, with MacRumors citing 30 October arrivals for those devices and around mid-November for HomeView.
- They remain reported plans rather than confirmed HomeView specifications or a firm shipping commitment from Apple.
- 9to5Mac’s account of Mark Gurman’s Bloomberg report places the unveiling at Apple’s 13 October “Welcome home” event, but suggests buyers will wait roughly a month for the device itself.
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- The HomeView will reportedly be available in two models — one designed for countertops and the other to be mounted on walls.
- Earlier this week, he said that Apple plans to announce a partnership with LG to create a smart lock, a thermostat, and a doorbell.
- Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen multiple reports that Apple was working on a new smart home product, but now it seems the product has a name and a launch date.