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Apple Unveils HomeView Smart Display for $299
Confirmed
In Short: At its 'Welcome Home' event on Tuesday, Apple unveiled the HomeView, a new smart display that integrates smart home controls, entertainment, and communication into a single device.
At its 'Welcome Home' event on Tuesday, Apple unveiled the HomeView, a new smart display that integrates smart home controls, entertainment, and communication into a single device. The 7-inch display, featuring a Liquid Retina screen, is designed to be both a countertop and wall-mounted option, with a stainless steel hinge allowing users to tilt the display as needed.
The HomeView is powered by the A18 chip and 8GB of RAM, ensuring smooth performance and efficient multitasking. It supports Siri AI for voice control, which can run locally or via Private Cloud Compute, where data is not stored nor made accessible to Apple or anyone else, according to the company’s announcement.
With a supported iCloud+ subscription, the HomeView works with compatible cameras to deliver intelligent, end-to-end encrypted recognition of people, familiar faces, pets, packages, and vehicles, notifying the household the moment someone arrives at the front door. The device also provides video descriptions for HomeKit Secure Video footage, helping users quickly understand what happened in a video clip without watching it.
The HomeView interface intelligently adjusts based on the user’s distance, showing simpler information that’s viewable from across the room and richer detail as they step closer. It also offers customizable faces, including weather information, photos, and animated designs, enhancing its utility as a central command station for the smart home.
Apple announced the HomeView alongside other new products, including the HomePod mini 2, the fourth-generation Apple TV 4K, and the Apple Home Collection, a suite of Matter-enabled cameras, video doorbells, smart locks, and thermostats built in partnership with LG and Schneider Electric. Pre-orders for the HomeView and other devices are now available on popular retailers such as Amazon and Best Buy, with general retail availability beginning November 13.
The HomeView features a 7-inch Liquid Retina display with a brightness range of 0.3 to 500 nits, and it supports True Tone technology. It can tell apart up to six people in a household and pulls up a tailored home screen for each person, surfacing their apps, widgets, and calendar appointments. The device also includes a built-in camera that can identify household members and pets, enhancing its functionality as a smart home hub.
AppleCare+ coverage for the HomeView is priced at $2.49 per month or $24.99 per year until canceled, or users can opt to add the device to the AppleCare One bundle, which starts at $19.99 per month. If the device is damaged, repair fees are $39 with AppleCare+ coverage and $279 without.
The HomeView’s promotional film, titled “Welcome Apple HomeView: Designed for life at home,” has drawn mixed reactions, with some noting the chaotic scenes depicted in the commercial as a departure from Apple’s usual polished advertising style.
Background
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.
What's confirmed
- “The HomeView interface intelligently adjusts based on the user’s distance, showing simpler information that’s viewable from across the room and richer detail as they step closer,” Apple’s announcement said.
- Breaking News Apple has officially unveiled HomeView, a new smart home hub designed to bring entertainment, communication and Apple Home controls together on a dedicated display.
- REGISTER NOW Apple will announce a new smart home hub on Tuesday called the HomeView.
- HomeView features a 7-inch Liquid Retina display that’s connected to a domed speaker base with a stainless steel hinge with tilt support.
- Apple announced a lot of new devices during its "Welcome Home" event yesterday.
- HomeView can tell apart up to six people in a household.
- Apple only just announced on Tuesday that its first smart display, the HomeView, will arrive on November 13th, but you can already save a couple bucks on it.
What's still developing
- “With an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone or iPad, Siri AI does more for each person—taking action across apps and surfacing relevant information from Messages and Calendar, playlists on Apple Music, and more by drawing on their personal context,” Apple’s announcement says.
- Additionally, Amazon, B&H Photo, and Best Buy have the new Apple TV 4K up for pre-order at $299, ahead of its launch date on November 13.
- The chaos is surprisingly real for an Apple commercial.
- Power Mount USB‑C Wall Connector, available starting at $59.95 (U.S.), and Power Mount AC Wired, available starting at $79.95 (U.S.), can be ordered starting today from apple.com/store and in the Apple Store app.
- According to Apple’s HomePod mini 2 press release, pre-orders opened October 13 in pink, green, blue, white and midnight, with availability in stores beginning Friday, October 30.
- The HomeView is smaller than I expected, has a surprising amount in common with the Apple Watch, and makes for a great smart home control panel.
- The HomeView will reportedly be available in two models — one designed for countertops and the other to be mounted on walls.
- Alongside the tabletop model, Apple is offering a dedicated wall-mounted edition, with three purpose-built mounts developed in collaboration with Schneider Home (sold separately).
- Apple is betting on a purpose-built gadget instead: an always-docked display that focuses entirely on ambient glanceability, seamless Home app controls, and private local processing rather than doubling as an iPad.
- Apple is preparing to launch a new smart home strategy at its “Welcome home” event on October 13, centered on a device called HomeView that aims to fill a longstanding gap in its product ecosystem.
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- The HomeView has no App Store; instead, third-party audio and video services that support Apple 's CarPlay architecture will be available on the device, the company said.