Apple HomeView

Apple HomeView is Apple's first smart display for the home. It pairs a 7-inch square Liquid Retina screen with an aluminum speaker base on an adjustable stainless steel arm. It runs Siri AI for natural-language voice interaction, general knowledge questions and smart home control. A wall-mountable version without the speaker base is also sold.

It acts as an Apple Home hub, Matter controller and Thread Border Router, enabling local control, scenes, automations and HomeKit Secure Video. Siri AI can draw on personal context from messages, calendar and email. This requires facial recognition and an Apple Intelligence-capable iPhone on the same network. It also supports FaceTime with Center Stage, recipes, customizable idle faces and widgets, and Apple apps such as Messages, Calendar, Reminders and Apple Music.

Launch pricing is $299 for either version. Per The Verge's first-look report, it ships November 13th in eight countries: the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa and India. The reviewer had not yet tested it. The report says it focuses on the screen and the Apple app ecosystem rather than new smart home features, and its speaker is a step above HomePod Mini but below HomePod.