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Apple's new HomeView smart home hub, powered by an A18 chip, does not natively support several of Apple's own apps including Apple TV, Apple Books audiobooks, Apple Music Classical, and Apple News Plus. Instead, those services require AirPlay streaming from a nearby paired iPhone, a limitation Apple discloses only in small print on its announcement page.
Apple confirmed its updated Siri Remote, which adds Find My support and a built-in speaker, is compatible with every Apple TV released since the Apple TV HD, not just the new fourth-generation Apple TV 4K. The remote sells standalone for $59 and ships November 13th alongside the new Apple TV 4K.
Apple revealed the second-generation HomePod mini at its Welcome Home event, alongside new Apple TV 4K, a HomeView smart-home hub, and Apple Home smart accessories. The speaker keeps a similar design to its predecessor but adds a new lighting feature called Sound Glow and will later gain an upgraded Siri AI via software update in eight countries including the US and UK. It can function alone or link with up to three other units for multi-room audio, and works with Apple Intelligence-enabled devices to handle simple contextual tasks.
Apple's new Apple TV 4K replaces the 2022 model's A15 Bionic chip with an A19, which Apple says is up to 50 percent faster at CPU tasks and twice as fast at graphics, alongside doubled RAM, AV1 decoding, Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6. The box now has three built-in mics for hands-free Siri, and a new $59 remote adds Precision Finding for compatible iPhones. The system also now supports four HomePods as a surround setup, up from the previous two-speaker stereo limit.
Apple TV released a trailer for its new heist thriller '12 12 12,' starring Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan. The series debuts November 13 with two episodes, then continues weekly through December 25, following a disgraced FBI agent and a career criminal across three timelines tied to a Zurich bank vault heist.
Apple introduced the HomeView smart display, a new Apple TV 4K with an A19 chip, and an updated Siri Remote, all now available for pre-order on Amazon ahead of their November 13 release. HomeView is a 7-inch touchscreen with facial recognition, Siri AI, and a Center Stage camera, priced at $299, matching the new Apple TV 4K's price, while the redesigned Siri Remote sells separately for $59.
Apple released developer and public firmware betas, build number 9B5043a, for several AirPods models including AirPods 5 and AirPods Pro 3. The rollout coincided with developer beta 4 of macOS 27.2, iOS 27.2, iPadOS 27.2, and other OS updates. Apple has not disclosed what changes or fixes the new firmware contains.
9to5Mac's daily podcast rounded up its top stories for October 13, 2026, covering reported developments related to HomeView, the Apple TV 4K, and the HomePod mini. The episode was sponsored by Backblaze and is available through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, and 9to5Mac's RSS feed.
Apple's updated Apple TV 4K adds far-field microphones for hands-free Siri commands and uses AI to pull context from apps like Messages, letting users ask it to play shows mentioned in texts. Siri can also answer trivia about on-screen content, displaying text-only responses in a corner of the screen rather than speaking over audio. The new Siri Remote can also emit a sound to help users locate it, similar to the AirPods 'find' feature.
Apple has launched HomeView, its first smart display, at a starting price of $299, alongside an updated Apple TV 4K that now also costs $299. The Apple TV 4K price marks another increase from its earlier $249 tag, following a price hike applied to existing Apple products back in June.
Apple has released a new Apple TV 4K featuring the A19 chip, up from the A15 Bionic used in the 2022 third-generation model. The new box adds a built-in three-microphone array for hands-free 'Siri' voice activation, an updated Siri Remote with Precision Finding support, and the new Siri AI assistant, which Apple says will also reach second- and third-generation Apple TV models.
Apple held an unstreamed 'Welcome Home' event on October 13 where it introduced seven new smart home products, headlined by its first smart panel, the $299 HomeView. The lineup also included a new HomePod mini, an updated Apple TV, and Home Collection devices made in partnership with LG and Schneider Electric.