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Apple has introduced HomeView, a $299 smart display resembling an oversized Apple Watch mounted on a HomePod Mini base. The device is designed to sit permanently in one spot in the home, staying powered on and unlocked, and supports switching between multiple household users' accounts for controlling Apple Home devices, calendars and music.
Apple opened pre-orders for its new HomeView smart display, and Amazon is selling it from $289.99, below Apple's own price. Amazon has not yet discounted all colors, and the wall-mounted version remains at full price. Separately, Apple's new Siri Remote (4th generation) is available for $59 as a cheaper way to upgrade an existing Apple TV setup instead of buying the new $299 Apple TV 4K.
Amazon is selling Apple's newly announced HomeView smart display for $289.99, a $10 discount, in both gray and starlight colorways. The device, unveiled Tuesday, ships November 13th and features a seven-inch touchscreen, Matter and Thread smart home hub support, a 12-megapixel FaceTime camera, and Siri with personal context awareness.
Apple, Amazon and Microsoft each announced new AI-focused hardware within the past week, including Apple's wall-mountable HomeView device with an upgraded Siri assistant and a Microsoft Windows laptop built around an Nvidia AI chip starting at $2,599. The companies are pushing faster on-device AI chips and smarter assistants across laptops, tablets, phones and smart home devices ahead of the holiday shopping season.
Apple has published service pricing for its newly announced $299 HomeView smart display, ahead of shipments starting November 13. Repairs without AppleCare are listed at $279 under a single 'Other damage' category, while AppleCare users face a $39 accidental damage fee, with no distinction made between the standard and wall-mounted models.
Apple released a chaotic three-minute commercial for its new HomeView smart display, showing a family of five navigating a frantic morning with spilled food, lost keys, thermostat squabbles, and a security-camera reveal of a daughter's secret boyfriend. The ad departs from Apple's usual polished aesthetic, and reactions have split sharply between confusion and recognition. Parents of teenagers, including several tech journalists on Threads, say the scene closely mirrors their actual mornings.
Apple has introduced HomeView, a $299 smart display with a 7-inch screen that runs Siri, FaceTime, customizable widgets, and Apple Home controls. The device doubles as a Matter controller and Thread Border Router, supports facial recognition for up to six users, and can draw on personal context from messages, calendars, and email when linked to a nearby Apple Intelligence-capable iPhone. It launches alongside new cameras, thermostats, and a door lock, and is available for pre-order in eight countries including the US, UK, and India, with shipping starting November 13th.
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.
Apple unveiled a new lineup of home-focused products Tuesday, headlined by the Apple HomeView smart display, which can sit on a tabletop or mount on a wall. The device has a 7-inch Liquid Retina screen, Apple's A18 chip, Siri AI integration, and can recognize up to six different users for personalized profiles. The event came about a month after Apple introduced the iPhone 18 Pro, Pro Max and folding iPhone Duo.
Apple's website confirms that HomePod mini 2, shipping October 30, will not include the Siri AI assistant features advertised as a key selling point at launch. A footnote on Apple's site states Siri AI is 'coming in a future software update,' with the delay also confirmed in Apple's press release.
Apple unveiled HomeView in two $299 models, one with a speaker base and one designed for wall mounting, with pre-orders open now and deliveries starting November 13. The wall-mounted version does not include a mount, so buyers must separately purchase one of two Schneider Home mounts starting at $59, with a third option coming in early 2027. Apple states the wall-mounted model requires a mount and power solution to function.
Apple introduced HomeView, a smart home device with a 7-inch Liquid Retina display that integrates with iPhones and iPads over shared Wi-Fi. The device uses face and voice recognition to let multiple household members access personal content like Messages and Calendar while keeping their data separate.