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Apple has published the full list of its own apps available on HomeView at launch, including Messages, FaceTime, Home, Music, and Weather, among others. Four apps—Audiobooks, Classical Music, News, and TV—require an iPhone connection to function. Third-party apps with existing CarPlay versions, such as Spotify, are also expected to be supported from day one.
Amazon is offering a preorder price of $289.99 for Apple's newly announced Apple TV 4K, a $9 discount ahead of its November 13th release. The device, built on Apple's A19 chip, introduces Siri AI support with far-field microphones for hands-free requests, Find My tracking for the Siri Remote, and surround-sound pairing with up to four HomePod speakers.
Apple unveiled HomeView, its first smart home display with Siri integration, on Tuesday, with availability starting Nov. 13. CNET's reviewer, who has tested Echo Show and Nest Hub devices for years, got hands-on time with HomeView and found its design similar to Amazon's Echo Show 11, but with a notably smaller 7-inch screen and a stationary base rather than a rotating one.
Bloomberg reports Apple will launch Apple Intelligence in China in December through an iOS 27.3 update, but the rollout will exclude the new Siri AI assistant and other features unveiled earlier this year. The China version relies on AI models from Alibaba, with guardrails letting regulators approve ongoing updates, while Baidu is helping with search and Siri-related features. In-house image generation tools will be absent and some text-generation features will be restricted in certain apps, though Genmoji is expected to be included.
Apple told 9to5Mac that the new Siri AI features will be exclusive to the HomePod mini 2 and Apple TV 4K (2nd generation or later), not the original HomePod mini. This came after a CNET report mistakenly claimed the S5-powered original HomePod mini would gain Siri AI compatibility via iOS 27.2 later this year; CNET has since corrected that story.
Apple confirmed that its upcoming Siri AI features, part of Apple Intelligence, will extend beyond its new fourth-generation Apple TV 4K and HomePod Mini 2 to older second- and third-generation Apple TV 4K models and existing HomePod Minis. The update is expected later this year via a TVOS 27.2 beta, rolling out first in the US, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa and the UK in English.
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.
Apple announced a new Apple TV 4K on Tuesday, cutting the cheaper 64GB Wi-Fi-only model and raising the price of the sole remaining 128GB Wi-Fi/Ethernet version to $300. The update adds a faster chip, Find My support for the remote, built-in far-field microphones for Siri, a dedicated AV1 decoder for higher-quality streaming, and the ability to pair HomePod 2 and HomePod Mini 2 speakers into a surround sound setup.
Apple has released the HomePod mini 2, six years after the original HomePod mini launched. The new speaker introduces Siri AI capabilities—including natural conversation, broader world knowledge and personal context from apps like Messages and email—powered by a new S10 chip, along with a light-up 'Sound Glow' visual feature. The original HomePod mini, which uses an older S5 chip and four microphones versus three in the new model, will not receive Siri AI support.
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.
A leaker named pdfu spotted changes to Apple's HomePod 2 product page, including a glow effect matching the HomePod mini 2's Siri AI visuals and alt text describing a 'multi-colored Siri AI glow on top.' The HomePod mini 2 itself ships with Siri AI support enabled by its S10 chip, while the original HomePod mini lacks this capability.
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.