Apple has opened preorders for the HomeView, a 7-inch smart display and speaker hub priced at $299, marking its first dedicated smart display product. The device serves as a centralized smart home hub with Siri AI integration, supporting up to six personalized user profiles and displaying up to nine simultaneous camera feeds with intelligent recognition features.
Background
Apple has long been criticized for lacking a dedicated smart display product despite its strong presence in the smart home market with HomeKit. The HomeView enters a space dominated by Amazon's Echo Show and Google Nest Hub, aiming to leverage Apple's ecosystem and Apple Intelligence capabilities.
- Source
- Ars Technica
- Published
- Oct 13, 2026 at 11:29 PM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10