Apple's launch video for the long-awaited Home View product looks nothing like its usual polished fare. Instead of calm, minimalist scenes, it is frenetic and chaotic, and the 9to5Mac writer suggests that is exactly the point. The video appears to capture a typical weekday morning in a busy household with teenage kids.
The writer, a minimalist who values a calm and organized home, found the video jarring. Yet they see it as an accurate picture of family life. The device seems most useful in that scenario. Single people or couples gain little from Home View, since it does nothing they cannot already do on their own devices or on HomePods with the multi-user Personal Requests feature introduced in 2019. The writer also dismisses the digital photo frame justification, noting the display is too small to be convincing.
Families are a different story. Gathering everyone around the breakfast table with a single shared device, rather than each member silently staring at their own iPhone, has clear appeal. The writer finds that picture more wholesome, even if they leave it to parents to judge how realistic that goal is.
The article closes by asking parents of teenagers whether the video portrayed a typical morning accurately, and whether a Home View could bring the family together the way Apple hopes.
Source: 9to5Mac · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing