Apple has announced HomeView, a new smart home hub featuring a 7-inch Liquid Retina display and Siri AI. Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, Greg Joswiak, said the device is designed to be shared by everyone in the home while still feeling personal to each user. It recognizes faces to shift from a household screen to an individual experience, fills rooms with sound, supports FaceTime, and controls smart home accessories. It is powered by Apple Intelligence, drawing on personal context from iPhone while keeping information private and secure.
The HomeView has an aluminum design, with the display connected to a domed speaker base by a stainless steel tilting hinge. Apple says it suits a kitchen counter, nightstand, or side table. The display features True Tone and automatic brightness, and a custom acoustic system with two full-range drivers delivers room-filling Spatial Audio. Users can hand off audio from their iPhone and use multiroom audio.
The device offers faces that show information at a glance, including Photos, Flow, Snoopy, Home Modular, and Home Camera faces, the last of which can livestream up to nine video feeds at once. Its interface adjusts to distance and recognizes up to six people, each with a personal Home Screen. Siri can convert web recipes into step-by-step instructions with hands-free timers, and Intercom lets household members send quick messages.
The tabletop version comes in silver, starlight, rose pink, and space gray, while a wall-mounted version is available in silver and space gray. HomeView costs $299, with pre-orders starting today and launch on November 13. It is not available in the EU.
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