Apple's HomeView includes customizable faces that display photos, animations, and smart home controls. So far, Apple has named several faces: Photos, Flow, Snoopy, Calendar, Weather, Home Modular, and Home Camera. Other clock and widget layouts appear in Apple's promotional images but have not yet been named. Apple says selected faces change throughout the day, with different appearances for mornings and evenings.
The Photos face turns HomeView into a digital picture frame, showing a single image or rotating through a collection. It uses Portrait-style depth effects to keep the subject sharp while blurring the foreground and background. Shared albums let friends and family contribute pictures remotely.
For an animated display, the Flow face responds to physical presence and movement, changing its colors and light as people move nearby. The Snoopy face features animations that reflect the time of day, weather, sporting events, and holidays.
Other faces provide direct access to smart home information. Home Modular offers quick access to favorite accessories, while Home Camera can livestream up to nine camera feeds simultaneously. The interface adjusts to the user's distance, showing simpler information from across the room and more detail up close. Its 7-inch Liquid Retina display automatically adjusts brightness, ranging from 500 nits down to 0.3 nits for nighttime use. Both the tabletop and wall-mounted models launch on November 13 and cost $299 in the U.S.
Source: MacRumors · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing