Apple HomeView: $299 Smart Display With Siri AI

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Apple just put a price on its first smart display: HomeView costs $299, opens for preorder today, and ships November 13 with Siri AI at its core. The Cupertino, California announcement on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, positions the 7-inch device as a shared household screen that can still feel personal—recognizing faces, locking private Messages and Calendar behind that recognition, and acting as a smart-home hub.

According to Apple’s newsroom release, HomeView comes in a tabletop model with a speaker base and a separate wall-mounted model; both are listed at $299 in the U.S. Markets named for day-one preorders include the U.S., UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and India, with Singapore opening Thursday, October 15, and South Africa via authorized resellers. Availability is set for Friday, November 13. Apple says the product is not for sale in the European Union because Siri AI is currently unavailable in iOS there.

The Verge, which got an early look in New York, called HomeView Apple’s long-rumored first smart display and the centerpiece of a broader home push that also includes new cameras, thermostats, and a lock under Apple Home Collection. For U.S. and UK searchers typing the product name today, the hooks that matter are the exact price, the ship date, and how Siri AI works on a shared kitchen counter.

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What happened

Apple introduced Apple HomeView as a 7-inch Liquid Retina display designed for entertainment, FaceTime, and hands-free home control. Greg Joswiak, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, said in the company release that HomeView is “designed to be shared by everyone in the home yet feel completely personal to each user,” shifting from a household screen to a private experience when it recognizes a face.

The company frames the product around Siri AI, described as a new, more conversational version of Siri powered by Apple Intelligence and Apple silicon. Apple says anyone in the home can ask general questions with broad world knowledge, while richer personal-context features—pulling from Calendar, Messages, and other apps—require a paired Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone or iPad. Apple’s own footnotes mark Siri AI on HomeView as available in beta in HomeView software version 27.2, with region and language limits.

CNBC reported the same $299 starting price and November 13 ship window, and noted that Apple also announced a new Apple TV 4K and HomePod mini alongside the home hub push. Those companion products are separate stories; this article stays on HomeView’s specs, price, and AI features.

Key details

Price, colors, and two form factors

  • Tabletop HomeView: $299 (U.S.); colors silver, starlight, rose pink, and space gray; aluminum design with a stainless-steel hinge and domed speaker base.
  • Wall-mounted HomeView: also $299 (U.S.); space gray and silver; mounts from Schneider Home (USB-C wall connector from $59.95, AC wired from $79.95, PoE wired $129.95 starting early 2027, per Apple).
  • Display: 7-inch Liquid Retina with True Tone; Apple cites brightness from 500 nits down to 0.3 nits for nightstand use.
  • Chip: A18, with Secure Exclaves Apple says isolate camera and microphone processing from the rest of the system.

Multi-user and privacy

Apple says HomeView can recognize up to six people, each with a personalized Home Screen of apps and widgets. Personal content in apps like Messages and Calendar is only meant to surface when the enrolled user is recognized and their paired iPhone or iPad is present and was recently unlocked. The Verge’s first look stressed that personal context also depends on facial recognition plus a recently unlocked Apple Intelligence-capable iPhone on the same network—so other household members are less likely to see private texts over breakfast.

Siri AI and continuity

On-device or Private Cloud Compute paths are claimed for Siri requests; Apple states that data processed in Private Cloud Compute is not stored or made accessible to Apple. Conversations that start on HomeView can continue in the Siri app across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, or Apple Vision Pro via iCloud sync, according to the newsroom post. Siri AI on HomeView is listed as available in English in the U.S., Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, and the UK, with Canadian French planned later via a free software update.

Smart home dashboard

HomeView can act as a home hub for Works with Apple Home and Matter accessories: camera feeds, thermostat and lights, locks, and blinds by touch or voice. Apple says the Home Camera face can livestream up to nine video feeds. With a supported iCloud+ plan, compatible cameras can deliver end-to-end encrypted recognition of people, pets, packages, and vehicles, plus video descriptions for HomeKit Secure Video clips—features Apple ties to Apple Intelligence setup on a compatible phone or tablet. Apple Home Collection accessories (cameras, thermostats, and a lock with LG Electronics and Schneider Electric) are slated to arrive starting in December, with some items in early 2027.

Audio and entertainment

The tabletop model uses two full-range drivers in the display plus a down-firing woofer and two force-cancelling passive radiators in the base, with Spatial Audio and computational audio claimed. It supports Apple Music, Podcasts, News (in select countries), Apple TV, and compatible third-party audio/video apps. The Verge’s early listen placed the sound “a few notches above the HomePod Mini” but not at full HomePod level—an impression, not a lab test.

Why it matters

  • Searchable product launch: “Apple HomeView” plus a clear $299 price and November 13 date is exactly the kind of query US/UK readers type on launch day.
  • Siri AI goes communal: Putting a beta of the new assistant on a shared kitchen screen tests whether personal-context AI can stay private in a multi-user home.
  • Hub competition: HomeView enters a category dominated by Amazon Echo Show and Google Nest Hub, betting on FaceTime, Apple Music, and Matter rather than a larger screen.
  • EU gap: Skipping EU sales until Siri AI clears iOS availability there leaves a major market waiting—and is a factual constraint shoppers should know.
  • Phone tether: Richer features still lean on a nearby Apple Intelligence iPhone or iPad, which The Verge flagged as both a strength and a dependency.

What's next

Preorders are open now in the named markets; shipping begins November 13. Wall-mount hardware beyond the basic options expands into 2027 for PoE. Canadian French Siri support is promised later. Apple Home Collection hardware follows in December and early 2027. Independent reviews after devices arrive will matter more than launch-day demos for judging how reliably face switching and personal-context Siri work when several people share one counter.

Open questions include how quickly profiles switch in real homes, how often security controls demand authentication at awkward moments, and whether EU availability arrives with a software change or a longer regulatory path. Apple says it is “working constructively with the EU” on Siri AI; that is a company statement, not a timeline.

FAQ

How much does Apple HomeView cost?

Apple lists both the tabletop and wall-mounted HomeView at $299 in the U.S. Wall mounts from Schneider Home are sold separately, starting at $59.95 for the USB-C Power Mount.

When does HomeView ship, and where can you buy it?

Preorders started October 13, 2026, in the U.S., UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and India (Singapore October 15; South Africa via resellers). Availability begins November 13. It is not available for sale in the EU at launch.

Does HomeView need an iPhone for Siri AI?

Apple says basic Siri AI world-knowledge and conversation features work on the device itself, but personal-context requests need a paired Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone or iPad with Siri AI on and a supported language. Setup and multiuser support also require a compatible iPhone or iPad on the latest software.

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