Apple unveils HomeView, a 7-inch smart home display with Siri AI
Apple has introduced HomeView, a 7-inch Liquid Retina display for the home that combines music, FaceTime calls and smart home controls, and runs Siri AI, which Apple describes as an entirely new version of its assistant. Pre-orders opened on October 13, with availability beginning November 13.
- Apple introduced HomeView, a 7-inch Liquid Retina display for the home, with pre-orders from October 13 and availability from November 13.
- It runs Siri AI, which Apple calls an entirely new version of Siri, and can use personal context from an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone or iPad.
- HomeView recognizes up to six users by face and gives each a personalized Home Screen.
- A separate wall-mounted model uses three mounts from Schneider Home.
- The tabletop model comes in silver, starlight, rose pink and space gray.
A shared screen that recognizes each user
According to Apple, HomeView is built to be central to the home while staying personal to everyone in it. The device recognizes users by their face and adapts so they can reach their own content in Messages, FaceTime, Calendar, Reminders and Find My.
It can recognize up to six people, and each user gets a personalized Home Screen with their own apps and widgets. Personal content stays private from others, while shared photo albums and music can be enjoyed by everyone in a household, including guests.
Greg Joswiak, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, said HomeView is "designed to be shared by everyone in the home yet feel completely personal to each user."
Siri AI at the core
HomeView runs Siri AI, which Apple says is powered by the next generation of Apple Intelligence and advanced Apple silicon. The company calls it "profoundly more capable and conversational," with broad world knowledge, onscreen awareness and personal context understanding. Anyone in the home can ask about virtually any topic, according to Apple.
When paired with an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone or iPad, Siri AI can take action across apps and surface relevant information from Messages, Calendar and Apple Music playlists by drawing on a user's personal context. Users without such a device still get Siri AI's world knowledge, natural conversation and improved music discovery.
Users can adjust the expressiveness and pace of Siri's voice on a paired and compatible device, and that setting carries over to HomeView. Conversations begun on HomeView continue in the Siri app, which uses iCloud to sync history privately, so they can be resumed on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch or Apple Vision Pro. Apple says Siri remains "the world's most private digital assistant."
Design, display and sound
The tabletop model has an aluminum design, with the 7-inch Liquid Retina display joined to a domed speaker base by a stainless steel hinge that allows tilting. It comes in silver, starlight, rose pink and space gray, each with a matching USB-C cable.
- Automatic brightness runs from 500 nits down to 0.3 nits, and True Tone reacts to changing light.
- The interface shows simpler information from across the room and richer detail as the user steps closer.
- A separate wall-mounted model, offered in space gray and silver, uses three mounts from Schneider Home, with self-installation or professional installation.
For audio, Apple lists two custom full-range drivers in the display for Spatial Audio, plus a down-firing woofer and two force-cancelling passive radiators in the base. Computational audio adjusts loudness and bass response, and the wall-mounted version is tuned for on-wall placement.
Faces and entertainment
Users can choose from several faces. The Photos face applies Portrait-style depth effects and can turn HomeView into a photo frame fed by a shared album. The Flow face responds to presence and movement, and a Snoopy face shows animations tied to the time of day, weather, sporting events and holidays.
HomeView supports Apple Music with animated album art and lyrics, Apple Podcasts, Apple News, Apple TV and compatible third-party audio and video apps. With Handoff, users can continue a song from the car or a walk by placing an iPhone in front of the display.
What it means for users
HomeView places Apple's revamped assistant in a dedicated home device. Households with an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone or iPad get the more personal features, while others still get the core Siri AI experience. The source text provided does not include pricing.
