Apple’s HomeView, announced a month ago, is now reaching customers as launch day arrives on Friday, November 13 in Australia and New Zealand. Customers who pre-ordered will soon share pictures and first impressions on the MacRumors forums, Reddit, Instagram and other social networks.
HomeView: design, features and pricing
HomeView is positioned as the center of the home and is functionally a cross between a small iPad and a HomePod. It has a 7-inch square display; the tabletop model includes a speaker base, and there is also a wall-mount version that requires extra mounting hardware. With a camera and voice recognition it can identify up to six people in a home and show personal information customized to each user. There is no HomeView App Store, but it ships with pre-installed Apple apps and can display widgets from an iPhone. It can be used for video calls, watching videos, viewing calendar events, getting the weather, listening to music, and controlling smart home devices. HomeView is built around Siri AI, Apple’s voice assistant that debuted in iOS 27, and is priced at $299.
Availability and retail notes
HomeView is launching in Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, the UK, and the United States. It is not available in the European Union because Siri AI is unavailable there. There are no Apple Stores in New Zealand, so customers in Australia will be the first to walk into an Apple Store to purchase the new device. Apple is not expecting shortages.
Apple TV 4K launches the same day
The new Apple TV 4K also launches on November 13 and can be purchased for $299. The latest Apple TV has an A19 chip, 128GB of storage, Wi-Fi 7 support, and the option to connect four HomePods for surround sound. It also supports Siri AI. Apple TV 4K is launching in the U.S. and 29 other countries and regions.
