Apple unveils HomeView, a $299 home hub with its new Siri AI

HomeView puts its display on a domed speaker base, joined by a hinge that tilts the screen. Each person it recognises gets their own Home Screen and their own content in Messages, FaceTime, Calendar, Reminders and Find My. A wall-mounted model fixes to the wall with one of three Schneider Home mounts.

Siri AI

HomeView runs Siri AI, which Apple calls an entirely new version of Siri, in beta. Paired with an Apple Intelligence iPhone or iPad, it can draw on each person’s messages, calendar and apps. Requests are processed on the device or in Private Cloud Compute, where Apple says data is neither stored nor made accessible to Apple. Features that rely on Apple’s server-side models have daily usage limits, and Apple plans to charge for expanded access.

Price and availability

• HomeView, $299 for either model: pre-orders opened on 13 October in Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, the UK and the US, and open in Singapore on 15 October; it is available from 13 November
• Apple TV 4K (4th generation), $299: in stores from 13 November, and Siri AI comes in beta to Apple TV 4K (2nd generation) and later
• HomePod mini 2, $149: in stores from 30 October, with Siri AI in a later software update

HomeView isn’t sold in the EU, because Siri AI isn’t available in iOS there. Siri AI on HomeView works in English in eight countries.