Apple HomeView Is the $299 Screen Apple Home Was Missing. Siri AI Comes With Conditions
Apple HomeView puts a 7 inch display, a domed speaker and Siri AI on your counter for $299, shipping November 13. We break down what it needs from your iPhone, what it costs to wall mount, and how it changes an existing Apple home.
For six years Apple has sold a smart home you could talk to but never really see. HomePod mini went untouched from October 2020 until this morning, Apple TV 4K last changed in 2022, and the closest thing Apple had to a home control panel was the Home app on your phone. So the real question hanging over today's Apple Experience in New York was simple: would Apple finally give the home a screen of its own, and would it bring the new Siri along?
It did both. Apple HomeView is a 7 inch Liquid Retina display on a domed speaker base, it costs $299 (U.S.), preorders open today, and it arrives Friday, November 13. A separate wall mounted model costs the same $299. And unlike HomePod mini 2, which has to wait for a future software update, HomeView runs Siri AI from the start, in beta in HomeView software version 27.2.
What Apple actually built
The tabletop HomeView pairs an aluminum enclosure and that 7 inch display with a stainless steel hinge, so the screen tilts toward you whether it sits on a kitchen counter, a nightstand or a low side table. It comes in silver, starlight, rose pink and space gray, each with a color matched cable. Brightness runs from 500 nits for a sunlit kitchen down to 0.3 nits for a dark bedroom, True Tone adjusts color through the day, and the interface changes with distance: simpler information from across the room, more detail as you walk up.
Audio matters more here than on a typical smart display. Apple put two custom full range drivers in the display for Spatial Audio, then a down firing woofer and two force cancelling passive radiators in the base. That is a speaker first design wearing a screen, and it slots straight into multiroom audio with HomePod, HomePod mini and AirPlay speakers. The wall mounted version keeps the same display and features but drops to two custom drivers with computational audio tuned for on wall placement.
Inside is the A18 chip, with Secure Exclaves that process camera and microphone data separately from the rest of the system. Apple says data handled there cannot be accessed by HomeView software, apps, the user or Apple.
HomeView vs HomeView (Wall Mounted)
Apple is selling two versions at the same price, and the differences come down to sound, colors and how you power it.
| Spec | HomeView | HomeView (Wall Mounted) |
|---|---|---|
| Price (U.S.) | $299 | $299, mount sold separately |
| Display | 7 inch Liquid Retina, True Tone, 500 to 0.3 nits | Same 7 inch Liquid Retina display |
| Colors | Silver, starlight, rose pink, space gray | Space gray, silver |
| Speakers | Two full range drivers, down firing woofer, two force cancelling passive radiators | Two custom drivers tuned for on wall placement |
| Placement | Tabletop, tilting stainless steel hinge | Wall, using a Schneider Home Power Mount |
| Power | Color matched cable | USB‑C Wall Connector ($59.95), AC Wired ($79.95), PoE Wired ($129.95, early 2027) |
| Siri AI | Beta in HomeView software 27.2 | Same feature set |
| Face recognition | Up to six people | Same |
| Availability | Preorder today, arrives November 13 | Same |
Source: Apple Newsroom, October 13, 2026. Highlighted rows differ. Mount prices are starting prices from Schneider Home.
The wall model also carries a hidden cost. Schneider Home's Power Mount USB‑C Wall Connector starts at $59.95 and the Power Mount AC Wired starts at $79.95, both orderable today. The Power Mount PoE Wired, at $129.95, does not arrive until early 2027. A hallway HomeView realistically starts closer to $360 or $380 before any installation.
One screen, six people
The hardest problem with a shared home screen is that it is shared. A family calendar on the fridge is useful; your messages on the fridge are not. Apple's answer is face recognition. HomeView recognizes up to six people, and each one gets a personal Home Screen with their own apps and widgets. Shared photo albums and music stay available to everyone, including guests.
Personal content in apps like Messages and Calendar only appears when two things are true: HomeView recognizes the enrolled person's face, and that person's paired iPhone or iPad is present and was recently unlocked. That phone check is the smart part, because a face alone is a weaker signal in a house full of siblings. Apple's own fine print does add a wrinkle worth knowing. If the paired device drops off Wi‑Fi, personal information may still be reachable when the person is recognized and their device was recently on the same network, has an active cellular connection, is in the same location and was recently unlocked. Families with curious kids should read that sentence twice.
Setup and multiuser support also require a compatible iPhone or iPad running the latest software, so HomeView is not a device you can hand to a household without at least one up to date Apple phone or tablet.
Siri AI, with real conditions
HomeView ships with Siri AI, the rebuilt assistant that reached iPhone, iPad, Mac and Vision Pro in September. Everyone in the home gets its broad world knowledge, more natural back and forth conversation and better music discovery, even without an Apple Intelligence enabled iPhone or iPad. That is a meaningful change for a shared device, because the kids and the grandparents get a smarter Siri too.
The personal layer is where the conditions stack up. Requests that draw on your Calendar, Messages and other apps require a paired Apple Intelligence enabled iPhone or iPad running the latest software with Siri AI turned on. Expressive, customizable Siri voices require an iPhone Duo, iPhone 18 Pro models, iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro models, or an M4 or later iPad with at least 12GB of unified memory. Conversations that start on HomeView continue in the Siri app on your other devices through iCloud. If you are unsure where your phone lands, our guide to which iPhones get Siri AI in iOS 27 covers it model by model.
Two more details in Apple's footnotes deserve attention. Siri AI is labeled beta on HomeView, and Apple says certain features that rely on server side models are subject to daily usage limits, with expanded access available for a fee in the future. Siri AI on HomeView is available in English in the U.S., Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa and the UK, with Canadian French coming later in a free software update. HomeView is not sold in the European Union at all, because Siri AI is currently unavailable in iOS there.
The smart home dashboard Apple never had
This is the part existing Apple Home users have wanted longest. HomeView controls accessories by touch or by voice: camera feeds, thermostats, lights, locks and blinds. The Home Modular face puts favorite accessories one tap away, and the Home Camera face can livestream up to nine video feeds at once. With a supported iCloud+ plan and compatible cameras, it adds end to end encrypted recognition of people, familiar faces, pets, packages and vehicles, plus video descriptions for HomeKit Secure Video clips. It also listens for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms and alerts your iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch.
It works with Works with Apple Home and Matter accessories, and with Apple Home Collection, the new LG and Schneider Electric cameras, doorbell, lock and thermostats Apple announced alongside it. Those start arriving in December, with some in early 2027. Apple also lists HomeView as a home hub next to HomePod and Apple TV in its accessory requirements, which matters for anyone who has been running a home on a single aging hub. We explained why the hub became Apple's quiet admission about Siri in our home hub analysis.
The everyday features fill in the rest: FaceTime with Center Stage, Messages by voice or onscreen keyboard, Intercom to HomePods and personal devices, Find My, Live Activities, and a recipe mode that turns web recipes into step by step instructions with hands free timers. Faces like Photos, Flow and a Snoopy face that reacts to time, weather and holidays turn it into a frame when nobody is using it.
What it means for your Apple home today
If your home already runs on the updated Home architecture with an Apple TV or HomePod as the hub, HomeView adds to that setup rather than replacing it. The bigger shift is where Siri AI lives. Today's announcements bring Siri AI to Apple TV 4K (2nd generation or later) as a beta in tvOS 27.2, and to the new HomePod mini 2 in a future software update. Apple's releases today do not mention Siri AI for the original HomePod mini or HomePod (2nd generation). For a lot of homes, HomeView becomes the room where the new Siri actually answers.
We cover the other two launches in detail: HomePod mini 2 and its delayed Siri AI, and the $299 Apple TV 4K, which also brings Siri AI to older Apple TV 4K models.
If you followed our checklist for getting your Apple home ready, the prep still applies: an updated Home architecture, current software on every device, and an Apple Intelligence enabled iPhone for the home owner make everything Apple announced today work better. For the software side, our tvOS 27 and HomePod Software 27 breakdown explains what already changed in September, and our event preview lays out the gaps Apple needed to fill.
Who should buy it, and who should wait
HomeView makes the most sense for an Apple heavy household with a busy kitchen, HomeKit cameras or a video doorbell, and at least one recent iPhone. At $299 it costs the same as the new Apple TV 4K, but it does a different job: it is the always on, glanceable layer for the home, built around a proper speaker base.
Waiting is reasonable if you live outside the supported Siri AI countries, if your household has no Apple Intelligence enabled iPhone or iPad, or if you want the wall version on Power over Ethernet, which will not be available until early 2027. And because Siri AI is still labeled beta, with usage limits and a future paid tier in the footnotes, early buyers are signing up for a product that will keep changing after it lands.
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What to watch next
The first test comes November 13, when HomeView reaches homes and face recognition meets real families with similar looking siblings. After that, watch December for Apple Home Collection, early 2027 for the PoE mount, and any word on what those Siri AI usage limits and fees actually look like. Apple finally built the screen. Whether it becomes the center of the home depends on how much of the new Siri reaches every speaker around it.
More from today: Apple also introduced the Apple Home Collection of LG and Schneider accessories, and our roundup of everything Apple announced at its Welcome home event puts the whole lineup in context.