Apple's New $299 HomeView Hub Talks Back and Watches Your House
This could be the smart home brain you've been waiting for.
Deep Dive
Apple just announced the HomeView, a smart home hub with a touchscreen, Siri AI, and a security camera dashboard. It recognizes up to six people and automatically switches to their personalized home screens, and paired with HKSV cameras and an iCloud+ subscription, it can describe what happened in a video clip from your security camera.
Preorders begin today, Oct. 13, and it ships Nov.
13. As a central smart home hub, it competes directly with the Amazon Echo Show and Google Nest Hub.
Key Points
- Apple's HomeView costs $299 and ships November 13, preorders start today.
- It uses Siri AI to hold conversations and recognize up to six people by face.
- It can show nine security camera feeds and describe what happened in recordings.
Why It Matters
For Apple users, this could finally make Siri useful and simplify smart home control.