Apple Unveils $299 HomeView Smart Display Powered by Siri and Apple Intelligence
The seven-inch tabletop hub expands Apple's AI ecosystem into smart-home management as the company navigates a pending $250 million Siri settlement.
Apple has announced HomeView, a $299 smart-home management display designed to integrate the company's upgraded Siri assistant into domestic spaces. Scheduled for release on Nov. 13, the hardware expands Apple's artificial intelligence ecosystem beyond mobile devices into direct competition with tabletop displays from Amazon and Google.
The device features a seven-inch Liquid Retina touchscreen, an integrated speaker, and an onboard camera capable of identifying up to six individual household members to personalize settings. HomeView allows users to control connected smart locks, lights, and thermostats, stream music, place FaceTime calls, and monitor compatible security camera feeds.
A primary selling point of the hardware is its connection to Apple Intelligence. When paired with a compatible iPhone or iPad, HomeView retrieves data from local applications such as Calendar and iMessage to answer context-dependent inquiries, according to reporting by Yahoo Finance.
"Apple HomeView is designed to be shared by everyone in the home yet feel completely personal to each user," Greg Joswiak, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, said in a statement. "It's powered by Apple Intelligence with Siri AI at its core, drawing on personal context from your iPhone to help you find what you need and get more done, all while keeping everyone's information private and secure."
The product rollout occurs alongside legal developments concerning Apple's earlier AI marketing. The company recently agreed to establish a $250 million class-action settlement fund—pending final judicial approval—to resolve allegations that marketing for its June 2024 Siri upgrade overstated the immediate availability of personalized AI functions on new handsets. Apple denied all allegations of wrongdoing, and the HomeView hardware itself is not subject to the lawsuit.
The proposed settlement covers approximately 37 million devices sold between June 10, 2024, and March 29, 2025, including iPhone 15 Pro models and the iPhone 16 lineup. Eligible U.S. purchasers who submit valid documentation before Dec. 21, 2026, could receive payouts ranging from $25 to $95 per device depending on final claim volume.
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