Apple introduced HomeView on Tuesday in New York, at its Welcome home event, and the US sticker is $299 for the tabletop model with a speaker base or the wall-mounted model. Pre-orders are open now. Both versions reach stores Friday, Nov. 13.
The price is the easy part. The footnote is the real cost of entry. Setup and a profile for each person require a compatible iPhone or iPad running the latest software, and the Siri answers that draw on your messages, calendar, and apps need a paired Apple Intelligence iPhone or iPad. HomeView is a strong buy when everyone who wants a profile already lives on a recent iPhone and you already run the house from the Home app. It's a weak buy in a mixed iPhone and Android home, where an Echo Show or a Nest Hub still does the counter job.
The iPhone in every pocket
HomeView can recognize up to six people by face and switch to that person's Messages, FaceTime, Calendar, Reminders, and Find My. A full profile needs an Apple Account, a compatible iPhone or iPad, and a place in the shared home inside the Home app. Guests, and anyone the camera doesn't recognize, can still control accessories, check the weather, set timers, and play music. Their messages and calendar stay off the screen. If one person in the kitchen uses Android, the display can time the pasta. It won't carry a profile for them.
Siri on the device can still answer a general question from its own world knowledge. The personal half, the one that finds the invitation in your texts or the plan in your calendar, waits on a paired Apple Intelligence iPhone or iPad. A phone that can finish setup and still can't run Apple Intelligence leaves that half out.
You get a selection of Apple's own apps, and compatible audio and video apps can come over from a paired iPhone. The camera is a 12-megapixel Center Stage lens, and the Home Camera face can show up to nine live feeds at once. The wall model uses that same screen and camera, in space gray or silver, and the mount is a separate purchase. Apple offers three Schneider Home mounts. The cheapest wall setup comes to about $359 before installation. The Power over Ethernet mount, at $129.95, waits until early 2027.
| Display | List price (US) | Screen | Camera | What it assumes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple HomeView (tabletop) | $299 | 7-inch Liquid Retina | 12MP Center Stage | An iPhone or iPad on the latest software for setup and each profile; Apple Home or Matter accessories |
| Apple HomeView (wall) | About $359 before installation | 7-inch Liquid Retina | 12MP Center Stage | The same phones, plus a Schneider Home mount sold separately |
| Amazon Echo Show 8 | $199.99 | 8.7-inch HD | 13MP, auto-framing | An Amazon account and the Alexa app on Android, iPhone, or Fire OS |
| Amazon Echo Show 11 | $249.99 | 11-inch Full HD | 13MP, auto-framing | The same Alexa account and app |
| Google Nest Hub (2nd gen) | $99.99 | 7-inch | None | The Google Home app on an Android phone or an iPhone |
Tuesday's stage also set a $149 HomePod mini 2 for Oct. 30 and a $299 Apple TV 4K for this same Nov. 13, the mid-November window we were already watching, with the LG and Schneider Home Collection starting in December. HomeView is also off the market in the EU, because Siri AI is unavailable in iOS there.
If everyone in your house is on a recent iPhone and you already use the Home app, preorder the tabletop model. It's the cheapest way onto Apple's new Siri on a screen. If even one person uses Android, or you mainly want a kitchen screen for timers, video calls, and cameras, an Echo Show does that job and doesn't care which phone is in the room. A Nest Hub is the pick when you can live without a camera. If you want the screen on the wall, wait for reviews of the mounts and for the Power over Ethernet option. In the EU, there is nothing to buy yet.
