Apple Launches New HomeView Device

<p><strong>CUPERTINO<&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; Apple has introduced a new device called <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;apple&period;com&sol;apple-homeview&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Apple HomeView<&sol;a>&comma; designed to be central to the home and personal to everyone in it&period; With a 7-inch Liquid Retina display&comma; HomeView brings entertainment&comma; connection&comma; and smart home management together in one place&comma; from playing music and making FaceTime calls to home monitoring and hands-free automations with voice control&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The HomeView is priced at &dollar;299 and will be available on November 13 to customers in <em>Australia<&sol;em>&comma; <em>Canada<&sol;em>&comma; <em>India<&sol;em>&comma; <em>New Zealand<&sol;em>&comma; the <em>UK<&sol;em>&comma; and the <em>U&period;S&period;<&sol;em>&period; The device sounds similar to Meta&&num;8217&semi;s Portal device that was launched in 2018 but eventually fizzled out in 2022&period; It also looks like a small iMac G4 made by Apple from 2002 with its base and tilting screen&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Apple&&num;8217&semi;s HomeView recognizes users by their faces&comma; adapting so they can access their personal content in Messages&comma; FaceTime&comma; Calendar&comma; Reminders&comma; and Find My&period; HomeView features Siri AI&comma; an entirely new version of Siri that’s profoundly more capable and conversational&comma; with broad world knowledge that powers richer music discovery and onscreen awareness&period; When paired with an Apple Intelligence-enabled device&comma; it can also draw on a user’s personal context&comma; such as their Calendar&comma; Messages&comma; and relevant information across their apps&comma; to provide more helpful&comma; personalized responses&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Designed to fit in any space&comma; HomeView can be placed on a tabletop as the center of the home or wall-mounted to fit in spaces like the entryway or hallway&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Apple HomeView is designed to be shared by everyone in the home yet feel completely personal to each user&comma;” said Greg Joswiak&comma; Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It recognizes your face to shift from a household screen to your own experience&comma; fills the room with incredible sound&comma; keeps you connected to the people who matter most with FaceTime&comma; and makes it easy to control your smart home&period; And it’s powered by Apple Intelligence with Siri AI at its core&comma; drawing on personal context from your iPhone to help you find what you need and get more done&comma; all while keeping everyone’s information private and secure&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;