Apple put HomeView, a $299 smart display with a 7-inch screen that recognises up to six people by face, on sale on November 13, 2026 in its stores, on its website and in its app across seven countries. The assistant at the centre of the product, Siri AI, ships as a beta, and the device is not sold anywhere in the European Union.

In Short

Apple's HomeView, a screen with a camera, speakers and the new Siri AI assistant that sits on a table or hangs on a wall, went on sale on November 13 in the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, India, New Zealand and Singapore for $299. It gives Apple a shared screen in the home that answers questions, shows each recognised person their own messages and calendar, and controls smart home accessories, putting it up against Amazon's Echo Show line. The assistant is still labelled beta, heavier use of its cloud features will cost extra at an unannounced point, the wall model needs a mount bought separately, and nobody in the EU can buy it.

A month from preorder to shelf

The update appeared on Apple Newsroom dated November 13, 2026, under the headline "Apple HomeView available today." It is the second release Apple has published about the device. The first, a press release dated October 13 from Cupertino and headlined "Meet Apple HomeView, a new way to enjoy entertainment, stay connected, and manage the home," opened preorders and set November 13 as the availability date, according to Apple. The company kept to that date.

"Beginning today, November 13, Apple HomeView is available for purchase at Apple Store locations, on the Apple Store online, and in the Apple Store app in select regions," the update reads. A footnote defines those regions as Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Singapore, the UK and the U.S.

HomeView was one of four home announcements Apple made on October 13. The others were the fourth-generation Apple TV 4K, which more than doubled in price to $299 and was also scheduled to reach stores on Friday, November 13; HomePod mini 2, a $149 speaker that shipped on October 30 without Siri AI; and the Apple Home Collection, nine LG and Schneider accessories priced from $39.95 to $399.95 and due from December. HomeView is the piece meant to hold the rest together. In the Home Collection release, Apple listed it as a home hub and as one of the devices that plays the chime of LG's new video doorbell.

Apple describes the device in broad terms. "Apple HomeView gives customers a new way to enjoy entertainment, stay connected, and manage their home, all powered by Apple Intelligence with Siri AI," according to the update, which adds that it "brings entertainment, connection, and smart home management together in one place, from playing music and making FaceTime calls to home monitoring and hands-free automations with voice control."

Prices, colours and the mount question

Apple gives prices in US dollars only. The tabletop and wall-mounted versions cost the same.

Product US price Colours Availability, according to Apple
Apple HomeView (tabletop) $299 Silver, starlight, rose pink, space gray On sale from November 13, 2026
Apple HomeView (Wall Mounted) $299 Space gray, silver On sale from November 13, 2026
Power Mount USB-C Wall Connector (Schneider Home) From $59.95 Not stated Orderable from November 13, 2026
Power Mount AC Wired (Schneider Home) From $79.95 Not stated Orderable from November 13, 2026
Power Mount PoE Wired (Schneider Home) $129.95 Not stated Early 2027

"HomeView (Wall Mounted) is available with a choice of three purpose-built mounts from Schneider Home," the update states. It does not say whether a mount is required, but Apple's technical specifications page does. According to that page, the tabletop model ships with a 1.5-metre USB-C cable and a 30W power adapter, while the wall-mounted model ships with documentation only and needs a compatible wall mount, a USB-C cable and a power adapter rated at 20W or more, each sold separately.

That changes the arithmetic. By PPC Land's calculation, the wall-mounted HomeView with the cheapest Schneider mount costs at least $358.95, with the AC Wired mount at least $378.95, and with the Power-over-Ethernet mount $428.95 once it ships, in each case before any cable or adapter the installation needs. The PoE option, which draws power and data through a single network cable, is the only one of the three not yet on sale.

The $299 tag matches the new Apple TV 4K and is twice the HomePod mini 2. Amazon's closest rival is larger and dearer: the Echo Show 16, announced on October 28 at $499.99, has a 16-inch screen, and a version with anti-glare glass costs $569.99.

Seven countries to buy it, eight for Siri AI

The update contains two country lists, and they differ.

Market HomeView on sale, per the November 13 update Siri AI on HomeView, in English
United States Yes Yes
United Kingdom Yes Yes
Canada Yes Yes; Canadian French "later via a free software update"
Australia Yes Yes
India Yes Yes
New Zealand Yes Yes
Singapore Yes Yes
South Africa Not listed Yes
European Union No No, as Siri AI is unavailable in iOS in the EU

"Siri AI on HomeView is available in English in the U.S., Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, and the UK," the update reads. South Africa appears in that sentence but not in the sales footnote. Apple's October 13 release had said HomeView would reach South Africa through Apple Authorized Resellers from November 13, and that Singapore preorders would open on October 15. The November update does not say whether the South African arrangement still stands, and it gives no date for Canadian French.

Siri AI, in beta

Apple calls Siri AI "an entirely new version of Siri that is profoundly more capable and conversational." The update credits it with four abilities on HomeView.

The first is general knowledge: Apple says that "with Siri AI's broad world knowledge, users can ask about virtually any topic and get a detailed answer." The second is what Apple calls onscreen awareness: "it can answer questions or take actions based on the content on the user's screen." The third depends on a phone or tablet. "When paired with an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone or iPad, Siri AI can draw on a user's personal context, such as their Calendar, Messages, and relevant information across their apps, to provide more personalized responses." The fourth is execution: "it can take action across apps to help get things done."

An assistant that carries out multi-step tasks on a user's behalf falls under what the industry calls agentic AI. The footnotes set the limits. "Siri AI is available in beta in HomeView software version 27.2," the second footnote states. It continues: "Personal context requests require a paired Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone or iPad running the latest software version with Siri AI turned on and set to a supported language. Certain Apple Intelligence features that rely on server-side models are subject to daily usage limits. Expanded access to such features will be available for a fee in the future."

None of this is new to HomeView. Apple introduced Siri AI at WWDC on June 8, when it said its next-generation models were custom-built in collaboration with Google and its Gemini models. The assistant then shipped as an English-language beta on September 14, outside the EU and China. Two months on, the label has not changed, and a $299 piece of hardware now ships with it.

The fee has been discussed but not priced. On Apple's November 2 earnings call, executives said customers who need more capacity will be able to buy expanded access in the future, and that the cloud costs of Siri AI are booked in services cost of sales, with server-side work carrying what the finance chief called inference costs. No price, date or limit was given then, and none appears in the HomeView update.

Third-party actions are further off. Apple opened Siri AI to all developers on November 3, but apps cannot ship those integrations through the App Store until the spring. The HomeView update does not list which third-party apps Siri AI can act on.

Six faces, one screen

The feature that separates HomeView from a speaker is recognition. "HomeView recognizes up to six people by face and adapts to show their personal content in Messages, FaceTime, Calendar, Reminders, and Find My," the update says. Identifying household members from a camera feed is a form of facial recognition, and Apple surrounds it with conditions.

The body of the release puts the rule plainly: "Even when the whole household shares HomeView, personal content stays private to each person, appearing only when a user is recognized by face and their paired iPhone or iPad is present and recently unlocked."

The fourth footnote widens what "present" means. "When a paired device is disconnected from Wi-Fi, personal information may remain accessible provided the user is recognized by their face, and the device was recently on the same Wi-Fi network, has an active cellular connection, is in the same location, and has been recently unlocked." Read together, the two passages mean a phone does not have to be on the home network for its owner's messages to appear on the shared screen, provided all four conditions hold. Apple does not define "recently" in either place.

Apple also claims that "Siri remains the world's most private digital assistant." The update offers no measure behind that claim. Apple's October 13 release gave more detail on the architecture: according to Apple, data handled in the Secure Exclaves of HomeView's A18 chip cannot be accessed by the HomeView software, apps, the user or Apple, and requests sent to Apple's Private Cloud Compute servers are neither stored nor made accessible to Apple.

Face recognition in Apple products carries legal history. In Illinois, a federal judge on September 30, 2026 mostly denied Apple's bid to end a Biometric Information Privacy Act class action over faceprints in iPhone Photos. Amazon, for its part, says its Echo Show 16 extends the range of its own Visual ID household recognition from eight feet to up to 17.

How setup and access work, according to Apple

The update and Apple's specifications page describe the following path from box to personalised screen:

  1. A paired Apple device is required. "Apple HomeView setup and multiuser support require a compatible iPhone or iPad running the latest software," according to the third footnote. The specifications page names iOS 27.2 or later on iPhone, or iPadOS 27.2 or later on iPad, plus Wi-Fi internet access.
  2. Placement determines the parts list. The tabletop model includes its cable and 30W adapter. The wall-mounted model requires a separately sold mount, USB-C cable and 20W-plus adapter, with Schneider Home's three Power Mounts offered by Apple.
  3. The Home app is the control panel. "Both models work seamlessly with the Home app to manage settings, automations, and smart home accessories," according to Apple. The specifications page lists Thread networking, compatible with HomeKit or Matter Thread accessories only.
  4. Up to six people can be recognised. Each recognised person sees personal content from Messages, FaceTime, Calendar, Reminders and Find My, subject to the paired-device conditions above.
  5. Personal context needs a capable phone or tablet. Requests that draw on a user's own data require a paired Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone or iPad on the latest software, with Siri AI turned on and set to a supported language.
  6. Server-side features are metered. Certain features are "subject to daily usage limits," with expanded access to be sold "in the future," under Apple Intelligence terms and conditions described at support.apple.com/148587.

The hardware, according to Apple's specifications

The November 13 update mentions only the 7-inch Liquid Retina display. Apple's technical specifications page fills in the rest, separating the two models on speakers, weight, power and box contents.

Specification Detail, according to Apple
Display 7-inch (diagonal) Liquid Retina, 1088 by 1088 pixels at 220 ppi, 500 nits maximum, 0.3 nits minimum, True Tone
Chip A18
Camera 12MP Center Stage camera, f/2.4
Speakers, tabletop Two full-range drivers, down-firing woofer, two force-cancelling passive radiators
Speakers, wall-mounted Two full-range drivers
Microphones Four-microphone design for far-field Siri
Sensors Ambient light, accelerometer, temperature and humidity
Wireless Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) with MIMO, Bluetooth 6.0, Thread
Weight 952 grams (2.1 pounds) tabletop; 286 grams (0.63 pound) wall-mounted
Power USB-C, wired power required; wall-mounted model needs a 20W-plus adapter sold separately
In the box Tabletop: unit, 1.5-metre USB-C cable, 30W power adapter, documentation. Wall-mounted: unit and documentation
Software HomeView software 27.2, with Siri AI in beta
Requirements iPhone with iOS 27.2 or later, or iPad with iPadOS 27.2 or later; Wi-Fi internet access

The wall-mounted unit weighs less than a third of the tabletop model and lacks the woofer and passive radiators that Apple places in the tabletop model's base. For comparison, the $299 Apple TV 4K announced the same day is built around the A19 chip.

Widgets, apps and the advertising question

What appears on the screen matters to anyone who sells into a household. Apple's October 13 release said each recognised user gets a personalised Home Screen with apps and widgets, along with Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, Apple News, Apple TV and compatible third-party audio and video apps. Apple's developer contract had been rewritten the same day to make room for that: under the revised agreement, developers agree that their iOS app widgets may be made available on Apple HomeView, with no opt-in step described, and certain CarPlay apps can be surfaced on HomeView while running on a paired iPhone.

Will Apple sell placements on that screen? The November 13 update says nothing about advertising, sponsored placements or a HomeView storefront. Amazon has taken a different route with its screens. In April 2026, Amazon put sponsored entertainment content inside Alexa+ answers on eligible Echo Show devices, sold in the US through Amazon DSP as a managed service. Apple's silence on the subject is not a commitment either way.

The broader shift is familiar from search and chat products. An assistant that answers "virtually any topic" with "a detailed answer" on a kitchen counter or in a hallway is another layer between a question and the websites, brands and retailers that used to receive the click. The update does not explain how Siri AI on HomeView attributes its answers, whether it shows sources or links, or how a household moves from an answer to a purchase.

The European gap

The EU sentence is unchanged from October. "Apple HomeView is not available for sale in the European Union, as Siri AI is currently unavailable in iOS in the EU. Apple is working constructively with the EU in an attempt to find a path forward," the update states.

The dispute runs back to WWDC in June, when Apple said it had no timeline for Siri AI on iOS and iPadOS in the EU and pointed to its obligations under the Digital Markets Act. When the software arrived on September 14, EU Mac and Apple Vision Pro users got Siri AI while EU iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch users did not.

HomeView is handled differently from Apple's phones. The $1,999 iPhone Duo arrived without Siri AI in the EU; HomeView is withheld altogether. Apple's stated reason refers to iOS, not to HomeView's own software, and the product's design suggests why: setup and multiuser support depend on a paired iPhone or iPad, so the assistant's absence from iOS in the EU reaches the home screen too. The update gives no timeline for a change.

What the update leaves out

The update gives no prices outside the US, no preorder or sales figures, no date for Canadian French, no explanation for South Africa's absence from the sales list, and no detail on the daily limits or the future price of expanded Siri AI access. It does not say where face data is stored, define "recently unlocked," or address advertising on the device.

Key facts

  • Products: Apple HomeView; Apple HomeView (Wall Mounted)
  • Mounts: Power Mount USB-C Wall Connector (from $59.95), Power Mount AC Wired (from $79.95), Power Mount PoE Wired ($129.95, early 2027), all from Schneider Home
  • Price: $299 (U.S.) for both models
  • On sale: November 13, 2026, at Apple Store locations, apple.com/store and the Apple Store app in Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Singapore, the UK and the U.S.
  • Not for sale: European Union
  • Software: HomeView software version 27.2; Siri AI in beta
  • Siri AI on HomeView: English in the U.S., Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa and the UK; Canadian French later via free software update
  • Face recognition: up to six people
  • Chip and display (Apple technical specifications): A18; 7-inch Liquid Retina, 1088 by 1088 pixels
  • Requirements (Apple technical specifications): iPhone with iOS 27.2 or later, or iPad with iPadOS 27.2 or later; Wi-Fi internet access
  • Source: Apple Newsroom update, "Apple HomeView available today," dated November 13, 2026
  • Earlier release: "Meet Apple HomeView, a new way to enjoy entertainment, stay connected, and manage the home," Apple Newsroom press release, Cupertino, October 13, 2026: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/10/meet-apple-homeview-a-new-way-to-enjoy-entertainment-and-manage-the-home/
  • Specifications page: https://www.apple.com/apple-homeview/specs/
  • Apple Intelligence terms reference: support.apple.com/148587

Timeline

Summary

Who: Apple, selling its HomeView smart display, with wall mounts from Schneider Home. Buyers in seven countries are affected, as are EU households that cannot buy it, developers whose widgets may appear on it, and advertisers and publishers whose audiences gain another assistant-led screen.

What: Apple HomeView, a $299 device with a 7-inch Liquid Retina display, an A18 chip and a 12MP camera, went on sale in tabletop and wall-mounted versions. It recognises up to six people by face and shows each their personal content when a paired iPhone or iPad is present and recently unlocked. Siri AI runs on it in beta, with daily limits on server-side features and a future fee for expanded access. The wall model needs a separately sold mount, from $59.95.

When: On sale from November 13, 2026, a month after Apple unveiled the device and opened preorders on October 13. The PoE mount follows in early 2027, and Canadian French support comes later via a software update with no date.

Where: Apple Store locations, apple.com/store and the Apple Store app in Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Singapore, the UK and the U.S. Siri AI on HomeView works in English in those markets and South Africa. HomeView is not sold in the European Union.

Why: Apple is building a home system around Siri AI and needs a shared screen at its centre. Its absence from the EU follows from Siri AI's unavailability on iOS there, since HomeView depends on a paired iPhone or iPad, and the beta label and coming usage fees leave open how much of the assistant buyers get for the $299 price.