A look at Apple's smart home strategy, centered on a HomeView display hub, with a new HomePod mini, Apple TV, and second-party accessories from LG and Schneider (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
Fresh details on Apple's HomeView, HomePod mini and new Apple TV, including release dates, colors, chips and features.
Apple's upcoming smart home hub, dubbed HomeView, has been unveiled by Mark Gurman in his Sunday newsletter. The centerpiece of this new device is a display paired with an A18 chip, making it the central hub for Siri commands within an Apple ecosystem. Two versions of the HomeView are available - a countertop model with a metal speaker base and a wall-mounted variant with a flat square base that mounts against a wall behind the display.
Customers can choose between four colors for the countertop model: space gray, silver, starlight, and pink. Meanwhile, the wall-mounted version is restricted to space gray and silver. This naming convention aligns with a MacRumors report from last year, where Apple reportedly trademarked the term "HomeView" through a shell company.
Gurman also details an Apple TV remote with a built-in speaker and an Apple TV device equipped with a microphone to receive Siri requests directly. These additions suggest a shift towards integrating Siri functionality more deeply into Apple's existing product lineup.
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