Report: Apple ‘HomeView’ smart home hub will ship in November, come in four colors, A18 chip
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman today reported that the Apple home hub – set to be announced on October 13 as part of Apple’s ‘Welcome home’ event experience — will be called the HomeView. The brand would obviously sit alongside the company’s existing HomePod brand for smart speakers. Gurman also reported on a few other new tidbits for the device, including the news that while it will be announced on…
Apple is set to unveil its new smart home hub, HomeView, at an event on October 13. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, the device will feature a design similar to the iMac G4, with a floating display atop a speaker base. Powered by the A18 chip, HomeView will be available in four colors - space gray, silver, starlight, and pink - for the speaker base version, while the wall-mountable model will be offered in monochrome silver or space gray.
Users will primarily interact with the device using voice commands through Siri, with content 'viewed' from across the room. The hub will run Apple apps, though it lacks an App Store, though users may be able to project third-party app widgets from an adjacent iPhone. Alongside the HomeView, Apple is also refreshing the Apple TV set-top box and HomePod mini.
The company has also teamed up with appliance makers like LG to create a range of smart home accessories that will work seamlessly together. Apple plans to officially announce the new smart home initiative on Tuesday.
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