Gurman on HomeView: ‘Finished Units Have Been Sitting Boxed Up in Warehouses for the Better Part of a Year’
Mark Gurman, today, in his weekly Power On column for Bloomberg (gift link): Without a serviceable version of the new assistant, Apple couldn’t deliver the experience it had envisioned. That left the hardware ready to go, but the software nowhere near finished. So Apple postponed the HomeView repeatedly — first until spring 2025, then summer, then fall, and then again throughout 2026 before…
Mark Gurman's latest Power On column for Bloomberg revealed that Apple has been holding off the release of HomeView due to software delays. The delay began with a spring 2025 launch, followed by summer, fall, and finally, this past week. The hardware reveals its age, with thick bezels, an A18 processor, and 8 gigabytes of memory.
It's clear that this product was conceived years ago. Finished units have been sitting in warehouses for over a year, waiting for the software to catch up. Despite the A18 chip and 8 GB of RAM found in this year's MacBook Neo, there's no indication that a HomeView would face the same delay. The MacBook Neo, a top new product from Apple this year, runs on an 18 Pro chip and 8 GB of RAM and wasn't delayed.
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