{
  "id": 17826483,
  "title": "Here's What Spotify Looks Like on Apple's HomeView",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/heres-what-spotify-looks-like-on-apples-homeview",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-02T17:09:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacRumors",
    "slug": "macrumors",
    "url": "https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/02/spotify-on-apple-homeview/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Apple's latest HomeView smart home hub doesn't feature an App Store, yet it can support certain third-party audio and video applications that are compatible with CarPlay. HomeView automatically mirrors CarPlay-enabled audio and video applications from a nearby, paired iPhone, without the need for any app adjustments.\n\nDeveloper Steve Troughton-Smith shared a demonstration of Spotify on a virtualized HomeView through a Mastodon post. To view the animated GIF, one may need to hover their mouse or tap and hold on the image. The HomeView comes equipped with built-in Apple applications including Alarms, Calendar, FaceTime, Find My, Home Intercom, Messages, Music, Podcasts, Reminders, Safari, Settings, Timers, Weather, and World Clock.\n\nThe hub also supports CarPlay-enabled apps from the iPhone, which are available on HomeView. These include Apple Music, Classical, Apple News, and Audiobooks.\n\nHomeView is currently available for pre-order and is scheduled to launch on November 13.",
  "summary": "Apple's new HomeView smart home hub lacks an App Store, but it can still run some third-party audio and video apps that support CarPlay . HomeView can automatically mirror CarPlay-enabled audio and video apps from a nearby, paired iPhone, with no modifications to the app required. In a post shared on Mastodon , Broadcasts app developer Steve Troughton-Smith demonstrated what Spotify looks like on…",
  "key_points": [
    "Spotify available on Apple's HomeView without App Store",
    "CarPlay-enabled apps mirrored to HomeView automatically",
    "HomeView launches November 13"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}