Apple HomeView goes on sale 13 November at $299, but not in the European Union, where Apple says Siri AI is currently unavailable in iOS
Apple will put its new home display, HomeView, on sale on Friday 13 November 2026 at $299 in the US, and it will not be sold in the European Union. The price, the launch countries and the EU exclusion were all set out in an Apple Newsroom press release published on 13 October 2026.
The reason Apple gives for the EU gap is Siri.
“Apple HomeView is not available for sale in the European Union, as Siri AI is currently unavailable in iOS in the EU,” the company said in the release. It added: “Apple is working constructively with the EU in an attempt to find a path forward.” No on-sale date for the bloc was given.
HomeView is a 7-inch Liquid Retina display in an aluminum enclosure, sold in two versions. The tabletop model sits on a domed speaker base joined by a stainless steel hinge. The wall-mounted model uses the same display and attaches to a wall with one of three mounts made by Schneider Home.
Two models, one US price, eight countries at launch
Both versions cost $299 in the US. The tabletop model comes in silver, starlight, rose pink and space gray, each with a color-matched cable. The wall-mounted model comes in space gray and silver.
Pre-orders opened on 13 October 2026 in Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, the UK and the US, through apple.com/store and in the Apple Store app. Customers in Singapore could pre-order from Thursday 15 October at 9 a.m. SGT. Both models become available in those countries, and in Singapore, on Friday 13 November 2026. With South Africa, that makes eight countries at launch.
South Africa is the exception on where to order. Pre-orders there run through Apple Authorized Resellers, with availability also beginning on Friday 13 November 2026.
The wall mounts are priced separately. The Power Mount USB-C Wall Connector starts at $59.95 in the US and the Power Mount AC Wired starts at $79.95, both orderable from 13 October 2026. A third option, the Power Mount PoE Wired, is due in early 2027 at $129.95 in the US. Apple says the mounts can be fitted by the customer or installed professionally.
Siri AI, face recognition and the chip
Apple’s stated reason for the EU exclusion is a software one. Apple describes Siri AI as an entirely new version of Siri, running on what it calls the next generation of Apple Intelligence, with onscreen awareness and what the company describes as broad world knowledge. Apple says Siri AI on HomeView is available in beta in HomeView software version 27.2.
Siri AI on the device is available in English in the US, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa and the UK. Apple says Canadian French-language support will follow later through a free software update.
Paired with an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone or iPad, Siri AI can draw on a user’s personal context, including Messages, Calendar and Apple Music playlists, according to Apple. Without such a device, Apple says users still get the assistant’s general knowledge, conversational replies and music discovery. Conversations started on HomeView sync through iCloud and continue in the Siri app on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch or Apple Vision Pro.
The display recognizes up to six people by face. Each recognized user gets their own Home Screen with their own apps and widgets, and Apple says personal content in apps such as Messages and Calendar is surfaced only when the enrolled user is recognized and their paired iPhone or iPad is present and has been recently unlocked. Shared photo albums and music stay available to everyone in the household, including guests.
Setup and multiuser support require a compatible iPhone or iPad running the latest software, Apple says in a footnote to the release.
Inside is Apple’s A18 chip. Apple says HomeView and the A18 include Secure Exclaves, which it describes as protected and compartmentalized runtimes that process camera and microphone data separately from the rest of the system. Data processed there cannot be reached by the HomeView software, by apps, by the user or by Apple, according to the company. Siri requests run either on the device or through Private Cloud Compute.
What the display does in the house
“Apple HomeView is designed to be shared by everyone in the home yet feel completely personal to each user,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, in the release.
The device runs Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, Apple News, Apple TV and compatible third-party audio and video apps. FaceTime calls use Center Stage to keep people framed as they move. Intercom broadcasts a message to other HomeView and HomePod speakers and to personal devices such as iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch.
As a smart home dashboard, HomeView lets users view camera feeds, adjust the thermostat and lights, lock doors and close the blinds, by touch or by voice. The Home Camera face can livestream up to nine video feeds at once. With a supported iCloud+ subscription, Apple says the display works with compatible cameras to recognize people, familiar faces, pets, packages and vehicles, with end-to-end encryption. It also detects the sound of smoke or carbon monoxide alarms and sends an alert to a user’s iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch.
Automatic brightness adjusts from 500 nits down to 0.3 nits, and the interface changes what it shows based on how far away the viewer is standing.
HomeView works with the Apple Home Collection, a line of smart home cameras, thermostats and a lock designed with LG Electronics and Schneider Electric, as well as other Works with Apple Home and Matter accessories.
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