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Apple HomeView arrives in a house already full of screens. For $299, it has to give me a reason to use this one instead of reaching for my iPhone. I spent a week living with Apple's smart display, moving it between the kitchen, living room, and office to see where it actually earns its place.
The most convincing moments came from getting small annoyances out of the way. FaceTime with my son and brother while we play games no longer requires grabbing a laptop just to point a camera at me. In the kitchen, Cooking Mode gets straight to the ingredients and instructions, with timers I can start from the recipe. I kept finding reasons to bring HomeView into another room.
That usefulness gets easier to justify when other people can share it. HomeView works with the HomeKit and Matter accessories already in your home, giving everyone a place to reach the controls. A family calendar can stay out where people can see it, and the display can recognize different users and bring up their own apps and widgets. The appeal is having a device available to the household whenever someone needs it.
Apple also makes some choices that are hard to defend. The wall-mounted HomeView loses the speaker base, keeps the $299 price, and asks you to pay extra for the mount. The software borrows CarPlay apps, leaving familiar streaming services without native apps. Apple TV and supported AirPlay provide ways to watch, with a square screen that still makes you choose between black bars and a cropped picture. These compromises matter when the display is what you're paying extra for.
My Apple HomeView review weighs those decisions against the conveniences that made me consider buying a couple more. A HomePod mini 2 and the iPhone you already own cover a lot of the same ground for less, especially if you'd be the only person using HomeView. For a shared household, there's a stronger case for giving it a permanent spot. The question is whether the people in your home would get enough use from that screen to make it worth bringing another one in.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Apple HomeView Review!
00:45 - Apple HomeView Hardware Design
04:27 - Apple HomeView OS and Software
07:07 - Apple HomeView Smart Home Features
08:51 - Audio and Video on Apple HomeView
11:05 - Siri AI on Apple HomeView
12:36 - Should You Buy Apple HomeView?
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