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Apple HomeView Goes on Sale for $299 in Seven Markets
Apple’s Siri AI home display has reached retail, with English-only beta software, companion-device requirements for personal context, and no EU availability.
Apple began selling its $299 HomeView Siri AI display on November 13, 2026, across seven markets including the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. The device, which launched in beta with English-only support, is not available in the European Union due to current Siri AI restrictions in that region.
While the tabletop and wall-mounted models both cost $299, wall-mounted setups require additional Schneider Home mounts starting at $59.95. Personalization features depend on pairing with an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone or iPad.
Apple began selling HomeView on November 13, 2026, bringing its $299 Siri AI home display to seven markets: Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Both tabletop and wall-mounted versions are available through Apple’s retail stores, online store, and Apple Store app, according to the company’s availability announcement.
This is the retail arrival of hardware Apple announced on October 13, when preorders opened. It is not a new HomeView model or a new Siri AI model release.
The practical question for buyers is how much of the advertised experience their household can use. HomeView combines a shared screen, face-based personalization, smart-home controls, and an assistant whose personal-context features depend on another compatible Apple device.
Where HomeView Is Available, and Why the EU Is Excluded
Apple’s seven launch markets share the same November 13 availability date. The advertised $299 price is the U.S. price, not a currency-converted price for every country.
The European Union is excluded. Apple explicitly links that decision to Siri AI being unavailable in iOS in the EU and says it is working with the EU on a path forward. The retail announcement provides no EU sales date.
That explanation establishes a dependency between the hardware rollout and the assistant’s regional availability. It does not identify a specific legal provision as the cause, so describing HomeView as “banned” would go beyond the evidence.
Apple also lists South Africa among the places where Siri AI on HomeView supports English, even though South Africa is absent from the seven-country sales list. Buyers should check both instead of treating one as proof of the other.
Language support and official retail availability are separate lists.
Two Models Start at $299, but Mounting Costs Extra
HomeView has a 7-inch Liquid Retina display in both versions. The tabletop model connects its display to a domed speaker base through a tilting stainless-steel hinge. Apple says the display adjusts from 500 nits down to 0.3 nits and changes the amount of information shown according to the viewer’s distance. Those specifications were part of the October announcement, not additions to the retail release.
Model
U.S. device price
Colors
Placement
HomeView
$299
Silver, starlight, rose pink, space gray
Tabletop, with tilting display and speaker base
HomeView, wall-mounted
$299
Silver, space gray
Wall installation using a separately priced mount
Apple lists three purpose-built Schneider Home mounting options:
Power Mount USB-C Wall Connector: from $59.95, available to order now.
Power Mount AC Wired: from $79.95, available to order now.
Power Mount PoE Wired: $129.95, scheduled for early 2027.
Using Apple’s published U.S. prices, the wall-mounted device plus the least expensive listed mount starts at $358.95. Choosing the AC Wired mount brings that hardware total to $378.95, before any applicable taxes or installation charges. The PoE option is not part of the November retail availability. Apple lists the prices and timing here.
I’d compare those installed costs before choosing a version. The two devices have matching sticker prices, but the wall-mounted purchase has an additional hardware cost and may involve installation work.
What Siri AI Can Do, and What Requires Pairing
Apple describes Siri AI on HomeView as a conversational assistant with broad knowledge, onscreen awareness, and the ability to act across apps. Its advertised capabilities fall into several distinct groups:
General answers and music discovery: Household members can ask questions and find music.
Onscreen awareness: Siri can use the content displayed on HomeView to answer questions or take actions.
Personal context: Siri can draw on information such as a user’s Calendar, Messages, and relevant app content.
App and home actions: Siri can perform supported cross-app tasks and control smart-home functions.
The important qualification is the companion device. Apple says personal-context features require pairing with an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone or iPad. Its October announcement also places the expanded cross-app experience in that paired-device context. A household should not assume that owning any iPhone unlocks every advertised capability.
Users without an Apple Intelligence-capable companion can still access Siri AI for world knowledge and music discovery, as 9to5Mac’s launch coverage explains. That makes HomeView usable without the full personal setup, while leaving a meaningful difference between shared assistant functions and individualized assistance.
HomeView also supports music playback, FaceTime calls, Calendar, home monitoring, and voice-controlled automations. Apple says both versions work with the Home app to manage settings, automations, and smart-home accessories.
These are Apple-described capabilities. The cited coverage does not provide independent testing of answer accuracy, action reliability, or the consistency of personalization.
Beta Status Affects the Purchase
Siri AI on HomeView launches in beta and in English, with capabilities varying by region and language. Canadian French is promised through a later free software update, but Apple has not supplied a date.
Apple also applies server-side usage limits. Expanded server-side usage will eventually carry a fee, and future pricing has not been published. Buyers therefore have a known hardware price without a complete picture of potential expanded AI-access costs. Apple’s availability update is the relevant launch reference.
My view is that buyers should value the English-language experience available now and treat future language support as a separate benefit when it arrives. A promised update is a weak basis for purchasing a shared household device if several people cannot comfortably use its launch language.
Face Recognition Makes Placement a Privacy Decision
HomeView recognizes up to six people and adapts its interface to show their personal content in Messages, FaceTime, Calendar, Reminders, and Find My. Apple also describes personalized Home Screens with apps and widgets, alongside shared experiences such as photo albums and music.
Apple’s key privacy condition is more specific than recognizing a face. The company says personal content appears when:
“a user is recognized by face and their paired iPhone or iPad is present and recently unlocked.”
That condition comes from the November availability announcement. It combines recognition with the presence and recent unlock state of a companion device.
The practical consequence is that personalization depends on more than standing in front of the screen. A user’s device must also meet Apple’s stated conditions. For a household sharing HomeView, this dependency is worth understanding before assuming that every recognized person will always receive their personal view.
The same rule also has limits as a privacy explanation. It describes when content is displayed; by itself, it does not explain biometric storage, recognition error rates, or every processing path.
Physical visibility remains a separate concern. Once personal information appears on a shared display, another person nearby may be able to read it. I’d place HomeView with that possibility in mind, particularly when choosing between a private room and an entryway visible to visitors. Face-based access controls cannot make an exposed screen physically private.
What Buyers and Developers Should Check First
HomeView’s purchase decision comes down to a few concrete checks: whether Apple sells it in your country, whether English works for the household, which residents have compatible companion devices, and whether the installed price fits the intended location.
Developers planning experiences around HomeView face a related distinction. Hardware availability in seven markets is not proof that every app action works across every account, language, or region. Apple’s retail announcement describes product capabilities; it is not a developer compatibility specification.
The strongest practical reading of this launch is that HomeView has several overlapping access conditions: country, language, companion-device eligibility, household identity, and service limits. The $299 purchase gets the display into a home. Those conditions determine how personal and capable it can be for each person living there.
Frequently Asked Questions
3 questions
1
Is This a New HomeView Model?
No. Apple announced HomeView on October 13, 2026. November 13 marks its retail availability, following the preorder period.
2
Does HomeView Need an AI-Compatible iPhone?
General Siri AI functions, including world knowledge and music discovery, remain available without one. Personal context and the expanded cross-app experience require a compatible Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone or iPad.
3
Can You Buy HomeView in the EU?
Apple is not officially selling HomeView in the EU because Siri AI is unavailable there. The company has not announced an EU availability date.
