Apple has unveiled three additions to its smart home hardware lineup: the HomeView, a refreshed HomePod mini, and an updated Apple TV 4K. All three devices carry expanded smart home compatibility and a conversational Siri experience driven by Apple Intelligence. The announcements position Apple within the connected-home space, with the product range spanning entertainment, home automation, and AI experiences tailored to individual users.
Central to the reveal was the HomeView, a home-control hub built around a seven-inch Liquid Retina display and powered by the A18 chip. The device is offered in two configurations: a tabletop format and a wall-mounted option. Facial recognition built into the HomeView can identify up to six different users, granting each tailored access to a suite of built-in tools that includes Messages, Calendar, FaceTime, and Reminders.
Among its capabilities, the device handles Siri-based voice assistance, connected home management, video calls, and live monitoring of up to nine security camera feeds simultaneously. Onboard audio is processed through computational algorithms, and the device carries native Matter smart home compatibility. Pre-orders for the HomeView open on 13 October, with units available for purchase from 13 November.
Siri's updated conversational layer, arriving alongside the new hardware, allows users to move through back-and-forth exchanges, draws on listening habits to suggest music, and adjusts to the ways individual users phrase requests. The feature is scheduled to reach devices through a software update at a later date.
Two capabilities are noted for the refreshed HomePod mini: Sound Glow, which reads the track currently playing and translates it into matching lighting effects, and a four-speaker surround sound configuration available when the unit is paired with the current-generation Apple TV 4K. Five colour options are offered — pink, green, blue, white, and midnight. In India, the listed retail price stands at ₹18,900. Pre-orders open on 13 October, with units available for purchase from 30 October.
The updated Apple TV 4K features a trio of far-field microphones supporting hands-free calling through Siri, an onboard AV1 decoder for video playback, and a redesigned Siri interface that allows users to locate content by describing what they are looking for in natural speech. Pairing with up to four compatible HomePod speakers for surround sound is now supported, and the refreshed Siri Remote introduces Precision Finding. Alongside its video-streaming functions, the Apple TV 4K handles alerts from connected cameras, coordinates smart device behaviour, and generates AI-produced descriptions of recorded footage. In India, the listed retail price stands at ₹39,900. Pre-orders open on 13 October, with units available for purchase from 13 November.
At the product event, Siri was presented as the connective element across Apple's home-device lineup. The updated assistant supports back-and-forth dialogue, draws on information stored across linked Apple devices, and handles a broader range of knowledge-based queries than its predecessor. Across India, English-language support for Siri AI will be present from launch on the new Apple TV 4K, while owners of the HomePod mini 2 can expect that capability to arrive through a software update at a later stage.
Certain personal-context capabilities within the platform require either an iPhone or an iPad with Apple Intelligence enabled. Through the product launches, Apple has described its aim as connecting individual smart home devices into a broader, unified connected-home platform. Retail prices in India are set at ₹18,900 for the HomePod mini 2 and ₹39,900 for the Apple TV 4K.
