Apple HomeView Review: A Versatile Smart Display And Siri-Powered Home Hub
The company’s smart screen debut heavily relies on an iPhone or iPad — for better and for worse.
Billy Steele for Engadget
RATING : 8.4 / 10
Apple's entry into the smart display category was rumored for years. By the time its debut home hub device arrives this week, the company will be nearly a decade behind its main rivals in the space. In true Apple fashion, it refused to rush new products just because most of the competition was doing it. Now that the HomeView ($299) is here, Apple is hoping the iPhone faithful will like its mix of elevated design and newly expanded Siri capabilities.
Unlike smart displays from Amazon and Google, Apple's approach relies on a companion device. That means you'll need either an iPhone or an iPad to mirror apps using technology similar to CarPlay. As you'd imagine, that means the HomeView's usefulness, like CarPlay's,...
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