Apple Tried Hard to Sell Me on the HomeView as a Seamless Smart Home Experience and Succeeded - CNET

I test smart home devices for a living, but even I find it challenging to use and manage the ones in my home. I have Hue bulbs, Govee lamps, Dreo smart ceiling fans, TP-Link plugs, Eufy cameras, Whisker smart litter boxes and robot vacuums, among many other devices, all “bolted” together, with an Amazon Echo Show 8 and Alexa integration layer to interact with them. The result is….functional, which is the highest praise I can offer it.

Apple promises that its HomeView will be different. I spent over an hour at Apple’s Welcome Home event in New York City, where I got to view and interact with the HomeView across a variety of scenarios and environments. I’m not someone who’s easily convinced that a new smart screen is the solution to my problems, but after seeing the Apple HomeView in action, I’m on board.

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