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Everything Apple launched at its ‘Welcome Home’ event

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Apple unveiled a slate of new smart home gadgets at its aptly named “Welcome Home” event today, including its first (and highly anticipated) smart home hub. That flagship announcement came alongside much-needed refreshes for Apple’s HomePod Mini and TV 4K devices, and a selection of new smart home and security accessories designed together with trusted third-party manufacturers.

Catch up on all of Apple’s new hardware announcements in our roundup below, or click through for more detailed coverage on each.

HomeView is arguably the company’s first major Apple Home launch since releasing HomeKit in 2014. It gives you a dedicated display to monitor and control compatible smart home gadgets and security devices around your living space — something that Amazon and Google have long offered for their own smart home platforms in the form of Echo Show and Nest Hub devices.

The $299 HomeView is available in four colors: silver, starlight,...

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Apple says the HomeView will not be available in the EU because Siri AI is currently unavailable on iOS there and it is “working constructively with the EU”

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