{"id":651889,"date":"2026-10-11T22:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T22:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/651889\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T22:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T22:56:08","slug":"will-the-homeview-be-apples-first-smart-home-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/651889\/","title":{"rendered":"Will the HomeView be Apple\u2019s first smart home success?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apple will announce a new smart home hub on Tuesday called the HomeView, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2026-10-11\/apple-smart-home-launch-oct-13-plans-homeview-has-mid-november-release?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc5MTcyNzI2MCwiZXhwIjoxNzkyMzMyMDYwLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUTVFYSzJOM04wOFowMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJDNEVEQ0FFMUZBMDU0MEJFQTI0QTlGMjExQzFFOTA4MCJ9.E6mgNQtIHgnFxRiqVKKqNT7CE2st-g896cIaaDBzKVs\" target=\"_blank\">according to Bloomberg\u2019s Mark Gurman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the past couple of years, we\u2019ve seen There have been multiple reports that <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/03\/09\/apples-smart-home-hub-reportedly-delayed-by-siri-challenges\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple was working on a new smart home product<\/a>, but now it seems the product has a name and a launch date. Gurman described the HomeView as a Siri-powered device with a display and an A18 chip, allowing customers to control their other smart home devices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The HomeView will reportedly be available in two models \u2014 one designed for countertops and the other to be mounted on walls.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This would be Apple\u2019s most serious bet on the smart home to date, after it failed to get much traction for its HomeKit software framework or its HomePod smart speaker.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gurman reports that on Tuesday, Apple will also be unveiling updated versions of two other home devices, namely the Apple TV set-top box and the HomePod mini. Earlier this week, he said that <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/10\/06\/apple-is-reportedly-partnering-with-lg-to-launch-a-smart-lock-thermostat-and-doorbell\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple plans to announce a partnership with LG<\/a> to create a smart lock, a thermostat, and a doorbell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple will announce a new smart home hub on Tuesday called the HomeView, according to Bloomberg\u2019s Mark Gurman.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":651890,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[936,13143,61,60,80],"class_list":["post-651889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-homepod","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}