Report: Apple ‘HomeView’ smart home hub will ship in November, come in four colors, A18 chip

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman today reported that the Apple home hub – set to be announced on October 13 as part of Apple’s ‘Welcome home’ event experience — will be called the HomeView. The brand would obviously sit alongside the company’s existing HomePod brand for smart speakers. Gurman also reported on a few other new tidbits for the device, including the news that while it will be announced on Tuesday, it probably won’t be released until the middle of November …

Apple is also expected to unveil a new Apple TV set-top box and HomePod Mini on Tuesday.

Bloomberg reported that the HomeView device will start shipping in November.

Macworld As widely expected, Apple announced an entirely new product as part of its “Welcome Home” launch experience on Tuesday October 13: a smart-home hub called HomeView. Described by Apple as “central to the home and personal to everyone in it,” HomeView is available in two versions.

Apple is taking a big swing at the smart home market with its latest product that competes with Amazon Echo Show and Google Nest Hub.

Pre-orders are now open for the Apple HomeView, Cupertino's answer to the Amazon Echo Show 11 and Google Nest Hub Max. Priced at $299, the smart home hub will launch on November 13 in either a tabletop or wall-mounted configuration.