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Apple HomeView supports Spotify, Audible, and other third-party apps, but only through a CarPlay-style link to a nearby iPhone or iPad. No on-device App Store.
The fourth-gen Apple TV 4K adds four-HomePod surround sound, but it only works with current HomePod hardware and starts at $299.
The new Apple TV 4K adds built-in far-field microphones for hands-free Siri, but at $299 it costs twice what the previous model did.
Apple says second- and third-generation Apple TV 4K models will get Siri AI in tvOS 27.2 beta, but there’s a catch involving your iPhone or iPad.
Apple HomeView’s guided recipe mode works only with Safari-based recipes, leaving third-party app users without support when the device launches November 13.
Apple’s fourth-generation Siri Remote adds Find My and Precision Finding for $59, but the locating feature requires an iPhone 17 or newer to work.
Apple’s wall-mounted HomeView carries the same $299 price as the speaker model but drops the woofer and requires a separate mount starting at $60.
Apple HomeView uses face recognition, Secure Exclaves, and Private Cloud Compute to keep personal content private on its new smart home hub.
Apple Intelligence arrives on Apple TV with Siri AI, bringing in-playback questions, personalized show recommendations, and HomeKit camera summaries via tvOS 27.2.
Apple HomeView requires an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone or iPad for personal context Siri features, HomeKit Secure Video search, and Siri voice customization.
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