Apple HomeView Launched: Price, Pre-Order Date, Siri AI Features and Pakistan Availability
Apple has officially entered the smart home hub market. The company announced the Apple HomeView on October 13, 2026, at its “Welcome Home” event — a 7-inch touchscreen smart display that puts Siri AI at the centre of your home. It costs $299, pre-orders are already open, and it ships on November 13. Apple also…
Apple has officially entered the smart home hub market. The company announced the Apple HomeView on October 13, 2026, at its “Welcome Home” event — a 7-inch touchscreen smart display that puts Siri AI at the centre of your home. It costs $299, pre-orders are already open, and it ships on November 13. Apple also refreshed the HomePod mini and the Apple TV 4K on the same day, and announced a whole new line of Home Collection cameras and sensors built with LG and Schneider Electric.
If you are in Pakistan, here is the honest picture up front: Apple does not sell officially in Pakistan, so HomeView will not arrive through an official channel. It will reach local markets the same way every Apple product does — through grey-market importers — at an estimated Rs 84,000 to 95,000 once stock starts flowing in November and December. Everything else you need to know — specs, the two versions, Siri AI, and how it compares to Amazon and Google rivals — is below.
What is Apple HomeView?
HomeView is Apple’s first smart home hub — a direct answer to the Amazon Echo Hub and Google Nest Hub, both of which have been sitting on store shelves for years while Apple watched from the sidelines. The device combines a square 7-inch (1088 x 1088) Liquid Retina touchscreen with a domed aluminium speaker base, joined by a stainless steel hinge that lets you tilt the screen. The design deliberately echoes the classic iMac G4, and it comes in four colours: silver, starlight, rose pink and space gray.
A second version strips the base away entirely. The wall-mounted HomeView is just the screen unit — 9.8mm thin — in silver or space gray, hung on a purpose-built mount. Oddly, it costs the same $299, and the mounts themselves are sold separately, ranging from $59.95 to $129.95 depending on whether you want a USB-C, wired or PoE installation. Factor in a power adapter for the cheapest mount and the wall version quickly becomes the most expensive way to buy it.
Siri AI and the personal touch
Every new home device Apple announced is built around Siri AI, the rebuilt version of Siri. On HomeView it runs in beta at launch through HomeView software 27.2. The standout feature is facial recognition: the hub can recognise up to six people and show each one their own calendar, messages and reminders, while keeping personal context and conversations private. Shared photo albums and music stay accessible to everyone.
Beyond that it does what you would expect a 2026 smart display to do — FaceTime calls, up to nine camera feeds on screen at once, smart home controls for lights, locks and thermostats, and a genuinely useful trick that turns a web recipe into step-by-step cooking instructions. An A18 chip powers the whole thing.
HomePod mini 2: $149, ships October 30
The HomePod mini 2 is the earliest of the bunch to ship — October 30, with pre-orders open now at $149. It gets a new S10 chip and a new Sound Glow feature that reacts to music, and it now works as a Mac speaker. Four of them can be paired for surround sound with the new Apple TV 4K.
One catch: Siri AI is not on the HomePod mini 2 at launch. Apple says it will arrive via a future software update, in English, across the US, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa and the UK. The speaker comes in five colours — pink, green, blue, white and midnight — and will be sold in the US and more than 23 other countries and regions.
Apple TV 4K (4th generation): $299, ships November 13
The new Apple TV 4K costs $299 — the same as HomeView — and arrives November 13. Inside is an A19 chip, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, 128GB of storage and Gigabit Ethernet. The new Siri Remote adds Precision Finding (for the remote you will inevitably lose in the sofa), and built-in far-field microphones enable hands-free Siri. Siri AI arrives in beta with tvOS 27.2.
Home Collection: Apple’s own cameras and sensors
The quietest announcement may be the most strategic. Apple Home Collection is a brand-new line of smart home accessories built in collaboration with LG Electronics and Schneider Electric — video doorbells, indoor and outdoor cameras, a floodlight cam, a smart deadbolt lock, thermostats and room sensors. Prices run from $39.95 for a temperature sensor to $399.95 for the floodlight camera, with availability starting in December 2026 and some items in early 2027. Initially it is US and Canada only, with cameras and the doorbell also reaching the UK.
Apple HomeView price in Pakistan: the realistic estimate
Apple has never opened an official store in Pakistan, and HomeView is not on any official Pakistan launch list — the announced countries are the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, Singapore, with South Africa through authorised resellers. India being on the November 13 list matters for Pakistan: the product will be physically close, and importers in Lahore’s Hafeez Centre and Karachi’s mobile markets will bring it in within weeks of launch, as they do with every iPhone.
At $299, the rough math puts it near Rs 84,000 before the grey-market markup, so expect street prices between Rs 85,000 and 95,000 in the first wave. The wall-mounted version will cost more once you add a mount and adapter. One more honest note: Siri AI launches in beta in English only, and it is not available in the EU at all due to regulatory restrictions — buyers should check which Siri AI features work with a Pakistan-region Apple ID before paying a premium.
How it stacks up: Echo Hub vs Nest Hub vs HomeView
On paper, HomeView’s $299 price undercuts nothing — it matches the Apple TV 4K and sits above Amazon’s Echo Hub and Google’s Nest Hub. What Apple is selling is the ecosystem lock-in: if your home already runs on iPhone, the promise is a hub that recognises your face, keeps your data private on-device, and talks to the HomeKit accessories you may already own. The six-person facial recognition and per-user privacy model are genuinely ahead of what Amazon and Google offer. Whether that is worth $299 plus grey-market markup is the question Pakistani buyers will have to answer for themselves — and the answer depends entirely on how deep you already are in Apple’s world.
Frequently asked questions
When was Apple HomeView launched?
Apple announced HomeView on October 13, 2026, at its “Welcome Home” event in New York. Pre-orders opened the same day, and the device becomes available on November 13, 2026.
What is the Apple HomeView price in Pakistan?
There is no official Pakistan price because Apple does not sell officially in Pakistan. At $299 internationally, grey-market importers are expected to price it between roughly Rs 85,000 and 95,000 once stock arrives in late November and December 2026.
When will HomeView be available in Pakistan?
No official date exists. Based on how previous Apple products arrive, expect grey-market units in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad within a few weeks of the November 13 international launch.
What is the difference between the two HomeView models?
The tabletop model sits on a domed speaker base with a tilting hinge and comes in four colours. The wall-mounted model is just the 9.8mm screen unit in two colours, needs a separately sold mount ($59.95 to $129.95), and costs the same $299.
Does HomeView have Siri AI?
Yes — Siri AI runs in beta on HomeView at launch via HomeView software 27.2. The HomePod mini 2 gets Siri AI later through a future software update. Siri AI is English-only at launch and not available in the EU.
What is the HomePod mini 2 price and release date?
The HomePod mini 2 costs $149, with pre-orders open now and availability starting October 30, 2026. It comes in pink, green, blue, white and midnight with a new S10 chip.
