Apple’s latest addition to its device lineup, the HomeView, will hit store shelves this Friday, November 13, meaning there are only a few days left for you to score a discount when pre-ordering the device. Luckily, Amazon still has pre-orders available for $298.99. down from $299.00, but only their pricing AI knows exactly when the offer will end.
While $289.99 is admittedly only a savings of $9, it’s still the lowest price we’ve seen on the HomeView since it was unveiled. Plus, that 9 bucks is\ better in your pocket than Apple’s or Amazon’s coffers.
Apple says the HomeView is “designed to be central to the home and personal to everyone in it.” The new smart home hub has a 7-inch Liquid Retina display, and provides entertainment, connection, and smart home management all in one place. Apple says the devices functions are all designed with privacy and security at the core, whether it’s playing music, making FaceTime calls, monitoring your home, or controlling hands-free automations with voice control.
HomeView can recognize users by their faces, allowing user to securely access their personal content in Messages, FaceTime, Calendar, Reminders, and Find My. HomeView features Siri AI, the new, more capable, and more conversational version of Siri that we have waited for, lo these many years. When paired with an Apple Intelligence-enabled device, HomeView can tap into a user’s personal context, such as their Calendar, Messages, and relevant information across their apps, to provide more helpful, personalized responses.
HomeView is designed to fit in any space, and it can be placed on a tabletop or be wall-mounted to fit in spaces like an entryway or a hallway. The table model’s aluminum design boasts a 7-inch Liquid Retina display and a domed speaker base connected by a stainless steel hinge that allows user to tilt the screen for comfortable viewing on tabletops of any height. Apple says the HomeView will fit in on a kitchen counter, nightstand, or side table. The new smart home hub is available in four colors — silver, starlight, rose pink, and space gray — and each color option includes a matching cable.
It features adaptive display technologies, including True Tone, to react to changing light during the day. Automatic brightness adjusts from 500 nits, bright enough to be easy to see even in a brightly sunlit room, down to just 0.3 nits, making it ideal for use on the nightstand. The HomeView’s control interface intelligently adjusts based on the user’s distance, showing simple information that’s easily viewable from across the room, while providing more details as the user steps closer.
Amazon still has pre-orders available for $298.99. Be sure to move fast if you want to score the discount, small as it may be.
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