HomeView switches to whoever walks up to it. It knows up to six people by face and voice, so everyone gets their own home screen, and "play music" plays from the right person's library.
Your Messages and Calendar only appear when it recognizes you and your paired iPhone or iPad is nearby and recently unlocked. Guests still get music, timers and the lights. Simple rule, easy to trust!
Whether it earns a spot on the counter is up to Siri AI. Would love to get through the little things at home without having to pick up my phone every time :)
I guess we had to wait for Apple's take on Amazon Echo Show, but it looks like it was worth it.
Place the unit against a backing wall rather than on an open kitchen island. The acoustic bounce improves the bass response significantly when listening to music while cooking.
Wait so does this thing have to stay plugged into the wall or is there an internal battery?
Congrats to the Apple team, and thanks Zac for the hunt. Tying Messages and Calendar to both face or voice recognition and a recently unlocked iPhone nearby is a clear privacy rule. What happens when two recognized family members are standing at the counter together? Does HomeView fall back to the guest view, or pick one person's screen and risk showing their calendar to the other?
The face-and-voice recognition per person is the detail I find most interesting. I work on a voice AI that phones aging parents every day, and the hardest part has been getting older users to trust a voice they can't see. Does HomeView let a guest or a family member check in on someone's home screen remotely, or is everything strictly local to whoever is standing in front of it? Curious how you are thinking about shared households with an older adult.
About Apple HomeView on Product Hunt
“A new way to stay connected, and manage the home”
Apple HomeView launched on Product Hunt on October 15th, 2026 and earned 211 upvotes and 6 comments, earning #3 Product of the Day. Apple HomeView is a smart display with Siri AI, Liquid Retina display, high-fidelity audio, FaceTime, smart home controls, built-in privacy, and more.
Apple HomeView was featured in Home (170.4k followers) and Apple (15.6k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 17.3k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Apple HomeView?
Apple HomeView was hunted by Zac Zuo. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Zac Zuo
Hi everyone!
HomeView switches to whoever walks up to it. It knows up to six people by face and voice, so everyone gets their own home screen, and "play music" plays from the right person's library.
Your Messages and Calendar only appear when it recognizes you and your paired iPhone or iPad is nearby and recently unlocked. Guests still get music, timers and the lights. Simple rule, easy to trust!
Whether it earns a spot on the counter is up to Siri AI. Would love to get through the little things at home without having to pick up my phone every time :)