Apple HomeView Australia: price, date and Siri AI

Apple has announced three products for the home, and Australia is in the first group of countries for all of them. The new one is Apple HomeView, a 7-inch smart display for a kitchen bench or a wall. Alongside it are a new Apple TV 4K and HomePod mini 2.

Pre-orders opened on 14 October. The prices are simple. The fine print on Siri AI and on the wall-mounted model is not, and it is worth reading before you order.

Prices and dates

Product	Australian RRP, including GST	On sale
Apple HomeView	A$449	Friday 13 November
Apple HomeView (Wall Mounted)	A$449, mount and power sold separately	Friday 13 November
Apple TV 4K (4th generation)	A$449	Friday 13 November
HomePod mini 2	A$229	Friday 30 October
Siri Remote (4th generation), bought separately	A$89 (Apple store price)	Not stated

Apple’s US releases list US$299 for HomeView and Apple TV 4K, and US$149 for HomePod mini 2. Budget from the Australian prices, not a conversion.

HomeView: a shared screen that knows who is looking

The tabletop HomeView is a square display on a hinge above a domed speaker base. It comes in silver, starlight, rose pink and space grey. The wall-mounted version has the same display, in space grey or silver.

The tabletop HomeView comes in silver, starlight, rose pink and space grey, each at A$449.Image: Apple

Apple says HomeView recognises up to six people by their faces and shows each of them their own Messages, FaceTime, Calendar, Reminders and Find My. It also controls smart home accessories, shows camera feeds, makes FaceTime calls and plays music.

Three things to know before buying:

It needs an iPhone or iPad. The store page says HomeView requires an iPhone with iOS 27.2 or later, or an iPad with iPadOS 27.2 or later. Each enrolled household member must have an Apple Account and an iPhone or iPad running the latest software.
Personal content depends on that device. Apple says content in apps such as Messages and Calendar appears only when the enrolled person is recognised by their face and their paired iPhone or iPad “is present and has been recently unlocked”.
Some apps come from your iPhone. Apple names no third-party apps. It says HomeView supports “compatible third-party audio and video apps”, and that some need a paired iPhone nearby.

On privacy, Apple says camera and microphone data is processed in isolated environments it calls Secure Exclaves, and that this data “cannot be accessed by the HomeView software, apps, the user, or Apple”. That is Apple’s description. We haven’t tested the device.

Welcome Apple HomeView: Designed for life at home. Apple's launch film for HomeView.Video: Apple on YouTube

The wall-mounted model costs more than A$449

The tabletop HomeView includes a 30W power adapter and a 1.5 metre USB-C cable. The wall-mounted model includes neither, and no mount. Apple’s specifications say a compatible wall mount, USB-C cable and power adapter of at least 20W are “each sold separately”.

Apple sells three mounts made by Schneider Home:

Power Mount USB-C Wall Connector, from A$94.95. It screws to the wall, has a 2 metre cable and needs no electrician. It needs a USB-C power adapter, sold separately.
Power Mount AC Wired, from A$124.95. It is wired into mains power and sits flush. Its product page says the mains wiring requires a qualified electrician, and elsewhere recommends a licensed one.
Power Mount PoE Wired, A$199.95. It takes power and network over one Ethernet cable, and needs Power over Ethernet wiring in the home. Apple says it arrives in early 2027.

On our arithmetic, a basic wall setup from Apple comes to A$572.95: the display, the USB-C mount and Apple’s 20W adapter at A$29.

Apple TV 4K: one model, and Siri AI for older boxes too

The new Apple TV 4K comes as a single model with 128GB of storage, Ethernet and Wi-Fi 7, according to its specifications. It has an A19 chip and three microphones, so you can talk to Siri without the remote. An HDMI cable is not included.

The new Apple TV 4K with the fourth-generation Siri Remote, which adds Precision Finding.Image: Apple

If you already own an Apple TV 4K, check two things before upgrading. Apple says Siri AI is also coming to the Apple TV 4K (2nd generation) or later. And the new Siri Remote, which adds Precision Finding and can play a sound to help you find it, is sold separately for A$89 and works with every Apple TV 4K and the Apple TV HD. Apple says Find My support also covers the second-generation Siri Remote or later, and that Precision Finding needs an iPhone Duo, iPhone Air, or iPhone 17 or later, excluding the iPhone 17e.

One feature does need the new box. Surround sound through HomePods requires four HomePod (2nd generation) or HomePod mini 2 speakers in matching front and rear pairs, with the fourth-generation Apple TV 4K. Four HomePod mini 2 speakers come to A$916 on our arithmetic, on top of the A$449 box.

HomePod mini 2: no Siri AI at launch

HomePod mini 2 comes in pink, green, blue, white and midnight. Apple lists an S10 chip, a top that glows in time with music, and the ability to act as a speaker for some Macs.

HomePod mini 2 comes in five colours at A$229 each.Image: Apple

Apple’s release says Siri AI is “coming to HomePod mini 2 in a future software update”, free, in English, with Australia on the list. It gives no date. If Siri AI is the reason you want one, there is no need to pre-order.

The Siri AI fine print

Siri AI is a beta on both HomeView and Apple TV 4K. Apple says it is available in English in Australia and seven other countries at launch.

For Apple TV 4K and HomePod mini 2, Apple’s footnotes say Siri AI requires the owner of the home in the Home app to have an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone or iPad with Siri AI turned on. On all three products, requests that draw on your personal information need a paired Apple Intelligence-enabled device.

Apple also says some features that rely on its servers have daily usage limits, and that “expanded access to such features will be available for a fee in the future”. It hasn’t said what that will cost.

What Australia doesn’t get yet

Apple also announced the Apple Home Collection: cameras, a video doorbell, a smart lock and thermostats made with LG and Schneider Electric. Apple says it starts arriving in December, with the cameras and doorbell in the US, Canada and the UK, and the lock and thermostats in the US and Canada only. The Australian release gives prices only in US dollars and no Australian date. The Schneider wall mounts for HomeView are on sale here, but none of those accessories are.

Apple’s Australian store page for HomeView says AppleCare cover can be bought four days after the device ships or is picked up. We reported the same rule for the iPhone Duo.

Checklist

Check your iPhone or iPad can run iOS 27.2 or iPadOS 27.2 before you order a HomeView. Apple’s store page lists that as a requirement.
Add up the full cost of the wall-mounted HomeView. The A$449 display needs a mount from A$94.95, and the USB-C mount also needs a power adapter of at least 20W.
Book a qualified electrician if you choose the Power Mount AC Wired. Apple’s product page says its mains wiring requires one, and recommends a licensed electrician.
Check which Apple TV 4K you own before upgrading. Apple says Siri AI is coming to the 2nd generation or later, and the new A$89 Siri Remote works with every Apple TV 4K.
Hold off on HomePod mini 2 if you want it for Siri AI. Apple says that arrives in a future software update and gives no date.
Count the speakers before you plan surround sound. It needs four HomePod (2nd generation) or HomePod mini 2 speakers in matching pairs, plus the new Apple TV 4K.