On October 13 (local time), Apple unveiled HomeView, a home hub with a 7-inch display. A home hub is a device that controls things around the house — lights, door locks, cameras — from one screen and by voice. It launches first in eight countries including the US on November 13, but Korea and Japan aren’t among them. Apple didn’t say why it left out the two countries, but a footnote on the product page states that Siri AI will be available in English first.

Three HomeView units with screens on Three HomeView units with screens on — Source: Apple

First-wave launch countries

Region First-wave countries
North America US, Canada
Europe UK
Oceania Australia, New Zealand
Asia India, Singapore
Africa South Africa
Excluded Korea, Japan, EU

The first wave, as SBS Biz reported citing Bloomberg, is eight countries; preorders opened on the day of the announcement and in-store sales begin November 13. Korea and Japan were left out of the first wave, and no later schedule has been announced.

As of October 15, Apple’s US site has a HomeView product page, but the same page on the Korean (apple.com/kr) and Japanese (apple.com/jp) sites doesn’t open. Apple’s India store has a purchase page open, priced at about ₩638,000 (₹39,900).

Macworld and SBS Biz both reported that Apple said it won’t sell HomeView in the EU because Siri AI isn’t available on iOS there.

Siri AI starts in English

Siri AI reading the calendar to answer Siri AI reading the calendar to answer — Source: Apple

A footnote on the Apple HomeView product page says HomeView’s Siri AI will be “available in English first,” and it’s in beta in HomeView software 27.2. All eight first-wave countries use English as an official language or widely.

Korean Siri AI isn’t generally available yet. Korean, Japanese, French, Portuguese, and Spanish were added starting with iOS 27.2 beta 1, released September 16, and Apple has said these languages would roll out generally in October. Korea and Japan, left out of the first wave, are among the language regions Siri AI will support this time, but Apple has never given this as the reason for excluding them.

The language issue isn’t minor, because many of HomeView’s core features depend on Siri AI support. Personal-context requests that find information in Messages, Mail, and Calendar to answer require a paired iPhone or iPad with Apple Intelligence turned on, and that device’s Siri AI must be set to a supported language.

HomeView specs

Home screen that recognizes users by face Home screen that recognizes users by face — Source: Apple

Item HomeView
Display 7-inch square Liquid Retina
Chip A18
Camera 12MP Center Stage
Microphones Four, beamforming
Brightness Up to 500 nits, as low as 0.3 nits
Face recognition Up to 6 people

Macworld reported the display resolution as 1088 × 1088. The stand model attaches the screen to a round base containing a speaker, with an adjustable angle, and comes in four colors: silver, starlight, rose pink, and space gray.

It recognizes up to six family members by face and shows each person’s home screen, apps, and widgets. For personal information to appear, the face has to be recognized and that person’s iPhone or iPad must be on the same Wi-Fi and recently unlocked. People who aren’t recognized can still control accessories such as lights and use weather, timers, and music playback.

Apple says camera and microphone data is processed in Secure Exclaves inside the A18, inaccessible to both the operating system and Apple. It also detects the sound of smoke and carbon monoxide alarms and alerts your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.

Price and mounting options

Wall-mounted HomeView Wall-mounted HomeView — Source: Apple

The US price is $299 (₩419,000) for both the stand and wall models. The wall model includes only the screen, so you buy a power mount separately, in three types.

  • USB-C wall connector mount: $59.95 (₩84,000), 20W or higher power adapter sold separately
  • AC wired mount: $79.95 (₩112,000), launching early 2027
  • PoE wired mount: $129.95 (₩182,000), powered over a single network cable

US purchase cost by mounting option US purchase cost by mounting option — Source: self-rendered from Apple US pricing

The wall model adds roughly ₩80,000–180,000 in mount costs to the same screen, so even if it launches in Korea, the actual price will depend on how you install it.

What to check in Korea

Apple’s India purchase page says HomeView requires iOS 27.2 or later on iPhone and iPadOS 27.2 or later on iPad. Korean Siri AI is supported in the same 27.2 release, so the first checkpoint for gauging a Korean launch is the general release of iOS 27.2.

Accessories such as lights and door locks must be HomeKit or Matter (a common standard connecting smart home devices from different companies) devices managed by the Home app. For smart home devices sold in Korea, you can check HomeView compatibility in advance by looking for the “Works with Apple Home” label on the packaging.

The Apple Home Collection (camera, thermostat, door lock) previewed alongside it is listed on Apple’s page only as “coming later,” with no country information.

Summary

Apple HomeView announcement summary Apple HomeView announcement summary — Source: summary of this post · self-rendered

Korea was in the first launch wave for the iPhone but isn’t on HomeView’s first list. Since HomeView’s personalized features start on the premise of English Siri AI, a Korean schedule is likely to be announced only after Korean Siri AI is officially supported. Apple hasn’t announced any schedule yet.

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