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The First Thing You’ll Want to Do With Apple’s $299 HomeView Is Also the One Thing It Won’t Let You Do Right on the Screen

Apple HomeView supports Spotify, Audible, and other third-party apps, but only through a CarPlay-style link to a nearby ...
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There’s Something Infuriating About Apple’s New Home Theater Setup When the HomePods You Already Paid For Still Work Just Fine

Apple’s new Apple TV 4K can now connect to four HomePods at once, letting you build a surround sound system with Apple ...
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Apple Finally Lets You Talk to Your TV Without a Remote, but There’s Something About Those Microphones Worth Knowing First

The new Apple TV 4K adds built-in far-field microphones for hands-free Siri, but at $299 it costs twice what the previous ...
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That $299 Apple TV You Were Thinking of Buying Might Be a Waste of Money if Siri Is the Only Reason You Wanted to Upgrade

Apple says second- and third-generation Apple TV 4K models will get Siri AI in tvOS 27.2 beta, but there's a catch involving ...
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Nobody Wants to Read Your Life Story Before Making Dinner, and Apple’s New $299 HomeView Might Finally Do Something About It

Apple HomeView's guided recipe mode works only with Safari-based recipes, leaving third-party app users without support when ...
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The Apple TV 4K Went From $129 to $299 in One Year, and Apple Just Took Away the Cheaper Option That Made It Easier to Buy

Apple's new fourth-gen Apple TV 4K costs $299, up from $129 at the start of 2026. It now comes in one configuration only, ...
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I Thought Amazon and Google Had Smart Home Screens Figured Out Until Apple’s New $299 HomeView Made Me Question Everything

Apple's HomeView is a $299 smart home hub with a 7-inch display, Siri AI, face recognition for up to six users, and a ...
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The New $299 Apple TV 4K Has a Trick I’ve Wanted for Years, but I’m Still Struggling to Justify Paying $170 More for the Upgrade

Apple's fourth-generation Apple TV 4K arrives with an A19 chip, hands-free Siri, and a Find My-enabled remote, but costs $299 ...
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Not Every HomeView Buyer Gets the Same Siri Experience, Even After Paying Apple $299 for the Exact Same Smart Home Device

Apple HomeView requires an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone or iPad for personal context Siri features, HomeKit Secure Video ...
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The Best Reason to Buy Apple’s New $299 TV Box Is Coming to Older Models for Free, and That Makes the Upgrade Harder to Sell

Apple Intelligence arrives on Apple TV with Siri AI, bringing in-playback questions, personalized show recommendations, and ...
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Your Indoor Security Camera Shouldn’t Watch You All Day, and Apple’s New $199.95 Model Has an Answer I Didn’t Expect to See

Apple's Home Collection with LG and Schneider Electric includes cameras, a UWB deadbolt, and thermostats starting at $199.95, ...
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4 Privacy Features in Apple’s $299 HomeView That Keep Family From Accidentally Seeing the Messages You’d Rather Keep Private

Apple HomeView uses face recognition, Secure Exclaves, and Private Cloud Compute to keep personal content private on its new ...