We Tried Out Apple’s New HomeView Smart Display

Apple just announced its first smart display.

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It's called HomeView, and it's a seven-inch screen

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that kind of looks like a blown up Apple Watch.

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It costs 299 and it's available for pre-order now.

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And it's part of Apple's big push back into the smart home.

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So today, at this event in New York City,

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it also announced a new HomePod Mini 2

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There's also the Apple Home Collection,

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which is a bunch of smart home devices it made

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in collaboration with LG and Schneider Electric.

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The HomeView runs its own operating system

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and Apple says it comes in two versions,

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a wall-mounted version or one with a base

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that adds a little more oomph in the speaker

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You can customize the faces just like on an Apple Watch,

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and customizing what widgets show up on those lock screens.

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And these lock screens can range from snoopy animations,

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to weather updates, to even just your family photos.

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and you get a familiar experience very much like an iPhone

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or iPad, except there's no App Store.

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This is all a curated experience from Apple,

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so there's a select number of apps like Safari,

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And other apps can exist, for example,

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Original source: https://www.wired.com/