Apple held a product experience conference in New York, released the HomeView smart home hub equipped with AI voice assistant, and launched the new Apple TV 4K and HomePod mini 2, aiming to further expand the smart home market layout.
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Apple is trying to compete more directly with rivals like Amazon and Google in the smart home space with a series of new product launches.
China News Service, New York, October 13 (Reporter Wang Fan) On the 13th, Apple held a "Welcome Home" themed product experience conference in New York and released new products such as the HomeView home hub equipped with artificial intelligence voice assistant to further expand its smart home product layout.
According to reports, HomeView is a device equipped with a 7-inch display and a smart home hub function. It can be placed on the desktop or installed on the wall. The device can recognize up to 6 family members. Users can control home facilities such as lights, thermostats, smart door locks, and cameras through the touch screen or voice commands. They can also use it to make video calls, play music and videos, display photos, and use applications such as calendars, messages, memos, and reminders.
The artificial intelligence voice assistant equipped with HomeView can answer various questions and perform operations across applications. Users can have conversations with them and continue previous interactions on mobile phones, smart watches and other devices.
Greg Joswiak, Apple's senior vice president of global marketing, said that as a product that can be shared by the whole family, HomeView can provide a personalized experience for each family member, displaying corresponding content according to different users while focusing on privacy protection.
The starting price of HomeView in the US market is US$299. It is available for pre-order from now on and will be officially released on November 13.
On the same day, Apple also launched the new Apple TV 4K set-top box and HomePod mini 2 speaker, and cooperated with LG Electronics and Schneider Electric to launch smart products such as cameras, video doorbells, door locks and thermostats.
Bloomberg reported that this layout marks Apple’s further entry into the smart home market that companies such as Amazon and Google have been cultivating for many years. From a pricing perspective, the starting price of HomeView is higher than similar products from the above two companies. Apple hopes to use this product to further expand artificial intelligence application scenarios. The launch is also part of a series of new product launches by Apple since CEO John Ternus took over in September.
Apple has released its first foldable screen phone iPhone Duo in September, as well as new products such as iPhone 18 Pro series mobile phones, smart watches and headphones. The company also plans to release a MacBook Pro laptop with a touch screen and an upgraded iPad mini tablet in late October.
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