
蘋果推出 7 吋 HomeView 智慧顯示器,定價 299 美元,旨在成為家庭生活中樞,整合娛樂、通訊與智慧家庭控制,但因價格高於競品、相容性未完全保證、Siri AI 仍處 Beta 階段且台灣未列首波開賣地區,引發外媒與消費者對其實用性與購買價值的質疑。
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蘋果推出 HomeView 智慧顯示器,定價 299 美元,配備 7 吋 Liquid Retina 螢幕,整合音樂播放、FaceTime 通話、居家監控與語音控制功能,定位為智慧家庭中樞。
蘋果推出 HomeView,作為智慧家庭生活中樞。(圖/Apple)
蘋果(Apple)在昨晚推出 HomeView,以成為家中的生活中樞為設計理念,藉由 7 吋 Liquid Retina 顯示器,將娛樂、聯繫和智慧家庭管理集中一處,從播放音樂、進行 FaceTime 通話,到居家監控,以及透過語音控制免手動操作自動化功能,展現 Apple 搶攻智慧家庭的決心,不過綜合外媒報導,也發現 HomeView 的明顯缺點,包含相容性、性價比等。
外媒指出,HomeView 美國定價 299 美元,高於 Amazon Echo Show 8(199.99 美元)與 Google Nest Hub(99.99 美元),如果主要用途只是查看時間、天氣、播放音樂和控制燈光,消費者可能會認為不值得花這麼多錢。
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如果消費者家中可能已經有不同品牌的燈泡、攝影機、冷氣、門鎖及感測器,即使 Apple Home 支援大量配件與 Matter 標準,也不能直接假設每項產品的所有功能都能整合,換機或添購設備前,仍須逐一確認相容性。
HomeView 最大賣點之一是新一代 Siri AI,但發表時仍有部分功能處於 Beta 測試階段。它能否準確理解複雜指令、連續執行多項家電操作,以及在日常使用中維持穩定表現,都需要等正式上市後的實際測試。
此外 Siri AI 初期支援語言以英文為主,支援地區也有限,台灣不在首波開賣的行列裡,對於仍想在第一時間購買 HomeView 的台灣消費者而言,HomeView 相關服務可能無法完全比照發表會展示效果,是購買前須考量的部分。
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