Apple’s first smart display, the $299 HomeView, has been put through a week of testing by The Verge senior smart home reviewer Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, who evaluated both the tabletop and wall-mounted versions. Tuohy tested the device on her kitchen counter, bedside table, in her office and on her coffee table, and also mounted one as a smart home control panel in her entryway, according to her account published Nov. 12, 2026.
The review covered cooking with the device, running a smart home from it, taking calls on it and testing its new Siri AI capabilities, Tuohy wrote. She also gave her family access to the HomeView, and reported that her tech-averse husband was a big fan while her teenage daughter was less enthusiastic.
Tuohy is a senior reviewer with more than twenty years of experience, covering smart home, IoT and connected tech, according to the article. She has written previously for Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, BBC and US News, and stated that she has tested every smart display Amazon and Google have ever made. The HomeView is Apple’s first entry in that category.
The review was published in The Verge’s Gadgets section and carries a photo credit to Hunter McRae for The Verge. It is presented as an interactive question-and-answer format inviting readers to ask Tuohy about the device.
No pricing outside the $299 figure, specifications, availability details or release date beyond the publication date appeared in the source article. The piece did not include a final verdict or rating for the HomeView, and no benchmark results or sales figures were provided.
The article also made no reference to US carrier partnerships, retail availability or regulatory matters connected to the HomeView. For a US technology audience, the review is notable as the first independent assessment of Apple’s entry into a smart display market long dominated by Amazon and Google, though the source article did not draw that comparison beyond Tuohy’s testing history.
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