Apple Welcome Home: HomeView at $299, HomePod mini 2, and a $299 Apple TV 4K

Apple used its October 13 Welcome Home event to unveil three first-party devices: Apple HomeView, HomePod mini 2, and a fourth-generation Apple TV 4K. Pre-orders are open today in the United States and other launch markets, with ship dates staggered through late October and mid-November.

The lineup largely tracks Mark Gurman's mid-November HomeView timing, though Apple named the display HomeView rather than HomePad and set Apple TV availability for November 13 alongside HomeView, not October 30.

HomeView: $299 smart display with face recognition and Siri AI

Apple Newsroom introduces HomeView as a 7-inch Liquid Retina smart display built around Siri AI and Apple Intelligence. The tabletop model connects the screen to a domed speaker base with a stainless steel hinge for tilt. Colors are silver, starlight, rose pink, and space gray. A wall-mounted model in space gray and silver uses Schneider Home mounts.

Key details from Apple:

• Display: 7-inch Liquid Retina with True Tone; up to 500 nits, down to 0.3 nits
• Recognition: face recognition for up to six people, with personalized Home Screens and private personal content
• Chip: A18, with Secure Exclaves for camera and microphone processing
• Audio: Spatial Audio drivers in the display plus a woofer and force-cancelling radiators in the base
• Camera: 12MP Center Stage for FaceTime
• Price: $299 for both tabletop and wall-mounted models
• Availability: pre-order today; available beginning Friday, November 13 (Singapore pre-orders open October 15)

HomeView is not for sale in the European Union while Siri AI remains unavailable in iOS there.

HomePod mini 2: $149, S10, Sound Glow, ships October 30

HomePod mini 2 keeps the familiar compact shape and adds the Apple S10 chip for real-time computational audio. Sound Glow turns the top into a light canvas that pulses with music and album artwork. Colors are pink, green, blue, white, and midnight.

Paired with the new Apple TV 4K, up to four HomePod mini 2 speakers (or matching HomePod 2nd generation pairs) can form a calibrated four-speaker surround setup. Siri AI arrives later via a free software update; voice recognition covers up to six household users when paired with an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone or iPad.

• Price: $149
• Pre-order: today
• Availability: Friday, October 30

Apple TV 4K (4th generation): A19, hands-free Siri, $299 single SKU

The new Apple TV 4K runs on the A19 chip, adds three far-field microphones for hands-free Siri, and ships as a single 128GB configuration with Wi-Fi 7, Gigabit Ethernet, Thread, and Matter hub support. U.S. pricing is $299, a sharp jump from the prior generation's dual SKUs most recently at $199 and $249, as MacRumors notes.

The updated Siri Remote adds Find My with Precision Finding and a play-a-sound option. Siri AI content discovery launches in beta on the new box and on Apple TV 4K (2nd generation or later).

• Price: $299 (or $49.83 per month for six months via Apple Card Monthly Installments where available)
• Pre-order: today
• Availability: Friday, November 13

Also confirmed: Apple Home Collection

Apple also introduced Apple Home Collection cameras, thermostats, and a lock designed with LG Electronics and Schneider Electric, with availability starting in December and some accessories in early 2027. That program lines up with earlier second-party reporting already covered on this desk.

Pricing and ship dates at a glance

• HomePod mini 2: $149 — pre-order now, ships October 30
• HomeView / HomeView (Wall Mounted): $299 — pre-order now, available November 13
• Apple TV 4K (4th gen, 128GB): $299 — pre-order now, available November 13

Sources

• Apple Newsroom, "Meet Apple HomeView," October 13, 2026
• Apple Newsroom, "Apple announces the next generation of HomePod mini," October 13, 2026
• Apple Newsroom, "Apple unveils the new Apple TV 4K," October 13, 2026
• 9to5Mac, Chance Miller, "Apple unveils new HomeView smart display," October 13, 2026
• MacRumors, Juli Clover, "Apple Announces $149 HomePod Mini 2," October 13, 2026
• MacRumors, Joe Rossignol, "New Apple TV 4K Announced With A19 Chip," October 13, 2026
• MacRumors, "Apple TV 4K is Now Even More Expensive, 128GB Model Priced at $299," October 13, 2026