If your Apple TV or HomePod mini is showing its age, Apple has just replaced both – plus a range of cameras, locks, and thermostats to go with them. In a huge overhaul of its home products, there’s also the eye-catching new HomeView, a $299 smart display we wrote about in more detail already. Whether you actually need to upgrade is another story – every one of them is built around Siri AI, and you’ll pay a lot more for the privilege.
Here’s what Apple announced at its Welcome Home launch on October 13, 2026.
HomeView
The headline act is Apple HomeView, a $299 smart display with a 7-inch screen on a hinged speaker base. It recognizes up to six people by face, shows camera feeds and smart home controls, and handles FaceTime, music, and recipes.
Apple TV 4K
The first new Apple TV 4K in four years gets an A19 chip, with a CPU up to 50% faster than before. Three built-in long-range microphones mean you can talk to Siri without picking up the remote, and Siri AI can answer questions about whatever you’re watching. You can also build a four-speaker surround system using HomePod mini or HomePod speakers, and the Siri Remote can now play a sound when it gets lost in the couch.
It costs $299 for a single 128GB model with Ethernet, arriving November 13. That’s a huge jump: the Apple TV 4K started this year at $129, rose to $199 in June’s price hikes, and has now more than doubled in less than a year. AppleInsider didn’t mince words, calling it “just not reasonable,” and I agree. Why would I pay so much more just so I can speak to Siri from across the room?
HomePod mini
The new HomePod mini costs $149, up from $129, and comes in five colors. That feels like a more reasonable price change. It has a new S10 chip, lights on top that pulse along with your music, support for Apple TV surround sound, and it can double as a Mac speaker. It also listens for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. There’s no specific claim that the audio is measurably better quality, though you can now pair multiple HomePods together. It’s available October 30, but Siri AI won’t arrive until a later software update.
Apple Home Collection
Apple has also teamed up with LG and Schneider Electric on the Apple Home Collection, a range of accessories you set up with a single tap on your iPhone. It includes a video doorbell ($250), indoor and outdoor cameras (from $200), a floodlight cam ($400), a smart deadbolt that unlocks as you approach ($350), plus thermostats ($200) and room sensors ($40).
The cameras can recognize faces, pets, and packages, but recordings need an iCloud+ plan – 50GB covers one camera, 200GB up to five, and 2TB unlimited. Most of the range arrives in December, with the rest in early 2027. The cameras and doorbell are coming to the US, Canada, and the UK, while the lock and thermostats are US and Canada only.
Siri AI everywhere
Apple is clearly using this launch to cram Siri AI into everything it can. On HomeView, that makes sense – a smarter assistant is the whole reason it exists. On the Apple TV, it’s much harder to justify. It still plays shows more or less as well as the old model, which cost less than half as much at the start of the year, and a smarter Siri isn’t worth an extra $170 to most people. And I know it’s nothing new, but I’m not crazy to put yet another product with an always-on mic into the house.
It’s also not the finished article. Siri AI launches in beta, works only in English in eight countries (and not at all in the EU), and Apple says some features have daily usage limits, with expanded access costing extra in the future. If you’re happy with your current Apple TV, there’s little reason to rush.