Apple will put two new products on sale on Friday, 13 November: the HomeView smart home display and the fourth-generation Apple TV 4K. Both cost $299 in the United States and £299 in the United Kingdom, and both have been available to pre-order since they were announced on 13 October.

The launch closes one of Apple's busiest hardware runs in years. The HomePod mini 2 arrived on 30 October, followed by new Macs and iPads on 6 November, and the two Friday releases are expected to be the company's final major hardware launches of 2026, ahead of the holiday shopping season.

HomeView: Apple's first smart home display

HomeView is Apple's first dedicated smart home display. It has a 7-inch Liquid Retina screen on a small speaker base, powered by the A18 chip and the new Siri AI assistant, which runs on Apple Intelligence. It is designed to sit in a shared space at home, where it can control smart home accessories, make FaceTime calls, play music, show photos and handle everyday tasks by voice.

The display can recognise up to six people by face, giving each household member a personalised Home Screen with their own messages, calendar, reminders and settings. Apple sells it in tabletop and wall-mounted versions, both starting at $299 in the US and £299 in the UK.

There is one notable gap at launch. HomeView will not be sold in the European Union, because Siri AI is currently unavailable on iOS in the region for regulatory reasons. Apple says it is working constructively with the EU to find a path forward, but has given no date for availability there.

Apple TV 4K: faster chip and hands-free Siri

The fourth-generation Apple TV 4K is built around Apple's A19 chip, which the company says delivers up to 50 per cent faster CPU performance and twice the graphics performance of the previous model. It also adds a dedicated AV1 decoder for more efficient streaming, and comes with 128GB of storage.

Siri AI is the headline change. The new box adds a conversational Siri experience, so viewers can search for films, ask follow-up questions and control playback in natural language. Three far-field microphones built into the box let it hear "Hey Siri" commands without the remote in hand.

The redesigned Siri Remote now supports Find My and Precision Finding, so a lost remote can be tracked down. The box also supports four-speaker surround sound when paired with compatible HomePod speakers. Like HomeView, the new Apple TV 4K costs $299 in the US and £299 in the UK.

A crowded autumn for Apple hardware

Apple announced both products on 13 October alongside the HomePod mini 2, which reached shops on 30 October. Since late August the company has announced more than 25 devices and accessories, including five new Macs and iPads that went on sale on 6 November.

With the two Friday launches, Apple is turning its attention from hardware to software, with its next wave of products expected in early 2027. For buyers, the choice on Friday is straightforward: a first smart display for the home, or a faster streaming box, both at the same $299 price. Full details are in MacRumors and The Mac Observer.