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Six Years for a New HomePod Mini, and Apple Wants $149 for a Speaker That Looks Almost Exactly Like the One You Already Own

The HomePod mini 2 adds Wi-Fi 6E, Mac speaker support, and surround sound for $149. Here's whether it's worth the upgrade ...
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You Might Laugh at the Idea of Spending $299 Just to Watch Snoopy on a Screen, Until You See What Apple’s Made Him Do All Day

Apple HomeView launches November 13 with seven display faces including Snoopy animations, a live nine-camera feed, and a photo frame mode with depth effects.
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The Most Painful Part of Breaking Apple’s New $299 HomeView Might Be Realizing You Could Buy Another One for Just $20 More

Apple HomeView repair fees are $39 with AppleCare+ or $279 without. Here's what coverage costs and why the math matters for this shared home device.
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The First Thing You’ll Want to Do With Apple’s $299 HomeView Is Also the One Thing It Won’t Let You Do Right on the Screen

Apple HomeView supports Spotify, Audible, and other third-party apps, but only through a CarPlay-style link to a nearby ...
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There’s Something Infuriating About Apple’s New Home Theater Setup When the HomePods You Already Paid For Still Work Just Fine

Apple’s new Apple TV 4K can now connect to four HomePods at once, letting you build a surround sound system with Apple ...
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The fourth-gen Apple TV 4K adds four-HomePod surround sound, but it only works with current HomePod hardware and starts at $299.
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Apple Finally Lets You Talk to Your TV Without a Remote, but There’s Something About Those Microphones Worth Knowing First

The new Apple TV 4K adds built-in far-field microphones for hands-free Siri, but at $299 it costs twice what the previous ...
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Nobody Wants to Read Your Life Story Before Making Dinner, and Apple’s New $299 HomeView Might Finally Do Something About It

Apple HomeView's guided recipe mode works only with Safari-based recipes, leaving third-party app users without support when ...
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4 Privacy Features in Apple’s $299 HomeView That Keep Family From Accidentally Seeing the Messages You’d Rather Keep Private

Apple HomeView uses face recognition, Secure Exclaves, and Private Cloud Compute to keep personal content private on its new ...
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The Best Reason to Buy Apple’s New $299 TV Box Is Coming to Older Models for Free, and That Makes the Upgrade Harder to Sell

Apple Intelligence arrives on Apple TV with Siri AI, bringing in-playback questions, personalized show recommendations, and ...
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Not Every HomeView Buyer Gets the Same Siri Experience, Even After Paying Apple $299 for the Exact Same Smart Home Device

Apple HomeView requires an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone or iPad for personal context Siri features, HomeKit Secure Video ...
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Your Indoor Security Camera Shouldn’t Watch You All Day, and Apple’s New $199.95 Model Has an Answer I Didn’t Expect to See

Apple's Home Collection with LG and Schneider Electric includes cameras, a UWB deadbolt, and thermostats starting at $199.95, ...