Apple's HomeView smart display reaches stores on Friday, but Belgian customers will have to do without it for now
The fourth-generation Apple TV 4K also ships from 13 November, while Apple will not sell the display in the European Union as long as Siri AI is missing there.
Apple starts delivering HomeView and the new Apple TV 4K on Friday 13 November, MacRumors reports. Both devices were unveiled on 13 October and have been available to order since then. HomeView is a 7-inch smart display for watching media and controlling the home. It recognises up to six household members by their face, each with their own home screen, and comes as a tabletop model and a wall-mounted model, both for 299 dollars. The wall model needs a separate mount.
The new Apple TV 4K gets an A19 chip, the new Siri AI assistant, 128 GB of storage and a remote that can be located with Find My. It also costs 299 dollars, MacRumors writes.
HomeView goes on sale in eight countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and India. The European Union, and therefore Belgium, misses out. According to Make Tech Easier and Glitchwire, Apple says the display is not for sale in the EU because Siri AI is not yet available in iOS there. Glitchwire points to a dispute with European regulators over whether rival assistants must get the same deep access to user data as Siri. Apple has given no date for Europe.