Apple HomeView, the $299 home screen built around Siri AI, went on sale on 13 November, 31 days after Apple announced it, by our count. Apple’s Newsroom update lists seven countries that can order it from apple.com: Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Singapore, the UK and the U.S. South Africa, per Apple’s 13 October release, gets it through resellers, for eight in all.
The European Union is still out. The update repeats the October sentence word for word: “Apple HomeView is not available for sale in the European Union, as Siri AI is currently unavailable in iOS in the EU”. Tim Cook marked the day on X at 15:00 UTC: “Apple HomeView is available today!”
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The key insight: As we read Apple’s two releases, the launch changed the date and the store list but not the European position: the EU sentence is identical after 31 days, by our count, and the device that depends most on Siri AI is the one Apple will not sell there.
There are two models at the same price. The tabletop HomeView costs $299 (U.S.) in silver, starlight, rose pink and space gray; HomeView (Wall Mounted) costs $299 (U.S.) in space gray and silver. Apple says both are sold at Apple Store locations, on the Apple Store online and in the Apple Store app “in select regions”.
The wall modelneeds a mount from Schneider Home. Power Mount USB-C Wall Connector starts at $59.95 and Power Mount AC Wired at $79.95, both orderable now; Power Mount PoE Wired is listed for “early 2027” at $129.95. With a mount, the wall model comes to $358.95, $378.95 or $428.95, by our arithmetic.
Countries where Apple HomeView is sold from 13 November 2026, by sales route: seven through apple.com and Apple Stores, South Africa through Apple Authorized Resellers, none in the European Union. Our count from Apple’s 13 October and 13 November releases. Source: Apple Newsroom.U.S. price of Apple HomeView, and of the wall-mounted model with each Schneider Home mount ($59.95, $79.95, and $129.95 for the PoE mount due in early 2027). Totals are FourWeekMBA’s arithmetic. Source: Apple Newsroom, 13 November 2026.
What Was Posted on X
Intelligence, entertainment, and connection that’s personal to every user in your home… Apple HomeView is available today!
Apple CEO Tim Cook announced the launch on X at 15:00 UTC on 13 November. The piece uses it only to mark the on-sale date; prices, countries and the EU position come from Apple’s Newsroom.
What Siri AI Does on It
Apple describes Siri AI as “an entirely new version of Siri that is profoundly more capable and conversational”. The update says it has onscreen awareness, can draw on a user’s Calendar, Messages and app data when HomeView is paired with an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone or iPad, and can “take action across apps”.
HomeView “recognizes up to six people by face” and shows each one’s personal content. Apple’s footnotes add two limits: “Siri AI is available in beta in HomeView software version 27.2”, and “Certain Apple Intelligence features that rely on server-side models are subject to daily usage limits”. The same footnote says “Expanded access to such features will be available for a fee in the future”.
Eight Countries, One Language
Siri AI on HomeView works in English in eight countries: the U.S., Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa and the UK. They are the same eight where the device is sold, by our count. Apple says Canadian French “will be offered later via a free software update”; no other language is listed.
The country list moved slightly between the two releases. In October, Singapore pre-orders opened two days after the others, by our count, and South Africa was routed through Apple Authorized Resellers; on 13 November Singapore joined the apple.com list. Our 13 October piece covered the announcement, and our 8 November piece covered code hints of chatbot apps for the device.
The EU Sentence, Unchanged
Apple’s explanation for Europe is the same in both releases: Siri AI “is currently unavailable in iOS in the EU”, and “Apple is working constructively with the EU in an attempt to find a path forward”. In 31 days, by our count, the wording did not move.
The releases do not say what the obstacle is, which EU rule is involved, or when that could change. They also do not mention the rest of Europe outside the EU, such as Switzerland or Norway; neither is on the sale list.
The Structural Read
As we read the footnotes, HomeView ships with its central feature still labelled beta, and with server-side features capped daily; Apple says expanded access will cost a fee later, so part of the product’s economics is not yet priced.
As we read the country lists, sales follow Siri AI’s language support exactly: the eight countries where Siri AI runs in English on HomeView are the eight where the device is sold, by our count.
Apple Newsroom, Apple HomeView available today, 13 November 2026
“Apple is working constructively with the EU in an attempt to find a path forward.”
Three Implications
FOR BUYERS OUTSIDE THE EIGHT COUNTRIESApple’s releases give no date for other markets or languages beyond Canadian French.
FOR EU CUSTOMERSApple ties the exclusion to Siri AI being unavailable in iOS in the EU, not to the hardware.
FOR DEVELOPERS HomeView ships on software version 27.2 with Siri AI in beta, per Apple’s footnote.
The framework defines its distribution layer as “The surfaces through which AI reaches end users.”
As we read it, HomeView is Apple adding a surface in the home, and the EU exclusion shows that a surface reaches only the markets where the model behind it is allowed to run. The framework does not discuss HomeView.
What Is Not Established
Apple has not published pre-order or sales figures, and its releases give no date for an EU launch or for languages beyond English and Canadian French. Which server-side features carry daily limits, how large the limits are, and the price of the fee Apple mentions are not set out in the documents we read. We did not contact Apple for this piece.
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Apple HomeView went on sale on 13 November at $299 for either model, 31 days after its announcement, by our count: seven countries through apple.com, South Africa through resellers, Siri AI in English only and still in beta. The EU remains excluded with the same sentence Apple used in October; the next marker is Canadian French support, which Apple says will arrive later in a free software update.
A note on sourcing. We read Apple’s Newsroom update of 13 November 2026 in full, including its footnotes, and the pricing and availability section of Apple’s 13 October press release. Tim Cook’s X post is quoted from his account. The day count, country count and mount totals are our arithmetic. We did not contact Apple for this piece.
Gennaro Cuofano is a CRO and tech executive who has worked in AI since late 2015, starting with bringing NLP, natural-language generation, voice and chatbot products to the marketing industry. His background is in law and finance: he holds a Master's degree in Law and an International MBA with an emphasis on corporate finance (LUISS Business School and the University of San Diego, 2012), and worked as a financial analyst at a real-estate investment firm in San Diego and as an assistant controller. His work focuses on business model strategy, business engineering and, more broadly, structural analysis: how companies make money, read from their own filings. He created FourWeekMBA and leads research there and at The Business Engineer, his newsletter on AI and business strategy, with over 95,000 subscribers and more than 1,000 published analyses. His writing has also appeared on Entrepreneur (for example, How to Digitize a Family Business in Europe) and HackerNoon. Find him on LinkedIn and Substack. See how we source.
