Apple’s HomeView arrives this Friday (pre-order here), but leaks indicate there are already two major new features in the works that haven’t been announced. Here’s what to expect.
It’s been a busy product launch season for Apple, and the company isn’t done quite yet.
Two new Home products arrive in stores this Friday, November 13: Apple HomeView and the new Apple TV 4K.
Yet despite the HomeView still being days away from launch, leaks in Apple code have already revealed two unannounced features that are in the works.
Leaker pdfu discovered evidence in HomeView 27.2 software that Apple is preparing for the product to add security camera functionality.
Apple HomeView could soon double as a HomeKit security camera.The feature has concrete settings localization in HomeView Software 27.2, describing functionality and privacy protections.Here are the exact localization strings:Setup PageYour HomeView can be used as a… pic.twitter.com/NsnknajWKd
Based on pdfu’s findings, much of the work has already been done for HomeView to integrate with HomeKit Secure Video.
However, Apple hasn’t announced any sort of security camera functionality, so there’s clearly still more work to be done and it’s always possible the feature is never enabled.
Additionally, pdfu found a key change in iOS 27.3’s beta that reveals support for third-party AI apps is coming to HomeView.
HomeView has a unique third-party app story. There’s no App Store, but the product can run CarPlay-compatible apps from your iPhone automatically. At launch, only audio and video apps will be supported.
But iOS 27.3’s beta code adds “conversational apps” as a third category of supported apps. That’s what AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude are classified as in CarPlay.
Nobody should buy a HomeView in the hope of these two features being added. But if you are interested in HomeView, it sounds like Apple has an ambitious set of software updates planned for its new product.
You can pre-order Apple’s HomeView here for $299.
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Ryan got his start in journalism as an Editor at MacStories, where he worked for four years covering Apple news, writing app reviews, and more. For two years he co-hosted the Adapt podcast on Relay FM, which focused entirely on the iPad. As a result, it should come as no surprise that his favorite Apple device is the iPad Pro.
