HomeView’s $299 buys a screen, not standalone Siri
Apple’s HomeView makes Siri AI visible in the home, but its personal context and app actions still depend on a compatible iPhone or iPad.
Connected home hardware and the protocols underneath it: Matter, Thread, Zigbee, local automation, sensors, energy management. The recurring question is whether it still works when the vendor's cloud goes away.
Another smart plug with a new model number is not, by itself, a story.
Apple’s HomeView makes Siri AI visible in the home, but its personal context and app actions still depend on a compatible iPhone or iPad.