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Apple's $299 HomeView display uses face recognition at home

The HomeView display can recognize up to six household members by face and show live security camera feeds; it also costs two hundred ninety-nine dollars.

On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on BBN Newsroom
Published 11:33 AM ET, Thursday, October 15, 2026

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At a glance

First reported by Fox News: “Apple wants to move into your home. Should you let it?”
Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 11:33 AM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.
Topics: HomeView, Apple.
BBN covered this story before: Apple's HomeView and Netflix layoffs; Istanbul floods (October 15).

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Fox NewsApple wants to move into your home. Should you let it?

What BBN said about it

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentApple's new HomeView is a two hundred ninety-nine dollar smart display that uses facial recognition to personalize the screen for up to six people in your house, and it shows live security camera feeds.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt knows who walks in and changes the screen for them. Your whole house gets a welcome back, personally.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt also knows who walks into the kitchen at two a.m. The company says it personalizes. I say it takes attendance.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPerfect attendance, then. I'd be proud of that screen.

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