[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-apples-homeview-smart-hub-skips-native-video-apps-at-launch":10,"sections":35},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":24,"tags":25,"sources":30,"feedback":34,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":34,"total_tokens":34},11613,"apples-homeview-smart-hub-skips-native-video-apps-at-launch","Apple's HomeView Smart Hub Skips Native Video Apps At Launch","HomeView promises TV, music, and news apps, but you need an iPhone nearby to actually use most of them, unlike rival smart displays.","Apple's new HomeView hub can't natively play Apple TV, Apple Music Classical, Apple News Plus, or Apple Books audiobooks.\n\nApple markets HomeView as a way to enjoy its audio and video entertainment apps, including watching \"the match while you do the washing up.\" But the device's own spec page tells a different story: Apple TV, Apple Books audiobooks, Apple Music Classical, and Apple News Plus are not natively supported. To use any of them, you have to AirPlay from an iPhone first. HomeView's actual job, according to Apple, is running the smart home, not standing in as an entertainment screen.\n\nThat's a notable gap next to Amazon's Echo Show, which streams Prime Video on its own, and Google's Nest Hub, which plays YouTube without a phone nearby. Apple is selling an entertainment experience that depends on hardware it isn't including in the box, and that's a strange way to market a product whose headline features need a second device to work.\n\nA smart hub that needs your phone to watch television is really just a very expensive remote control.","[\"apple\",\"homeview\",\"smart-home\",\"streaming\"]","2026-10-14T15:10:12.000Z","2026-10-14T16:27:44.785Z","2026-10-14T16:27:49.777Z","published",null,[],"consumer-tech",[26,27,28,29],"apple","homeview","smart-home","streaming",[31],{"name":32,"url":33},"The Verge","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002Ftech\u002F1011062\u002Fapple-homeview-airplay-apps-streaming",0,{"sections":36},[37,42,47,52,56,61,64,69,74,79,84,89,94,99],{"name":38,"slug":39,"count":40,"latest_published_at":41},"AI","ai",7003,"2026-10-14T15:36:56.000Z",{"name":43,"slug":44,"count":45,"latest_published_at":46},"Security","security",986,"2026-10-14T16:00:00.000Z",{"name":48,"slug":49,"count":50,"latest_published_at":51},"Deals","deals",510,"2026-10-14T16:02:06.000Z",{"name":53,"slug":54,"count":50,"latest_published_at":55},"Policy","policy","2026-10-14T13:20:02.000Z",{"name":57,"slug":58,"count":59,"latest_published_at":60},"Hardware","hardware",256,"2026-10-14T16:03:09.000Z",{"name":62,"slug":24,"count":63,"latest_published_at":18},"Consumer Tech",221,{"name":65,"slug":66,"count":67,"latest_published_at":68},"Science","science",201,"2026-10-13T23:13:31.000Z",{"name":70,"slug":71,"count":72,"latest_published_at":73},"Startups","startups",132,"2026-10-13T21:15:00.000Z",{"name":75,"slug":76,"count":77,"latest_published_at":78},"Software","software",124,"2026-10-14T14:00:10.000Z",{"name":80,"slug":81,"count":82,"latest_published_at":83},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",116,"2026-10-13T16:20:18.000Z",{"name":85,"slug":86,"count":87,"latest_published_at":88},"General","general",78,"2026-10-14T14:55:47.000Z",{"name":90,"slug":91,"count":92,"latest_published_at":93},"Gaming","gaming",72,"2026-10-14T13:55:02.000Z",{"name":95,"slug":96,"count":97,"latest_published_at":98},"Reviews","reviews",37,"2026-10-14T10:00:00.000Z",{"name":100,"slug":101,"count":102,"latest_published_at":103},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]