Apple’s new HomeView was reportedly mostly finished for years, but kept getting delayed. Here’s why HomeView couldn’t launch until now, per quotes from key Apple execs.

Apple touts Siri AI with personal context and conversational abilities as essential to HomeView

In November 2024, Mark Gurman published an in-depth report on the product we now know as HomeView. At the time, he said Apple was targeting a March 2025 launch. But that date kept slipping, and now HomeView will finally arrive in homes on November 13, 2026.

Why the long wait? Gurman has repeatedly pointed to Siri AI as the chief cause of delays. And Apple execs have now largely confirmed that in quotes given to The Verge .

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy asked Kaiann Drance, Apple’s VP of product marketing for home, why now was the right time for HomeView and Apple’s renewed smart home push.

She said Siri AI and the personal context it brings, which she called Apple’s “privacy story,” came together with a device designed specifically for the home.…