Apple's first smart home display is muscling into a market that Amazon currently dominates, with products like the popular Echo Show 8. Here's how the new HomeView compares to Amazon's counterpart.

Apple's long-rumored smart home refresh was more than just the expected updates to the Apple TV and HomePod mini . Consumers had a new device to consider adding to their abode.

The HomeView is Apple's first foray into smart home displays, as part of its fresh push into the connected home market. All to make the new and improved Siri AI the center of your digital home.

However, Apple finds itself taking on the incumbent market leaders with its first attempt at a new smart home product. That means Apple's facing off against Amazon and its Echo lineup.

Due to being the closest in terms of display size, it's worth looking at how the HomeView compares against the Echo Show 8 .

While this is a comparison of specifications, that's not the entire story.…