Apple's HomeView smart home hub skips the EU launch over Siri AI gap
Apple says the new $299 HomeView hub won't launch in the European Union because Siri AI remains unavailable there under EU regulatory disputes.
What to know
- HomeView, Apple's new $299 smart home hub, launches November 13 in eight countries but not in the EU.
- The exclusion stems from Siri AI remaining unavailable on iOS in the EU amid ongoing regulatory disputes.
- Apple gave no timeline for resolving the issue, saying only it is working with the EU on a path forward.
- Commentators note this is the first time the Apple-EU Siri AI dispute has blocked a hardware release rather than just software features.
Apple is poorly communicating EU exclusions and users are being shortchanged by the ongoing dispute.
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“LOL HomeView isn't available in the ENTIRE EU because of Siri AI and it's just. not even shown on Apple's website incredible We Cannot Stop Getting Fucked Ep. 184726”
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This marks an escalation where the EU-Apple AI standoff now blocks actual hardware, not just software features.
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“Apple already denies European users Siri AI because of regulatory disputes, but now for the first time its hardware is being affected with no EU release for the HomeView.”
appleinsider@mastodon.social · mastodon ↗
Apple Manufacturer of HomeViewEuropean Union Regulator in dispute with Apple
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AppleInsider notes hardware now affected by EU Siri dispute
AppleInsider observed that while Apple has long withheld Siri AI from EU iPhones amid regulatory disputes, this is the first time the standoff has blocked a hardware product release in the region.
“Apple already denies European users Siri AI because of regulatory disputes, but now for the first time its hardware is being affected with no EU release for the HomeView.”
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first by AppleInsider, 16h ago
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the EU isn't the whole of Europe UK, Russia, Turkey, Switzerland, Norway, and Ukraine are all counted as "Europe" in Switzerland in particular apple has a 57% market share for phones and a whopping 24% market share for macs situation is similar for Norway. in the UK market share is 46% compare that with 23% in Germany in both cases you need to add…
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Apple already denies European users Siri AI because of regulatory disputes, but now for the first time its hardware is being affected with no EU release for the HomeView. https:// appleinsider.com/articles/26/1 0/13/europes-clashing-with-apple-means-no-homeview-for-the-eu?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon
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How is excluding a market larger than the US and Canada combined supposed to make them more money? Apple just isn't that popular in Europe compared to other parts of the world. It's hard to put an exact figure on revenue in the EU because their 'Europe' reporting region includes the Middle East, India and all of Africa but their US revenue alone…
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Users mock Apple for quietly omitting EU availability
Social media users criticized Apple for not prominently disclosing on its website that HomeView would not be sold in the EU, tying it to the ongoing Siri AI restriction.
“LOL HomeView isn't available in the ENTIRE EU because of Siri AI and it's just. not even shown on Apple's website incredible…”
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LOL HomeView isn't available in the ENTIRE EU because of Siri AI and it's just. not even shown on Apple's website incredible We Cannot Stop Getting Fucked Ep. 184726
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Apple confirms HomeView will skip the EU at launch
Apple said its new HomeView smart home hub, priced at $299 and launching November 13 in eight countries, will not be available in the European Union because Siri AI is currently unavailable on iOS there.
“working constructively with the EU in an attempt to find a path forward…”
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first by 9to5Mac, 12h ago
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1 outlet Apple HomeView
first by Daring Fireball, 14h ago
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Also covered reported alongside — the timeline has no entry for these yet
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first by The Independent, 16h ago · also MacRumors Forums, MacRumors, The Apple Post
2 more headlines
- Apple HomeView Won't Be Available in the European Union MacRumors Forums · 16h ago
- Apple HomeView won't launch in the European Union at first The Apple Post · 16h ago
What people are saying 10 voices from 2 sites · best of 14 · verbatim
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Lately european public debate is filling with "european exeptionalism" so much it's starting to bother me like they feel entitled to get a product, people don't want Apple to be compliant. Laws are made just to exercise power, with no other purpose. And as we're even loosing the "regulatory superpower" shield, public opinion will get angrier at…
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Well if the US administration blackmails them into releasing data they can and will do it quickly
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Dystopia with pleasingly rounded edges is better than dystopia with poor design!
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Manafacturing makes up 14-19% of EU GDP, in U.S. it’s ~10%. This is not adjusted for PPP either. Your comment about tech so completely misses the point that you don’t even realise you made an own goal. US is famous for big monopolistic tech companies which actually hurt innovation. And not all innovation is tech based. In any case, you can look up…
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I understand this. My question was why it applies to the HomeView but not the Apple TV.
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Not having american companies spy on european citizens through’AI’ devices in our homes is just a matter of national security at this point. Why take the risk, Tim Cook stood behind Trump at the inauguration, can’t trust these companies anymore.
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Cause DMA don't apply to Apple TV. DMA only apply to iOS and iPadOS. So iPhone doesn't support Siri AI, meanwhile Mac supports Siri AI.
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European Union Share: Exact figures isolated strictly to the European Union (excluding non-EU European countries and the Middle East/Africa region inside Apple's "Europe" segment) are estimated by analysts to account for roughly 25% to 30% of Apple's broader European segment revenue
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The U.S. manufacturing sector was approximately 7% larger at prevailing exchange rates vs EU. And yes that’s why the world is all using Sweden/switz tech right?
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‘Apple said it is "working constructively with the EU in an attempt to find a path forward," but provided no timeline for EU availability’ https://www. macrumors.com/2026/10/13/apple -homeview-wont-be-available-in-eu/