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Apple Reboots Its Smart-Home Strategy With New Hardware and a ‘Home Collection’

Apple has lagged in the smart home race, which Amazon and Google have dominated for a decade with Alexa and Google Assistant (now Gemini), respectively. But after finally revamping Siri AI this year and turning the butt-of-the-joke voice assistant into a more competitive companion—paired with a more mature Matter-supported ecosystem of smart home gadgets—Apple now has the brains to power the home system it has always envisioned.

在智能家居竞赛中，苹果一直落后于亚马逊和谷歌，这两家公司分别凭借 Alexa 和谷歌助手（现为 Gemini）主导了该领域十年之久。但在今年终于改进了 Siri AI，将这个曾经沦为笑柄的语音助手变成了一个更具竞争力的伙伴，并配合更成熟的、支持 Matter 标准的智能家居生态系统后，苹果现在终于拥有了支撑其构想已久的家庭系统的“大脑”。

That starts with three new devices: the Apple HomeView, the company’s first smart display; the HomePod Mini 2 smart speaker; and the fourth-generation Apple TV 4K. Apple announced the products at a media-only event in New York City, and it also revealed a slew of new smart-home gadgets made in collaboration with LG and Schneider Electric, including a video doorbell, thermostats, and security cameras. Here’s everything you need to know.

这始于三款新设备：苹果首款智能显示屏 Apple HomeView、HomePod Mini 2 智能音箱以及第四代 Apple TV 4K。苹果在纽约市举行的一场仅限媒体参加的活动中发布了这些产品，并展示了一系列与 LG 和施耐德电气合作开发的新型智能家居小工具，包括视频门铃、恒温器和安防摄像头。以下是你需要了解的所有信息。

The Apple HomeView

Apple HomeView

The cornerstone of Apple’s latest smart-home push is the Apple HomeView, a countertop gadget made up of a 7-inch square display resting on a speaker base. It operates like smart displays we’ve seen from Amazon and Google, but it’s an entirely new device category for Apple.

苹果最新智能家居战略的基石是 Apple HomeView，这是一款桌面小工具，由一个放置在扬声器底座上的 7 英寸方形显示屏组成。它的操作方式与我们从亚马逊和谷歌看到的智能显示屏类似，但对于苹果来说，这是一个全新的设备类别。

It runs what Apple calls “HomeView Software,” so while the interface may resemble an iPhone or iPad, the HomeView runs a stand-alone operating system and lacks access to the App Store. As an alternative, Apple has curated a selection of apps for the system, including Messages, Safari, and FaceTime, alongside select third-party media apps like Spotify. (If an app developer has made an app for the CarPlay standard and it’s installed on your iPhone, that app can also populate on the HomeView.)

它运行着苹果所谓的“HomeView 软件”，因此虽然界面可能类似于 iPhone 或 iPad，但 HomeView 运行的是一个独立的操作系统，且无法访问 App Store。作为替代，苹果为该系统精选了一系列应用程序，包括信息、Safari 和 FaceTime，以及 Spotify 等精选的第三方媒体应用。（如果应用开发者为 CarPlay 标准开发了应用并安装在你的 iPhone 上，该应用也可以在 HomeView 上显示。）

Siri AI powers the core experience, which Apple revamped this year in iOS 27. Now, Siri can answer broad questions like Gemini or ChatGPT, and it can provide personalized answers; the same personal context Siri has cataloged on your iPhone is accessible to the HomeView. Ask it to open the recipe your friend Alex messaged about, or add a dentist appointment to the family calendar, and it can handle it.

Siri AI 驱动着核心体验，苹果在今年的 iOS 27 中对其进行了改进。现在，Siri 可以像 Gemini 或 ChatGPT 一样回答广泛的问题，并能提供个性化的答案；Siri 在你的 iPhone 上记录的个人背景信息，HomeView 也可以访问。要求它打开朋友 Alex 发来的食谱，或者在家庭日历中添加牙医预约，它都能处理。

Apple’s HomeView supports up to six iCloud profiles, and each person can set up a custom view only visible to them once the device’s camera detects their face. Yes, there’s a camera on the HomeView. The computer vision trick where the HomeView displays a custom view for a specific individual when they approach it only works if the person’s iPhone is on the same Wi-Fi network and was recently unlocked. You need an iPhone with Apple Intelligence support (iPhone 15 Pro or newer) to get the most out of the device; you can’t set it up with an iPad.

Apple HomeView 最多支持六个 iCloud 个人资料，一旦设备摄像头检测到人脸，每个人都可以设置仅对自己可见的自定义视图。没错，HomeView 上有一个摄像头。当某人靠近时，HomeView 会显示该特定个人的自定义视图，这种计算机视觉技巧只有在该人的 iPhone 处于同一 Wi-Fi 网络且近期解锁过的情况下才有效。你需要一部支持 Apple Intelligence 的 iPhone（iPhone 15 Pro 或更新机型）才能充分利用该设备；你无法通过 iPad 进行设置。

The Apple Home Collection

Apple Home Collection

One of the biggest problems with Apple’s smart-home presence is its relatively meager HomeKit device ecosystem, especially compared to the many smart home devices that can be controlled by Amazon and Google’s platforms. The Matter standard—which allows supported devices like smart bulbs, smart switches, and smart shades to interact with any connected home platform—has helped expand HomeKit support. But Apple is also nudging the ecosystem along with the “Apple Home Collection.”

苹果智能家居业务面临的最大问题之一是其 HomeKit 设备生态系统相对匮乏，尤其是与亚马逊和谷歌平台可以控制的众多智能家居设备相比。Matter 标准允许智能灯泡、智能开关和智能窗帘等支持设备与任何互联家庭平台进行交互，这有助于扩展 HomeKit 的支持范围。但苹果也正在通过“Apple Home Collection”来推动该生态系统的发展。

This new selection of smart-home hardware designed in collaboration with LG and Schneider Electric includes the LG Indoor Camera Plug-In ($200), LG Outdoor Cam Plug-In ($300), LG Video Doorbell ($250), LG Smart Deadbolt Lock ($350), LG Smart Thermostat ($200), LG Temperature Sensor ($40), Schneider Home Smart Thermostat ($200), and Schneider Home Room Sensor ($40).

这一系列与 LG 和施耐德电气合作设计的新型智能家居硬件包括：LG 室内插电摄像头（200 美元）、LG 室外插电摄像头（300 美元）、LG 视频门铃（250 美元）、LG 智能死锁（350 美元）、LG 智能恒温器（200 美元）、LG 温度传感器（40 美元）、施耐德家庭智能恒温器（200 美元）以及施耐德家庭房间传感器（40 美元）。

These devices connect to the Apple Home app automatically when you install them, and all of them are controllable through Apple’s products; you don’t need separate LG or Schneider accounts or multiple apps.

当你安装这些设备时，它们会自动连接到 Apple Home 应用程序，并且所有设备都可以通过苹果的产品进行控制；你不需要单独的 LG 或施耐德账户，也不需要多个应用程序。

The HomePod Mini 2

HomePod Mini 2

Apple has decided not to launch a successor to the flagship 2023 HomePod 2 smart speaker—maybe it thinks the HomeView, which is essentially a speaker with a screen on it, would cannibalize sales. Instead, it has updated the smaller, cheaper sibling: Say hello to the HomePod Mini 2.

苹果决定不推出 2023 年旗舰款 HomePod 2 智能音箱的继任者——也许它认为本质上是带屏幕音箱的 HomeView 会蚕食其销量。相反，它更新了更小、更便宜的同类产品：欢迎 HomePod Mini 2 的到来。

The Mini 2 costs $149, with preorders open now and official sales kicking off October 30. That’s a $50 price bump from the original HomePod Mini, though only $30 more if you factor in Apple’s recent price hike due to the ongoing memory crisis.

Mini 2 售价 149 美元，现已开启预订，并将于 10 月 30 日正式发售。这比最初的 HomePod Mini 涨价了 50 美元，不过如果考虑到苹果近期因持续的内存危机而进行的涨价，实际只贵了 30 美元。

Oddly enough, the HomePod Mini 2 will not have the new Siri AI experience out of the box—that will arrive later on via a software update (and yes, you will need an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone to use Siri AI on the HomePod Mini 2). It’s otherwise a minor hardware update, resembling the existing HomePod Mini but in.

奇怪的是，HomePod Mini 2 开箱即用时不会具备新的 Siri AI 体验——该功能稍后将通过软件更新提供（是的，你需要在 HomePod Mini 2 上使用 Siri AI，就必须拥有一部支持 Apple Intelligence 的 iPhone）。除此之外，这只是一个小幅度的硬件更新，外观与现有的 HomePod Mini 相似，但在……