Apple’s HomeView has an app problem

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/VRG_VST_101626_YTB.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">It's been a couple of days since Apple's big smart home announcement, and we have some more information - and a bunch of new questions - about the Apple HomeView. The device has plenty of computing oomph, is always connected to power, and looks like a perfect place to run a bunch of apps. And yet the HomeView is <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1011062/apple-homeview-airplay-apps-streaming">relying almost entirely on CarPlay</a>. What gives here?</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">On <a href="https://pod.link/vergecast">this episode of <em>The Vergecast</em></a>, David and Nilay try to make sense of the HomeView's app situation, and why Apple would choose not to make its home hub into its own app platform. After that, they talk about <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1009862/google-releases-gemini-4-argon">the latest Gemini model</a> and whether <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1011311/the-ai-race-is-back-on">building the best model</a> matters if yo …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/podcast/1012911/apple-homeview-apps-carplay-vergecast">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>