Apple HomeView vs Amazon Echo Show 8: smart home displays compared

Apple's first smart home display, HomeView, takes on Amazon's Echo Show 8 with a 7-inch 1088×1088 Liquid Retina screen and a 12MP Center Stage camera. The comparison shows Apple betting on ecosystem and Siri AI rather than screen size.

• HomeView: 7-inch 1088×1088 display, 220 ppi, 12MP Center Stage camera
• Echo Show 8: 8.7-inch screen, 179 ppi, 13MP auto-framing camera
• HomeView weighs 2.1 pounds; wall-mounted version is 10.1 ounces
• HomeView lacks an App Store and streams video only via CarPlay from iPhone