The HomeView feels like a giant Apple Watch for your smart home, but it comes with some surprising limitations

At first glance, Apple's HomeView seems like the tech giant's long-overdue take on Amazon's screen-clad Echo Show and Google's Nest Hub — and in many ways, it is. The sleek smart home device features a 7-inch screen and a built-in HomePod-like speaker (unless you opt for the wall-mounted version). At the same time, it aims to take things further with built-in Safari support, multi-user authentication, and access to personal content like Messages and your Calendar, pulled directly from your iPhone.