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Updated · CNET · Oct 14

Apple Extends Siri AI to 2 Older Apple TV 4K Generations as New $300 Model Debuts

Updated

Updated · CNET · Oct 14

Apple Extends Siri AI to 2 Older Apple TV 4K Generations as New $300 Model Debuts

Q: What hidden regulatory battle is keeping Apple’s flagship smart display completely banned from the European market?

Apple’s HomeView is effectively barred from the EU because of its unresolved fight with Brussels over the Digital Markets Act, specifically how far Apple must open iOS and Siri to rivals. Apple says HomeView cannot launch there because its core feature, Siri AI, is still unavailable on iPhone and iPad in the EU. But the deeper issue is regulatory: the European Commission’s DMA interoperability rules. Apple argues that, under the Commission’s reading, it could be forced to give competing voice assistants deep access to sensitive user data and system functions that Siri uses, including messages, app actions and other personal context. Apple says that creates privacy and security risks. EU officials reject that framing. The Commission’s position, as cited in coverage, is that nothing in the DMA prevents Apple from launching the product, and that the decision to withhold Siri AI and HomeView is Apple’s own. Brussels has also said Apple sought an exemption or delay from its interoperability duties. That is why the ban is “hidden”: it is not a classic product ban or safety prohibition. It is a market standoff. Apple has chosen not to sell HomeView in the EU rather than ship a reduced-function version without the full Siri AI experience, while it continues negotiations with regulators. The result is that HomeView, built around Siri AI and iPhone-linked personal context, remains absent from Europe until Apple and the EU settle the DMA access dispute.

2 articles · Updated · CNET · Oct 14

Second- and third-generation Apple TV 4K boxes will also get Siri AI later this year, undercutting the need for some users to buy Apple’s new fourth-generation model.
Apple tucked the expansion into TVOS 27.2 beta fine print; the feature is slated for English users in the US, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa and the UK.
The new Apple TV 4K still adds hardware older models lack — an A19 chip, built-in microphones, 128GB storage and Ethernet — while the redesigned Siri Remote will sell separately for $59 from Nov. 13.
HomePod support is narrower: Apple corrected earlier guidance to say Siri AI will work only on the HomePod Mini 2, not older HomePod Minis.
Across Apple’s smart-home push, Siri AI still depends on nearby Apple Intelligence-capable iPhones or iPads, limiting full multiuser features to households with newer devices.