These Apple apps will come preinstalled on Apple HomeView at launch
Apple's all-new product category HomeView is now available for preorder and will ship on November 13. At launch it will run software that has not appeared before, centered on Siri AI voice interaction and customizable watch faces, while retaining the classic home screen app grid. Most Apple apps are preinstalled, but four—Audiobooks, Classical Music, News, and TV—require a connection to an iPhone to use; third-party audio or video apps that already have CarPlay versions are also available, and Spotify is expected to be available at launch.
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HomeView will include these Apple apps at launch
Ryan Christoffel | Oct 16 2026 - 12:50 pm PT
Apple’s HomeView is available to pre-order now and ships November 13. Here are the Apple apps you’ll be able to use on HomeView at launch.
Here are the apps coming to Apple HomeView on day one
HomeView is a brand new category of Apple product, and runs software not seen before.
While most of the software experience centers on voice interactions with Siri AI and customizable faces, HomeView also has a classic Home Screen with a grid of apps.
Here’s every Apple app that will be available on HomeView at launch:
Almost every app on this list is preinstalled on HomeView. But per Apple’s website, four of them rely on an iPhone connection: Audiobooks, Classical Music, News, and TV.
In theory, these four apps should work seamlessly if your iPhone is on the same Wi-Fi network as the HomeView. But we’ll have to wait for early reviews to know for sure.
Third-party apps will be available too if they have a CarPlay version already and are classified as audio or video apps. This means Spotify, for example, is expected to be on HomeView day one.
I hope Apple plans to add more apps over time. The lack of a dedicated Photos app, for example, seems like a major omission. There are Photos faces and widgets, but I imagine users may want to browse their Photos library on HomeView too.
Which HomeView apps do you expect to use most? Any missing ones you hope get added? Let us know in the comments.
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Ryan got his start in journalism as an Editor at MacStories, where he worked for four years covering Apple news, writing app reviews, and more. For two years he co-hosted the Adapt podcast on Relay FM, which focused entirely on the iPad. As a result, it should come as no surprise that his favorite Apple device is the iPad Pro.
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