Apple challenges Amazon’s Echo and Ring with its new smart home lineup

Apple’s HomeView smart display, shown with faces for a clock, FaceTime, photos, smart home controls and music. (Apple Image) Apple is going after Amazon’s smart home business on several fronts at once. The iPhone maker on Tuesday unveiled HomeView , a $299 smart display that competes directly with Amazon’s Echo Show, along with a lineup of cameras, a video doorbell and a smart lock made by LG Electronics.