Amazon Echo Show 16 vs Apple HomeView – Are these smart home hubs worth investing?

A few weeks earlier, Apple showcased its intentions of taking the smart home category seriously with the HomeView – an iPad-like device that became a part of Apple’s Home ecosystem. The HomeView was expected to be a major step for Apple to spruce up the smart home category with its Apple Intelligence models at the center. Hence, we expected Amazon to launch its rival to the HomeView within months. Surprisingly, Amazon took only a few weeks to announce the Echo Show 16 – an Alexa powered smart home hub display.