Apple HomeView isn’t limited to showing smart-home controls or the time. It can also work as a digital photo frame, displaying favorite pictures on its seven-inch screen when you’re not actively using another app.
Open HomeView’s collection of customizable faces and choose Photos. Apple says the face can show one image or a rotating gallery from your photo collection or shared albums, with Portrait-style depth effects on supported images. The company demonstrates these options in its HomeView announcement.
A shared album can be particularly useful for a family photo frame because people who contribute to that album can help keep the display updated. Select the album you want the Photos face to use, rather than assuming every photo in your library will appear.
HomeView also offers Snoopy, Calendar, Weather and Flow faces, with the latter responding to movement nearby. Some faces change throughout the day. For an introduction to customizing the shared display, see our complete Apple HomeView guide, and for more options worth exploring read our guide to overlooked HomeView features.