Apple’s all about simplicity, so it would make sense to have a single hub. Currently, Apple TV is filling the entertainment niche, while Apple’s HomeKit system works with a constantly ...

How to Set Up Your Apple TV as a Home Hub. Launch the Settings app on your ‌Apple TV‌. Select Accounts. Make sure that you're signed into iCloud with the same Apple ID as your iOS device.

There are a couple of things to consider, mind. Apple confirmed to me that anybody will be able to use an iOS 10-compatible iPad as a Home Hub, but it will need to be permanently connected both to ...

Since the release of Apple TV in 2007, the $99 set-top box has long been referred to as a "hobby" project for Apple. But lately, it’s become much more important than that for the Cupertino tech ...

A HomeKit installation needs an always-on hub to allow you to control your compatible appliances from outside the home — AppleInsider shows you how to configure the Apple TV to act as the hub of ...

It's official: the Apple TV can be the bridge to your connected home for remote access and information. Best of all, you won't need to buy new hardware.

But what if you don’t have an Apple TV. Apparently an iPad can also serve as a HomeKit hub. This bit of news comes from the Home app found in the iOS 10 beta.

While HomePod mini will automatically become a hub, you’ll need to manually add Apple TV 4K to your Home app before it can start serving as a hub. However, those few extra steps might be worth it.

So looking ahead, an Apple TV or HomePod is the way to go. The upgrade to the “new HomeKit architecture” will be available as an opt-in switch in a later iOS 16 update.

Apple TV for me used mostly solely a Home Hub, without any TV at all and with a HDMI splitter to send SPDIF audio to my sound system, the display being some old 17" LCD monitor.

Apple might push further into gaming with a dedicated hub on the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV 4K; It'll be a showcase for new titles available directly for the platforms and through Apple Arcade.

Apple’s tvOS 17.2 update includes a revamped Apple TV app, complete with a new sidebar. The old iTunes Store app now points people to the Apple TV Store instead.