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.

Now that the HomePod mini has a more attractive $99 cost, it spells good news for HomeKit -nabled gadgets as a whole. Sure, the audio performance may not eclipse the original, but you’re still ...

The HomePod mini isn’t just a smaller Apple Music speaker. It’s a way for Apple to vastly expand its HomeKit ecosystem to a much wider audience than ever before, serving as the cheapest ...

The HomeKit Insider podcast goes in depth on the new HomePod mini, plus new HomeKit cameras and lights ... Apple is not the only firm with a new HomeKit product. Aqara's Camera Hub G2H is now ...

Like the full-size HomePod, the HomePod mini works as a HomeKit “home hub,” allowing you to control your HomeKit devices even when you’re out of the house.

If you’re looking to set up an Apple smart home, there are three options for a hub—an iPad, Apple TV, and HomePod mini. At $99, the HomePod mini is the most economical of the bunch and it’s ...

HomePod mini is able to control HomeKit-compatible smart home accessories and it serves as a home hub to enable access to HomeKit devices when you're away.

The HomePod mini is also more portable than the full-size version, ... Both models also work with HomeKit and can act as an active home hub, ...

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman today said that a new HomePod-like smart home hub with a 7-inch screen ... and HomeKit. The hub could double as a home ... but a new HomePod mini is expected to ...

Without a HomeKit hub, you won’t be able to access or control your HomeKit devices when you’re not at home, and devices may not be quite as responsive. The Apple TV, HomePod Mini , and recent ...

For music fans who are heavily invested in the Apple ecosystem, the HomePod (2nd generation) is Apple’s biggest, best-sounding smart speaker—a step up sonically from the HomePod mini.It is ...