Bloomberg's Mark Gurman today said that a new HomePod-like smart home hub with a 7-inch screen remains on track to launch in 2025. A conceptual render of Apple's rumored smart home hub.

Home hub Apple lets you set up a device as a home hub to control HomeKit devices remotely from a central location, and the HomePod mini is the most economical of the options.

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.

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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.

At least the setup is pretty straightforward: When you add a HomePod or a HomePod mini to your wifi network, it automatically becomes the default Apple Home hub (and you can't actually change this ...

If you’re looking for a HomeKit and Matter compatible smart home hub, Apple’s HomePod mini is a much better value than the 2nd-gen HomePod. Michael Brown/Foundry.

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