Available for iPhone, the myHome Plus app allows you to control your entire home in one place. It's compatible with all the most popular smart home devices, including Apple HomeKit accessories, Nest accessories, WeMo accessories and more.
Set up iPad as a home hub
- Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud and make sure that you're signed in to iCloud with your Apple ID.
- Scroll down and check that Home is turned on.
- Go to Settings > Home and turn on Use this iPad as a Home Hub.
Siri knows which HomeKit-enabled accessories you have in your home as well as their status. With Apple TV or HomePod, you don't even have to be home — for example, you can ask Siri to set the “I'm Home” scene while you're driving.
The best Apple HomeKit products
- Apple TV. The most integrated streaming device for HomeKit users.
- WeMo Mini. The easiest way to make a dumb appliance "smart"
- August Smart Lock Pro. The most connected smart lock we've tested.
- iHome ISP6X Smart Plug.
- Sonos One.
- Kwikset Premis.
- Lutron Caseta Dimmer Switch Starter Kit.
- Brilliant Smart Home Controller.
Set up iPad as a home hub
- Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud and make sure that you're signed in to iCloud with your Apple ID.
- Scroll down and check that Home is turned on.
- Go to Settings > Home and turn on Use this iPad as a Home Hub.
Location-Based Alerts: Your iPhone and Apple Watch will use your location in order to provide you with geographically relevant alerts, such as a reminder to call someone when you get to a specific place, when to leave for your next appointment, or an app or shortcut recommendation based on where you currently are.
You can only use an Apple TV Generation 4, 4K or an iPad as a Home Hub. The device must stay in the home where it will be used. The iPhone is used as the interface for the Hub, wherever you are located, even away from your home.
The Intelligent Hub app is the single destination where employees can have an enhanced user experience with unified onboarding, catalog, and access to services such as People, Notifications, and Home. You can call, text, or email easily from within the app.
Set up iPad as a home hub
- Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud and make sure that you're signed in to iCloud with your Apple ID.
- Scroll down and check that Home is turned on.
- Go to Settings > Home and turn on Use this iPad as a Home Hub.
A hub, also called a network hub, is a common connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are devices commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. The hub contains multiple ports. When a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.
HomeKit doesn't require you to purchase and configure a central hub, even if you have several dozen smart-home devices. All you need is your iOS device, Apple's Home app, and whatever HomeKit-compatible products you choose to start with.
What is a Google Home Hub? At a basic level, it's the next step in the Google Assistant, and it has the Assistant built in so you can use those voice commands while using the Hub. The Google Home Hub also has Chromecast and Bluetooth 5 built in, and is compatible with Android, iOS, Mac, Windows, and Chromebooks.
It is easy, and it involves just a few taps in the iOS Home app.
- Launch the Home app.
- Tap on the house icon located on the top left.
- Scroll down and tap on Hubs & Bridges.
- Review the list of HomeKit hubs assigned to your home. Connected status means that this device is currently acting as your HomeKit hub.
If you can't turn on iCloud Keychain
Make sure you meet the minimum system requirements for iCloud Keychain and try these steps instead: On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch: Choose Settings, tap [your name], then tap iCloud. Tap Keychain and slide to turn it on.Go to settings, Apple ID, ICloud, iTunes (very top choice that shows your name) - then remove your old Apple TV from the device list shown. Once you ya e done this it will be removed from Home app as a hub.
When using multiple home hubs, each hub connects to HomeKit-enabled accessories within its range, and syncs with the other home hub(s) to cover your entire home. Best of all, you need not set them up to sync, because they'll do so automatically.
Control your accessories
- In the Home app, tap in the upper-right corner, then tap Add Scene.
- Choose a suggested scene. Or create a custom scene, then give your scene a name.
- Tap Add Accessories.
- Tap the accessories that you want to add, then tap Done.
- To adjust the settings for an accessory, press and hold it.
- Tap Done.
Apple is now selling an exclusive USB-C hub from Satechi, the Multiport Pro Adapter. The new device features a USB-C port for power, USB-A, SD and microSD card readers, and an HDMI port in a slim package. Satechi is only selling this Multiport Pro Adapter model through Apple.
Here's how to turn your new home into a smart home and take advantage of today's most advanced home-based innovations.
- Smart doorbells.
- Smart locks.
- Indoor and outdoor cameras.
- Smart thermostats.
- Smart outlets.
- LED lightbulbs.
- Smart smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.
- Robot vacuums.
