If you use HomeKit with connected objects at home, you probably know that it is essential to be able to count on what Apple calls the hub to be able tocontrol the system on the go. In short, it's a hub that can take the form of an Apple TV, an iPad or a HomePod or HomePod mini speaker and links all your smart devices via Wi-Fi from your home.
With the update toiPadOS 16however, tablets will no longer be part of this list. The developer does not specify why, but we imagine that the portable nature of these products makes them potentially inoperable with HomeKit if you take them with you and they become disconnected from your home network.
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Apple does not specify what will happen for iPads already used as hubs with the applicationMaison. However, it is likely that a new version of the platform arriving around September will put an end to this capacity. It is in fact around this date that Apple's next general public operating systems will be deployed after being presented at the Worldwide Developer Conference (our summary).
Until then, you can always try to protect yourself against a possible incident by investing in aApple TV. There are currently two of them in the Apple Store: on the one hand the 4K model (from 199 euros) and on the other hand the HD box (from 159 euros).
On the speaker side, theHomePodis no longer on shelves except at third-party retailers. Its small format, the HomePod mini, is however available in five different colors from Apple and for 99 euros. And discounts are regularly offered in third-party stores (see all our good parts).
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Good to know: the inability to use the iPad as a hub does not change the controls of the Home app, which remains accessible on the App Store. You can therefore always turn on your air conditioner or close your window blinds remotely from the tablet's touch screen.
To learn more about the new HomeKit features announced during theWWDC, do not hesitate to consultour dedicated summary of the opening conference.
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