I never understood the use of iPad acted as a home hub in the beginning. HomePod and Apple TV make more sense as they tend to be in home location and less likely to switch networks.
I guess it depends? My two iPads never leave the house for example
I never understood the use of iPad acted as a home hub in the beginning. HomePod and Apple TV make more sense as they tend to be in home location and less likely to switch networks.
Or some other new kind of idiotic subscription based hub that will be released end of the year. 🤑It's simple. Apple wants to sell more HomePods and Apple TVs
All that plus the 32GB ATV 4K was just on sale for $129.The truth of the matter is, iPad was never reliable as a HomeKit hub. Yes, there are probably few exceptions, but it is often flaky and unresponsive. $99 for HomePod mini or $179 for Apple TV 4K (2nd gen) gets you far more dependable and capable HomeKit hub, with support for Thread.
Not a big fan of them removing functionality like this ... but to be honest? When I first tried to set up HomeKit at my previous place, I really disliked the idea of trying to use an iPad as the home hub. It seems like a hub that's helping control devices around your house should be a non-portable/mobile device. What good is the iPad for home hub functionality if somebody is going to regularly grab the thing and take it with them someplace?Surely this will be a cause for returns/lawsuits if customers bought an iPad because of the home hub functionality? I recently told a friend to buy some Homekit accessories instead of Amazon/Google stuff because I said she could use her iPad as the hub. That completely ruins her purchase/choice if her iPad upgrades to iOS 16.
Yeah, you can easily make an iMac or Mini an update caching server for your home network - why not a home hub? Good question. They stay plugged in 24/7.I’ve used my 4th Gen iPad mini as a HomeKit hub for the last 3 years without issue and I’d rather not buy a HomePod mini since I have no use for it.
Also why can’t an iMac or mini be a HomeKit hub? Those don’t leave the house and my mini is a PLEX server so it’s always on, what’s the reasoning behind not having those be HomeKit hubs?
Too bad having HomePods on the same network hijacks the hub status constantly. I don’t know if my appple tv has ever been my hubFWIW, a latest edition AppleTV 4K connected via Ethernet is the gold standard for Home Hub reliability.
It looks like the article just says that iPads are being removed as HomeKit hubs and that Apple has not said why. There doesn't seem to be much more information that isn't in the title. There is some speculation about Matter but nothing to indicate that that is relevant. It's not surprising if people are unhappy with what seem like an arbitrary decision that looks like it would force people into getting HomePods or Apple TVs.With these replies it's almost like people didn't even read more than just the title of this post... 🤦♂️
keyword "potential". I've seen people cheering this change because they assume that every iPad user will be confused and annoyed that their iPad is not acting like a hub when they inevitably leave the house with it.I think the potential to have the iPad leave the house would be a huge problem for a home hub device. And for the price, it makes sense to use other devices.
I literally quoted the part of the article that said the possible reason but somehow you didn’t see this? I know it’s not as let’s get the torches because Apple is forcing us to buy stuff it’s just terrible kind exciting but it’s somethingIt looks like the article just says that iPads are being removed as HomeKit hubs and that Apple has not said why. There doesn't seem to be much more information that isn't in the title. It's not surprising if people are unhappy with what seem like an arbitrary decision that looks like it would force people into getting HomePods or Apple TVs.
The answer is probably because its terrible as a Home hub, and this use case is extremely uncommon.The question is WHY. C´mon, Apple, don´t make people buy Apple TV´s or Homepods just for greed.
That's because some people have a brain and don't pretend that everything Apple does is for nefarious reasons.Some people here will defend Apple insisting it's some technical reason or somehow better for us.
Obviously I have no data about such situations, but I can't imagine why an iPad is necessarily a bad device for home hub. I can imagine families where they share an iPad that is used only as an at-home device, primarily say because the iPad is used for watching YouTube clips and other movies.The answer is probably because its terrible as a Home hub, and this use case is extremely uncommon.
It is very unlikely that any person has a serious home automation setup and they are depending on an iPad that stays home for Home hub functionality.
Neither does Apple, which is why they are removing it. It was added in the early going when HomePod didn't exist, and fewer people had Apple TV. There isn't much reason for it to still exist. They also probably find that iPad doesn't work well as a Home hub (it doesn't), and would rather not encourage bad user experiences, nor maintain this particular code any longer.I never understood the use of iPad acted as a home hub in the beginning. HomePod and Apple TV make more sense as they tend to be in home location and less likely to switch networks.
Apple was able to imagine that too which is why they made it into a Home hub...back when Home Pod didn't exist and Apple TV marketshare was much lower. Doesn't mean it ever worked well as a Home hub.Obviously I have no data about such situations, but I can't imagine why an iPad is necessarily a bad device for home hub. I can imagine families where they share an iPad that is used only as an at-home device, primarily say because the iPad is used for watching YouTube clips and other movies.
This is kind of what I want anyway, so I wouldn't mind. Would be good motivation for finally getting rid of the Nest Hub and the final few Google-specific IoT items I have in my homeHomePad (HomePod + iPad) coming soon…
Folks can keep the iPad on iOS 15, of course.If indeed Apple wants to stop allowing iPads to be home hub, the better method is to continue to allow existing models being sold on the market to be home hubs until no more iOS updates apply to those models.