If I have HomePod Minis do I need thread on my Apple TV?

[perezr10]

I’m a little confused on the whole Thread hub model. Does anyone know if there’s an advantage to having multiple hubs?

I’m asking because I already have 4 HomePod Minis scattered around my house. And since the Minis are already Thread hubs I’m wondering if there is any reason I need it for my next Apple TV?

 

[kitKAC]

No need at all, you already have a lot of redundancy should one of the Minis go down.

 

[w5jck]

In theory, if you had a ATV 4K 2022 and two HomePod minis scattered about your home in different rooms, then they could cover a larger area of your home than if they were all three in the same room. It would be similar to having a mesh Wi-Fi system. Multiple Homekit hubs located in the same room though is overkill and redundant.

 

[perezr10]

Thanks. I was also thinking that if I had HomePod Minis scattered around the house that I probably didn’t need it in my ATV.

I have my ATV’s mounted behind my TV’s so I never use ethernet. So now I just need to decide if I need 128GB of storage.

 

[HDFan]

I’m a little confused on the whole Thread hub model. Does anyone know if there’s an advantage to having multiple hubs?

My understanding is that you only need 1 HomeKit hub. Matter devices talk to each other, they don't go through the hub to talk to other matter devices.

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[spatlese44]

What kitKAC said is correct. It would be redundant given the number of Minis you have. Any one of them could act as the border router and the rest will act as as part of the network. The one benefit you would get would be one more node in your thread network. Alternatively, you could spend your money on a thread lightbulb which would also act as another node (and a lightbulb).