Apple is killing the old HomeKit tomorrow

If you haven't yet updated to the caller Apple Home, your astute location devices whitethorn nary longer enactment successful the Home app connected your iPhone, iPad, Mac, oregon Apple Watch starting tomorrow. On February 10, 2026, Apple volition end enactment for the archetypal HomeKit architecture.

The biggest interaction of the alteration volition beryllium felt by anyone inactive utilizing an iPad arsenic their Apple Home Hub (which allows you to power devices remotely and make automations).

In the caller Apple Home, iPads are nary longer supported arsenic hubs. You'll request a HomePod oregon Apple TV to service that role. The caller architecture besides requires your telephone and immoderate devices connected to your Home to beryllium moving iOS 16. …

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