Your Mac can play audio through HomePod mini 2 later, but it cannot set it up. Apple says you need an iPhone or iPad on current software.
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Clean Energy Guidance in the Home app: how to connect your utility plan
Apple’s new thermostats only factor in your rate plan after you link a participating U.S. utility in the Home app. Here are Apple’s steps.
LG's Apple Home Collection accessories also work with the LG ThinQ app
LG says its doorbell, cameras, lock and thermostat support its own ThinQ app as well as Apple Home. Apple’s pitch is that you never need a second app.
How to add up to six family members to Apple HomeView, and what guests can do
Each of HomeView’s six member slots needs an Apple Account and an updated iPhone or iPad. Guests without one can still run lights, timers and music.
HomeView smoke alarm alerts need every device in your home on new software
HomeView can listen for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, but only if every Apple device that accesses your home runs the latest software.
Siri AI on HomePod mini 2 and Apple TV depends on who owns your home
On HomePod mini 2 and Apple TV, Siri AI needs the home owner in the Home app to have an Apple Intelligence iPhone or iPad with Siri AI on.
How to turn on Summarize Videos for HomeKit cameras in the Home app
Apple’s AI captions for camera clips are switched off by default. Turning them on takes four taps, and your iCloud+ plan caps how many cameras.
Apple Intelligence bundles Home app alerts by default: here's the off switch
If your Home accessory alerts now arrive as one summary, Apple Intelligence is doing it, and it is on unless you switch it off. Apple’s support document on the Home app, published September 16, says Reduced Notifications is on by default, while Summarize Videos, which captions security camera clips, starts off. The Apple logo. Apple…
Apple Intelligence for Home requires iCloud+ starting at 2TB, Apple says
“Apple Intelligence for Home requires an iCloud+ subscription starting at 2TB.” That line appears in Apple’s release notes for iOS & iPadOS 27, macOS 27, and tvOS 27, and in the US the smallest plan that meets it, 2TB, costs $9.99 a month. The Apple logo. Image: Apple The note is one sentence long. It…
Which devices qualify as a home hub in Apple's Home app
Apple’s Home app gains an AI feature in iOS 27 that only works if a household already owns a specific piece of hardware Apple calls a home hub. Apple names exactly three devices that qualify: HomePod (2nd generation), HomePod mini, and Apple TV 4K. Apple's September event introduced iOS 27's software changes without any new…
iOS 27 Home App Explained: Activity Notifications, Video Descriptions, AI Clip Search and 4K Recording
The Home app gets four additions in iOS 27, according to Apple’s iOS 27 page: activity notifications, video descriptions, AI clip search and 4K recording support. They arrive with the free update on Monday, September 14, on iPhone 11 and later, and three of the four are about home cameras rather than lights and locks.…