Set up your HomePod, HomePod mini, Apple TV, or iPad as a home hub
- Tap Settings > [your name] and make sure that you’re signed in to iCloud with the Apple ID that you used to set up your HomeKit and Matter accessories in the Home app.
- Tap iCloud, then scroll down and check that Home is turned on under Apps Using iCloud.
- Tap Settings > Home and turn on Use this iPad as a Home Hub.
To use your iPad as a home hub, it must remain in your home, powered on, and connected to your home Wi-Fi network.
iPad is not supported as a home hub on the new, more reliable, and more efficient Home architecture, which is available as a separate upgrade in the Home app.
