You Can Keep Using Your Ipad As An Apple Home Hub Until February

If you’ve been reluctant to update to nan caller Apple Home architecture, you now person a fewer much months earlier Apple forces your hand. Apple has pushed backmost nan deadline to February 10, 2026, alternatively than autumn 2025. 

The refreshed type of Apple Home has been disposable for a mates of years now and adds support for nan Matter smart location standard. However, updating has been optional truthful far.

One of nan biggest reasons for staying connected nan aged architecture is its support for iPads arsenic Home hubs. You tin still usage your iPad to power your smart location connected nan caller architecture, but you’ll request a abstracted hub device, specifically a HomePod aliases AppleTV. Unlike some of those devices, nan iPad’s show allows it to usability likewise to a touchscreen smart display, specified arsenic Amazon’s Echo Show aliases Google’s Nest Hub Max.

Apple doesn’t person a instrumentality to capable that void successful nan caller Apple Home — yet. There are rumors that it’s readying to launch a smart location show hub successful outpouring 2026, which would beryllium soon aft support for iPads arsenic Home hubs ends.