HomeKit update and Echo 4 Thread border router?

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ascroft

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#304617 21-May-2023 11:34

Hi all.

I think if I update HomeKit on my iPhone and iPad, it will ignore my old Apple TV and also iPad to do the smart home connection to Arlo, Hue etc. I don't plan to buy a new Apple TV or HomePod.

My question is: Is Thread smart enough yet to stitch this together and have the Echo 4 be the back end to Home Kit? I could try it, but suspect its a one way journey….

TIA

Mark

"Artificial Intelligence" - aka Machine Learning 2.0

RunningMan

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#3078279 21-May-2023 13:21

Do you mean move to the new Home architechure? This is the requirements for a home hub. What Apple TV do you have?

ascroft

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#3078281 21-May-2023 13:34

Thanks - as per that link - is the Echo 4 a “or a supported third-party border router”.

It’s the HD Apple TV so wont work.

Mark

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RunningMan

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#3078321 21-May-2023 15:22

Pretty sure the A1625 works fine as a home hub if that's the one you have. No thread built in of course. Just add it to a room and it becomes a hub automatically.