Apple’s iOS 18 will finally allow users to choose their ‘Preferred Home Hub’

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Apple Home users, rejoice! An update discovered in the first iOS 18 beta shows the addition of an option to choose a “Preferred Home Hub.”

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy for The Verge:
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This fixes the problem of your smart home “deciding” to run over Wi-Fi through a HomePod when there’s a perfectly good Apple TV using ethernet sitting right there.

Eagle-eyed Redditors on the HomeKit subreddit spotted that, in the iOS 18 beta, there’s a new option to select your preferred Home hub instead of relying on Apple’s automatic selection, the current choice.

HomeKit users took to the thread to express their joy at this move, saying, among other things, that “This is the most important feature update in the history of Homekit,” “This is the greatest news I’ve ever received,” and “I can’t believe it! Apple actually listened!!!”

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MacDailyNews Note: A home hub controls your HomeKit and Matter accessories while you’re away from home, sharse control of your accessories with others, and automates your accessories to do what you want, when you want. More info about how to set up your HomePod, HomePod mini, Apple TV, or iPad as a home hub here.
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]

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