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iPad User Guide

Set up accessories with Home on iPad

The first time you open the Home app, the setup assistant helps you create a home, where you can add accessories and define rooms. If you’ve already created a home when setting up a different accessory, you skip this step.

Add an accessory to Home

Before you add an accessory such as a light or camera, be sure that it’s connected to a power source, is turned on, and has network connectivity.

  1. Go to the Home app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Tap Home in the sidebar, then tap Add Accessory.

    You can also tap 👁 the Add button
    at the top of the screen, then choose Add Accessory.

  3. If you’re pairing a Matter accessory that was previously paired to another app, tap More options, then select your accessory.

  4. Follow the onscreen instructions.

Note: Matter-enabled accessories require a home hub, such as a HomePod speaker or Apple TV 4K. Thread accessories require a Thread-enabled home hub, such as Apple TV 4K (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Ethernet, HomePod mini, a supported third-party border router, or a device that supports Thread pairing.

You may need to scan a QR code, enter an 8-digit Apple Home setup code found on the accessory itself (or its box or documentation), or enter an 11 or 21-digit code for Matter-enabled accessories. An Apple Home-smart TV displays a QR code for you to scan. You can assign the accessory to a room, and give it a name, and then use this name when controlling the accessory with Siri. You can also add suggested automations during setup.

When you set up Apple TV 4K in tvOS and assign it to a room, it automatically appears in that room in the Home app on iPad.

Paired Matter accessories are synced across devices and stored in the Settings app using iCloud Keychain, regardless of which app you used to set them up. You can easily add a previously paired accessory that’s stored in Keychain to another Matter ecosystem app. To manage these accessories, go to Settings 👁 Image
 > General, then tap Matter accessories. See the Apple Support article Pair and manage your Matter accessories.

Show accessories in a room

You can show individual rooms, scenes assigned to them and a room’s accessories organized by category.

Do one of the following:

  • Go to the Home app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  • Tap the room in the sidebar.

  • Tap > next to the room’s name.

Change an accessory’s room assignment

  1. Go to the Home app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Touch and hold an accessory tile, then tap Accessory Settings.

  3. Tap Room, then choose a room.

Edit a room

You can change a room’s name and wallpaper, remove the room, and more. When you remove the room, the accessories assigned to it move to Default Room.

  1. Go to the Home app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Tap a room in the sidebar.

  3. On the Home tab, tap > next to a room, or tap 👁 the More button
    ,     then choose a room.

Organize rooms into zones

You can group rooms together into a zone to easily control different areas of your home with Siri. For example, if you have a two-story home, you can assign the rooms on the first floor to a downstairs zone.

  1. Go to the Home app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Tap > next to a room on the Home tab or tap 👁 the More button
    ,     then choose a room.

  3. Tap 👁 the More button
    ,     then tap Room Settings.

  4. Tap Zone, then tap an existing zone, or tap Create New to add the room to a new zone.

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