With new iPhones come new options. And beginning subsequent week, Apple HomeEquipment customers will get loads courtesy of iOS 15, HomePod 15, tvOS 15, and watchOS 8 software program updates. Apple has confirmed that these will all be accessible on the identical day, September twentieth.

So, in the event you’ve been enthusiastic about limitless HomeEquipment Secure Video cameras, the HomePod Mini as a speaker on your Apple TV 4K, or the prospect to see your doorbell in your Apple Watch, you’re in luck.

Here’s a have a look at all the brand new HomeEquipment and HomeEquipment-related options that will likely be dropping on Monday.

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Control your Apple TV with Siri

Finally, you’ll be capable of use Siri to show your Apple TV on and off, begin a selected present or film, or have it pause or resume playback for you. This has been a characteristic of Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Assistant for some time now (when paired with a Fire TV machine or Chromecast), and we’re happy to see Apple bringing Siri as much as par.

Set your HomePod Mini as your Apple TV speaker

A single or pair of HomePod Minis can now be your Apple TV 4K’s default speaker. This characteristic was beforehand solely accessible to the unique (now discontinued) HomePod, however now it’s accessible for Apple’s extra diminutive (and never discontinued) sensible speaker.

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Have your HomeEquipment cameras spot packages

Security cameras related to Apple’s HomeEquipment Secure Video (Apple’s possibility for storing footage out of your sensible dwelling cameras) by way of an Apple TV 4K or HomePod Mini can now inform you after they see a bundle. This is along with individuals, animal, and automobile detection and can enhance the usefulness of the 2 HKSV suitable residential doorbells at the moment in the marketplace — the Logitech View and the Netatmo Smart Video Doorbell.

See a number of HomeEquipment cameras in your Apple TV

The Apple TV can now stream a number of feeds out of your HomeEquipment cameras as an alternative of just one, so you may survey your area from the large display screen. It can even provide up management of close by equipment (reminiscent of a entrance door lock or porch gentle), so you may activate the lights and unlock the door utilizing the distant – no have to get your telephone out.

Add limitless HomeEquipment Secure Video cameras

Speaking of a number of cameras, with the iOS15 replace in your iPhone and iPad now you can add an infinite variety of cameras to HomeEquipment Secure Video in the event you join the brand new iCloud Plus 2TB plan ($9.99 a month). Previously, 5 was the utmost quantity allowed, which is a bit limiting if you wish to cowl an entire dwelling in and out with cameras.

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Talk to Siri in additional locations

The voice assistant is coming to different speaker-enabled HomeEquipment equipment. The Ecobee SmartThermostat is the one confirmed accent thus far — and the operate received’t go reside for a couple of extra weeks, in accordance with Ecobee. But it’s doubtless extra gadgets will observe quickly, enabling you to ask Siri to manage sensible dwelling gadgets, set timers and alarms, and use the intercom characteristic in additional rooms in your house. You will nonetheless have to have a HomePod Mini on the identical community for the machine to relay the requests.

Tell Siri to do one thing later

Siri is getting smarter about dwelling management, including the flexibility so that you can ask the voice assistant to do one thing later or based mostly on an occasion. That means you’ll be capable of use instructions reminiscent of “Hey Siri, turn off the lights when I leave home,” or “Hey Siri, turn off the TV at 6 p.m.”

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Control your private home in your wrist

With WatchOS 8, the Apple Home app will get a much-needed redesign. Now you may entry particular person equipment in addition to HomeEquipment Scenes, and the watch will use context to find out which gadgets and Scenes to supply up for management. You may also see HomeEquipment-enabled digicam feeds in your wrist and use Intercom to shortly broadcast a message to the entire dwelling, particular person rooms, or private gadgets.

To replace your HomePod and HomePod Mini’s software program, go to the Home Settings within the Apple Home app (you may activate automated updates right here). For Apple TV 4K, look within the settings menu in your machine and for the Apple Watch, use the Watch app in your iPhone or the settings app on the watch itself.