Controls by device type
Dedicated cards for lights, curtains and blinds, climate devices, televisions, and robot vacuums, plus warm and cool white presets for compatible lights.
Features and capabilities
Favorite rooms, scenes, devices, sensors, cameras, and security status stay organized in one calm view.
Ways to use HomeDeckControl and visibility
Full-screen HomeKit doorbell
Incoming compatible HomeKit doorbell calls take over the iPad automatically, so they are hard to miss. See live video or the latest snapshot, answer or end the call, talk to the visitor, and use supported door controls without leaving HomeDeck.
Flexible iPad customization
Reorder rooms, dashboard sections, favorites, devices, and cameras, then hide anything you do not need.
Themes for every moment
Choose Automatic, Classic, White, or Black. Automatic follows the time of day.
Hourly & five-day forecasts
See current conditions, today’s hourly forecast or the next five days, and available alerts powered by Apple WeatherKit.
Available in version 1.8
Energy
Consumption from compatible outlets and devices, solar generation, grid exchange, and battery readings in one place. Set your price per kWh, compare periods, review home efficiency, and find your biggest energy consumers.
With Livoltek and Solar Inverters plugins. View readings on iPad and Apple TV.
Personalize and connect
Guest access
Create limited profiles for guests or family. Owner settings stay protected by a PIN.
Siri & Shortcuts
Open rooms, run scenes, and control supported devices with Siri.
Two screens. One home.
Customize dashboards and use touch on iPad; open rooms, scenes, and cameras with the remote on Apple TV.
Rooms, scenes & favorites
Keep the rooms, scenes, and favorites you use most close at hand instead of searching through the whole home.
Apple Music
Keep playback and now-playing information visible on the dashboard and in Ambient mode.
iCloud sync
Configure supported preferences and guest profiles on iPad, then carry them to Apple TV through your personal iCloud account.
Everyday context and privacy
Wall-panel security on iPad
Use protected Home, Away, and Night modes, an exit delay, and a persistent full-screen armed state on a wall-mounted iPad.
Diagnostics sharing
Prepare anonymized technical diagnostics on iPad and share them with support directly or by QR code.
Useful, even when you're not touching it.
New layouts keep time, weather, hourly or five-day forecasts, selected sensors, cameras, events, and Apple Music visible between interactions.
Family calendar
Choose one or more calendars already connected to iPad, then see upcoming events in HomeDeck on iPad and Apple TV.
Private by design
No HomeDeck account or advertising SDKs. Home data stays with Apple.
HomeDeck on iPad
From the wall to your hands.
Use iPad to arrange rooms and favorites, choose what stays visible, and fine-tune the dashboard. Your preferences sync through iCloud and appear on Apple TV.
- Arrange rooms, favorites, devices, and cameras in your preferred order
- Choose what is visible and hide what you do not need
- Changes sync through iCloud and appear on Apple TV
HomeDeck on Apple TV
Your home on the big screen.
See the whole home from across the room, open scenes with the remote, or let Ambient mode keep the most useful information visible between interactions.
- Remote-first navigation for rooms, scenes, and accessories
- Glanceable time, weather, sensors, cameras, and music
- Full-screen camera viewing when attention matters
