How to View Your HomeKit Cameras and Doorbells on Apple TV
Reading Time: 3 minutesKeep an eye on your home’s security on the big screen thanks to HomeKit and Apple TV.
HomeKit cameras and doorbells are essential for securing your smart home, thanks to instant notifications and recording capabilities. But to ensure that you never miss a beat while you’re at home and without your phone, you’ll want to know how to see your HomeKit cameras and doorbells on your Apple TV.
All it takes is a few clicks of the Siri Remote to put your feeds on the big screen. Here’s how to view your HomeKit cameras on your Apple TV.
How to Add HomeKit Cameras to Apple TV
Before viewing your home’s feeds on the big screen, you must have a compatible camera or doorbell added to the Home app on your iPhone or iPad. If you are starting your HomeKit journey, follow our handy guide to learn how to add a smart home product to Apple HomeKit with just a few taps.
You must also sign in to your Apple TV with the same Apple ID you use for your HomeKit setup. Finally, having the latest iOS and tvOS versions on all your devices will give you the best results.
How to View a Single HomeKit Camera on Apple TV
With your Apple TV powered on, press and hold the TV/Control Center button on your Siri Remote for a few seconds. This action brings up the Control Center on the right-hand side of your TV.
With Control Center open, use your remote’s touch surface to navigate to the Home icon and then press the center of the click pad to open it. You should now see a new Home view with your favorite cameras and doorbells.
From here, use your remote’s touch surface to swipe between your HomeKit cameras and doorbells, and press the click pad to bring up a full-screen live view.
How to View Multiple HomeKit Cameras on Apple TV
In addition to viewing a single camera or doorbell, Apple TV also features a grid view that simultaneously displays all your feeds.
First, press and hold the TV/Control Center button on your Siri Remote. Next, navigate to the Home icon near the bottom of the Control Center panel and click the touch surface of your remote.
Now use the remote’s touch surface to highlight the first camera feed you see in Control Center, then swipe left to reveal a thumbnail image of the grid view.
Finally, click the touch surface of your remote to bring up the full-screen grid view.
How to View HomeKit Cameras Using Siri on Apple TV
Like how you control your smart home using Apple Watch and Siri, you can give Apple’s voice assistant specific phrases to summon your camera feeds on demand. To do so, press the Microphone button on your Siri Remote to invoke Siri.
Next, give Siri a command such as ‘show the front yard camera’ or ‘show all of the cameras.’ If successful, Siri will bring up a full-screen view of a single camera or display the grid view. If Siri fails, try again and refer to your camera precisely as it’s named in the Home app on your iOS device.
Additional Controls for HomeKit Cameras on Apple TV
While viewing a camera in full-screen mode, you can access additional controls by highlighting and clicking one of the three buttons near the bottom of your screen. The first button brings up all HomeKit accessories assigned to the same room as your camera in the Home app. To toggle an accessory—such as a lamp—all you need is a click of the Siri Remote.
The second button is a quick way to jump to the Apple TV’s camera grid view.
The last button leads to an incredibly slick picture-in-picture mode, which puts your camera’s feed in a floating window above all your content.
Your HomeKit Cameras on the Big Screen
Now with your HomeKit cameras and doorbells on the big screen, you can always keep an eye on things in and around your home. Apple’s tvOS grid view puts all your cameras front and center—perfect for checking in on the kids if they are playing outside.
Just throw a feed up on the TV, and you can go about your day without worry. Plus, when combined with timely camera notifications and quick access to favorite scenes and accessories, Apple TV offers one of the best ways to control your smart home.
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