Overview
- Apple is sending in‑app notices and emails as a second reminder that support for the previous Home version ends on Feb. 10, 2026.
- Without the update, access to a Home may be blocked, devices may stop responding, automations may fail, and the legacy build will receive no security or performance updates.
- The migration requires at least iOS/iPadOS 16.2, macOS 13.1, tvOS 16.2, or watchOS 9.2 on participating devices.
- An Apple TV or HomePod must serve as the home hub, with iPad no longer supported in that role under the new system.
- Apple reissued the architecture in early 2023 after a troubled 2022 debut, kept it optional until now, extended a planned 2025 cutoff, and has not provided a timeline for a subsequent major Home release.