alt Hacker News>No iPad – or any portable Apple device - can be configured as a home hub for managing Matter-protocol devices.
hasn't apple been shipping thread radios in devices for a few years now, with no actual use for them? the only thing blocking iPads from being a home hub for managing matter protocol devices is that apple hasn't turned that feature on.
iPads used to be able to function as home hubs but they explicitly removed that feature a few years ago and made it Apple TV exclusive .