Setup an Apple TV for guests in your home?

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Setup an Apple TV for guests in your home?

Is there a good way to setup an Apple TV in your home for guests that visit? Meaning a way that they won't be able to switch to your profile and change around the Apple TV up next etc. It would also be nice if the Apple TV could still be fully integrated into Homekit. I have created an iCloud account, added it to my family, and called it Guest.

For some reason, unless I, the family organizer, are added to the Apple TV it won't fully integrate into the Home app and show up as a Homekit Hub. When myself and the Guest are added to the Apple TV, everything seems to work ok. No idea why this is. It's not a deal breaker but thought I would throw this out to the community to see if anyone has done this before.

Apple TV (4th generation)

Posted on Nov 10, 2020 5:52 PM

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Vancouver22

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Nov 11, 2020 12:35 AM in response to Spartan1of300

To act as a Hub it needs to be signed in with an Apple ID or iCloud account. Because you already have your own Apple ID syncing in your Home App, you can’t add another independent one. Your Home App displays everything you have signed into your iCloud account (including this same ID your device is using) but not any other Apple ID.

Set up your HomePod, Apple TV, or iPad as a home hub

https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT207057

Share control of your home

https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT208709

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Nov 11, 2020 5:02 PM in response to Vancouver22

Thanks so much Vancouver22. That makes sense. I like having them fully integrated into my home system so I'll probably just leave myself as a user on them to enable that. If I do that shouldn't I be able to uncheck myself in the home app so that I don't show as a profile?

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Setup an Apple TV for guests in your home?

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