airplay2 and homekit reqire an icloud account

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airplay2 and homekit reqire an icloud account

I am not able to setup my Apple TV as my Home Hub.

When I use the Apple TV menu for "AirPlay and HomeKit" and try to access the "Room" to designate location of the Apple TV I get an "iCloud Required" message "AirPlay 2 and HomeKit require an iCloud account".

I am indeed logged into iCloud on the Apple TV.

Its a 4th Gen Apple TV.
all my devices are up to date.
all my devices are on the same network.
my icloud account is added to the Apple TV and I am the default/primary user.
I have icloud keychain and 2factor auth enabled already.
I can see my Apple TV listed under my devices in my icloud account.

Apple TV 4K, tvOS 16

Posted on Dec 29, 2022 08:39 AM

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arvin8 Author

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Jan 5, 2023 05:27 AM in response to Urquhart1244

I am already using homekit on my ios devices. Thanks for the advice.

What I am trying to do is to setup apple tv, as my home hub.

In my original post I have already mentioned that I am already signed in to icloud. So what you shared on your screenshot is already in place.

Thanks for replying. Unfortunately that didnt help.

I hope someone knowledgeable will reply.

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Urquhart1244

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Dec 29, 2022 10:45 AM in response to arvin8

You’ll have much more HomeKit control in the Home app on iPhone or iPad. Try that. Then any edits would sync to Apple TV anyway.

‘iCloud required’ here seems to be about signing in for iCloud services in Settings﹥Users and Accounts﹥[user]﹥iCloud: … Verify that.

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