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Why isn't the HomeKit app showing up on my appletvs?
Previously Apple TV (4th generation)
Year introduced: 2015
Color: Black
Capacity: 32 GB or 64 GB
Model number: A1625
and
Year introduced: 2017
Color: Black
Capacity: 32 GB or 64 GB
Model number: A1842
Do you have the Apple TV box? If so, what models? Identify your Apple TV model - Apple Support
The Home app is available on iPhone, iPad, and with some limitations also on Mac.
Select TV-specific controls are available on Apple TV from Control Center. Find the Home icon there.
Use tvOS Control Center on Apple TV - Apple Support
↳ Control HomeKit scenes and cameras - Apple Support
If you envision more HomeKit functionality on the Apple TV box, then you may make suggestions as feedback comments to Apple directly: Feedback - Apple TV - Apple.
Thanks for the additional details. Those qualify. Both devices have about the same functionality for HomeKit. Either one can be a home hub (and the other a standby-hub). HomeKit is tied to one Apple ID account. Devices registered with a different account wouldn’t be part of the HomeKit setup.
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