Yep, but the AppleTV already acts as a "Home IoT server" alongside the HomePod. (and an iPad can it too.) HomeKit uses one of those 3 devices to allow external

Yep, but the AppleTV already acts as a "Home IoT server" alongside the HomePod. (and an iPad can it too.) HomeKit uses one of those 3 devices to allow external access to your local sensors. For instance, I get notifications when the front door is opened and closed. I can unlock it remotely too. Am slowly adding extra sensors. From the cousin comment: > security video peripherals See HomeCam https://homecam.app https://homecam.app Unfortunately you can't run any old app in the background on any of these closed devices. I have a quad-core Mini that does duty as media library, software update caching, video encoding and photo export... if I could do those on an ATV it would be great.