HomeKit Secure Video
The Apple TV may be one of the best things about using security cameras with HomeKit, since you’ll be able to view all of your camera feeds right from control centre.
HomeKit Secure Video allows you to configure up to five compatible security cameras to stream video through HomeKit and securely record it to your iCloud account, and while the Apple TV doesn’t include an explicit Home app like you’ll find on your iPhone and iPad, you can pull up all of your HomeKit controls — including your camera feeds — by holding down the Home button on the Siri Remote to access the tvOS Control Centre.
Or you can just call up a specific camera by pulling up Siri and making a request like “Show me the front porch,” and the best part is that you can do this without interrupting whatever you’re watching, as it overlays the camera view in picture-in-picture mode. This can be great when waiting for your pizza to show up, monitoring the baby’s room, or even just keeping an eye on what’s going on around your home.
Further, if you have a HomeKit-compatible doorbell camera, you’ll get a notification when somebody is at your front door, showing a PiP preview of the camera over what you’re already watching, and even supplying their name if a picture of them happens to be in your iCloud Photo Library.