--- title: The iPad just got the chip it needs to be a smart home... description: Apple's new M5-powered iPad Pro includes the N1 wireless networking chip, bringing official Thread protocol support to iPads for the first time. While the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-ipad-just-got-the-chip-it-needs-to-be-a-smart-home-controller-vlusbbulm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The iPad just got the chip it needs to be a smart home controller | daily.dev og:description: Apple's new M5-powered iPad Pro includes the N1 wireless networking chip, bringing official Thread protocol support to iPads for the first time. While the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-ipad-just-got-the-chip-it-needs-to-be-a-smart-home-controller-vlusbbulm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/vLuSBbUlM.png og:image:alt: The iPad just got the chip it needs to be a smart home controller og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The iPad just got the chip it needs to be a smart home controller **[The Verge](https://daily.dev/sources/theverge)** · 4 min read · 13 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Apple's new M5-powered iPad Pro includes the N1 wireless networking chip, bringing official Thread protocol support to iPads for the first time. While the immediate use case appears to be simplified setup of Thread smart home devices without requiring a separate border router, this addition hints at the possibility of iPads returning as Apple Home hubs. The N1 chip combines Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Thread support, and will likely appear in future Apple smart home products like the Apple TV and HomePod Mini 2. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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