Most use it as a way to control from iOS or Mac and get status on Apple products. Some iOS user utilize the presence sensing.
You have to automate between HomeKit and Hubitat somehow with Homebridge to get a device in Homebridge to interact with a device from HE.
For what you’re trying to do, if you’re not an iOS user, and don’t have an Apple TV 4 or later, or a HomePod or HomePod mini, then this would probably be more useful to you.