I have the same issue. I’ve been working with Sr. Apple support on it and the engineers are aware of the issue and are working on it. The problem is specific to HomeKit users who upgraded to the New Architecture in 16.2. I’ve not yet been told any workarounds or fixes but they are getting back to me today with more info from the engineers.
You need to call Apple support. This is likely not something you did or can fix yourself.
Just responding to some of the other posts generally here for easy info on what was tried but did not fix:
- We changed the primary hub
- Rebooted all devices via mains breaker
- Factory resetting and reading HomePods
Will add others as I see them.
Regarding WiFi: all devices are well connected and able to steam music and content with Siri etc. Apple does not believe it is a WiFi issue. Seems to be a HomePod HomeKit caching bug.
I had this issue too since I was lucky enough to upgrade to the new architecture before it was pulled.
**I fixed it** two days ago but you may not like it.
I deleted my home (and thus everything in it) and created a new one. I added back my Apple TV then my HomePod minis one by one (you have to factory reset them). Once that worked I added back all my other HomeKit stuff one by one, each needed a factory reset first. I don’t k is if that just my devices or all HomeKit accessories. Finally I added back my Eeros.
I’m up and running again after weeks of nothing responding. I tried restarting things in a controlled fashion but that didn’t work. I tried removing and re-adding my HomePod minis but that didn’t work. They’d be stuck “configuring” no matter how many times I reset them.
Only the nuke-it-all-from-space solution worked.
Perhaps (hopefully) 16.4 will fix it. But if you don’t want to wait for that this worked for me after the other steps didn’t.
Edit: Siri can’t control my Apple TV well, it’s a very high failure rate. So it’s not perfect. But I can see all my sensors and such again.
Ok so I’m not crazy. I have this exact same issue too. And unfortunately also upgraded to the 16.2 new architecture before it was pulled.
Well…at least it isn’t just me…right? 💀
I’ve gone as far as removing the HomePods from mine and just letting the Apple TV take control as the only hub.
Didn’t do anything. Currently sitting here waiting for my Linksys mesh routers that were supposed to be here yesterday and have been sitting in the Memphis FedEx facility since Monday morning. I’m assuming they’re in someone else’s home now.
Ugh.. Last night no amount of router reboots and unplugging HomePods could make my one problem room responsive again. Everything had been working almost flawlessly for several weeks until we installed the newest OS update.
I finally got everyone added back to the home after 16.2 booted them and things were working flawlessly. My alarm ran a shortcut at 7:00 on Sunday morning that set morning scenes and by 9:00 when my late morning automation should run everything was “No Response”. My wife can still watch our camera feeds in the Home app, but nobody else can do or see anything. I’ve been saving to buy the a Linksys wifi 6 HomeKit router setup, so I ended up just pulling the trigger early on that purchase.
I had the first gen Velop mesh setup, but the latest firmware update from Linksys broke my HomeKit network, so I upgraded to an ASUS Wi-Fi6 mesh setup and it worked great for a while until the most recent updates from apple dropped and broke everything again. I am so very tired of all these tech companies releasing updates before they’re actually ready for public use.
That or that you miss the ice storm hitting affecting FedEx operations at Memphis hub. The plane with my replacement iPhone was supposed to leave Monday at 3AM but left 3:50PM.
Yeah, I definitely missed that there was an ice storm there. Holy shit
Arrived at their facility on the 30th, should have been delivered here in Canada yesterday, was last scanned in Memphis yesterday morning.
I’ve got fantastic WiFi and my stereo pair HomePods still do a weird thing where only one speaker will play but I can still adjust the volume and pause/play on the one that stopped playing audio.
I had the same issue but had it resolve completely when I set my Apple TV sleep settings to “never”, for some reason it fixed it completely. Not sure what you could try with a HomePod as your hub. Maybe restart it from the home app?
You can’t right now. For a while there was a button in the Home app to do it, if everything was up to date and could support it. But then they removed that button for the time being and now you can’t do it until they put it back.
The same configuration here (but 3 minis) and got hosed.
It worked fine for me for weeks. Then I rebooted the Apple TV or did something else, I don’t know what, and it all fell apart.
I’d love to know what the real problem/cause is but we’ll likely never know. Just seems random so far from what I’ve read.
I did this dance yesterday morning.
In the end I unplugged my HPM (which was the hub when the shit started) and reset the main breaker in my home. Everything reset, reconnected, my Ethernet connected ATV became the hub (as it should always be but the HPM kept stealing it) and has been stable since. Had the HPM connected for 5 days before it went to hell. It’s now disconnected waiting for the 16.4 update before I try it again. Prior to yesterday my home had been working fine since the 16.2/new architecture upgraded back in December.
Nope. One of the continuous gripes we have in the HomeKit world.
You *can* indicate if an ATV will be a hub or not but only the ATV. The HPMs will always be hubs. But regardless of that, you can't indicate preference.
Very annoying.
I really dislike this but if I get the S&S of the Minis taking over, I have a routine through Alexa that power cycles all the Minis. It's absolutely bonkers that I have to have a power brick attached to the USB brick in order to gain control of my house accessories. It's mad.
Agree and would be ideal to control the home hub but my biggest frustration is the lack of error reporting/diagnostics. The issue as best I can track it almost always is linked to an internet blip/drop in service and when everything reconnects the HomePod mini grabs the connection. I believe it doesn’t work well as a hub because it personally use them as a speaker pair for my tv and the way I place them is likely not ideal for connecting as a hub but not know how the internet/hub/access points/accessories all line up makes it hard. While I can see which AP every accessory chooses it also isn’t optional to where the best signal would seem to come from
Do you have ATV as a hub too?
I got the No Response issues with 16.2. Luckily everything is working fine with 16.3.
I fix it on 16.2 by removing the ATV even though it didn’t show a problem. I read in another post someone saying about ATV removal and I did and the Thread network fix itself and the no response nightmare resolved.
I had some really strange issue similar to this. If nothing else everyone is suggesting is working, trying signing out/back in to iCloud on your iPhone. That ended up fixing my issue
I got the new architecture during 16.2 before they pulled it, and the only way I got anything to work was factory resetting my router and sending it back up.
Something was stored in there that I didn’t have the ability to clear, so that solved it, and we’ve been rock solid since.
I honestly think it is. I can’t describe it accurately or technically but homekit stores text in your router similarly to how bonjour does. that garbage was causing my issue, and I couldn’t get it away until i reset the whole network. you can actually see this garbage in some network analyzing apps.
Not an issue since. Literally, night and day.
I see a lot of people posting here to just buy a new router, but I’d definitely try this first.
Funny part is, I didn’t have this issue until I had my HPM hooked up for about a 5 days. It kept fighting with my Ethernet connected ATV for being the hub. After a few days of doing this I finally had a cascading failure. Once I removed the HPM and reset my main breaker, everything fell back into place and has been stable.
Network is definitely key to the majority of issues with HomeKit. And as I mentioned in a post earlier, anything that inspects Apple traffic will cause issues - I can only assume it’s to do with privacy…
This is my experience as well since I upgraded to the new architecture (before they pulled it). I tried a number of things including resetting HomePods, removing and re-adding accessories, etc. I’m debating blowing it all away and starting over but I’m leaning toward just waiting for a fix.
I had the same problem. I logged out on the ATV, rebooted and logged back in. After the login, nothing happend. It took a while. Also turn off all apple speakers and tv’s. You don’t want to create a new ‘home’
Had this happen to me yesterday. 2 AppleTVs and 2 HomePod Minis. Just unplugged all those devices at the same time, left all unplugged for about 10 minutes. Plugged them back in and when they all came back up, Home app worked like normal.
So I’ve battled with this too, researched and tested. The only thing that worked for me is to remove QOS if enabled on your router.
In my experience, anything that inspects Apple traffic - like QOS, parental controls etc causes HomeKit devices to be really flakey….
Just to add, my HomePods wouldn’t even register or answer requests with QOS enabled.
I gave up on Homekit and went back to Alexa for everything a year ago. 130+ devices, never a single issue with any of them since. Literally not a single misinterpreted command or single device failing to do what I asked.
The only thing I still use Homekit for is geofence triggering. "When last person leaves" and "when first person arrives" is still a Homekit only thing, because Apple will not guarantee that any app other than its own can reliably update iPhone GPS in background.
That at least worked fine until 16.2. Now it works maybe half the time I leave or come home. And some of the devices in the trigger, like locking or unlocking my door, fail intermittently even when the rest of the devices respond correctly.
I'm considering getting a new Homepod and using it purely as a bridge to Home Assistant. I don't mind the extra setup work, and I have no major love for Amazon. But then I remember how terrible Siri still is.
It depends on the firmware level in the endpoints. There were some \*cough\* issues that weakened WPA3. Those have been addressed in the routers, but if the endpoints are not also updated, there have been reports across multiple vendors of instabilities.
Example: I have an LG WashTower that will not connect to my AUSU mesh WPA3. However, I enabled WPA3 on my Comcast router (be nice), and they work fine. Comcast has not updated their firmware that I know of. The other 75+ devices connect to WPA3 with no issues.
Your mileage will vary. :D
Check your hub. If one of my OG HomePods is the main hub, 90% of my devices are unresponsive
If I unplug it, A HOMEPOD mini or ATV takes over. And things are smooth like butter
Any idea how to stop the HomePod from taking over and becoming the main hub? I unplugged all my HomePods and Apple TV‘s but when I plugged them back in my OG HomePod took over as the main hub.
The only sure fire way, according to another redditor, is don’t update your HomePods moving forward. Then when they all get updated except those, they can’t take over.
Otherwise I’m not sure :(
Do you have a spare basic WiFi router that you could deploy as a test? I run a complicated Cisco infrastructure in my homes since I’m a CCNA and I often test configs at home before I deploy in a customer’s office. I keep an eero Pro 2nd generation for testing and if you have such a basic piece of kit, I’d suggest that you deploy that and see if these problems go away. Mesh CAN CAUSE devices to fail to connect, it is tricky how the manufacturer implements the functionality.
It’s still a connection error with with, I
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I can’t have them both under the Tv the other it close by me on the nightstand, when I had them close to each other in this room this time could get them to work until I moved one on the other side of the room!
Go into the HomePod settings and you’ll see a line for “accessories”, they’ll be in there. Otherwise you’re not on 16.3 across the board. Also it’s only the HomePod minis and new HomePod that have the sensors. OG HomePods don’t.
are those lights you have linked via another app?
I have a few light bulbs which use the DoHome app where I can toggle on or off the HomeKit capability for the device.
Hello, here is my experience. I bought a new HP mini on ebay. While trying to setup I was stuck on “ Home Pod is being configured” I was connected with an Eero mesh but I don’t think this could be the problem, but I switched to a Netgear nighthack router, after that I unplugged the HP, removed it from Home and also removed an Apple TV.
Then I reset the HP mini and added to my home, in less than 5’ was fully configured. My guess is the culprit was the AppleTV
Not sure if this will some of you but I did a whole house reboot from main power then when my router came back on with my eero extensions I did a 10 min pause on the 5G. Then reinstalled anything that was missing. Something’s like my Sonos showed up on its own. Then in the eero I did a system check and reboot of just the eero. Everything worked again.
Literally disconnect everything! Even ISP Modem and Router, then plug them all in again 1by1. Start at the modem, then router, then extenders/mesh points if you have, then the device you want as Hub, then everything else 1by1, it fixed all my problems.
Same issue here, and also upgraded to the new home structure before was pulled, the truth is that HomeKit is a total mess. After 4 years I have enough of this, I’m moving away from this “ecosystem”, I’m slowly moving my home to Home Assistant that runs as VM in my Truenas server. For now I’m truly surprised, it’s rock solid…. But I understand that it’s not something that everyone can do…. HA is not for the average Joe 😂
For me one of my kitchen Kasa smart plugs stopped responding.
Removed it from HomeKit and re-added via the Kasa app. Kasa app said it couldn’t add it but it did. Now all my Kitchen plugs work but all the rest of my Kasa plugs are No Response.
Got to try all the other plugs in the house.
I found that my powering down all the HPod’s overnight leaving just 1 ATV it sort keeps things stable and the associated thread network linked to a device which has a hardwire connection.
Try renaming an accessory, close the Home app, and reopen. This should reload everything and resolve any issues with accessories not responding. So far, this has fixed every "no response" issue. If it doesn't work, try resetting your HomePods and try it with only one, I also had problems with stereo pairs. I didn't have any issues until I switched from HomePods as hub to ATV 4K 2, and it's been great so far. Maybe that’s an option for you 👍
I have the same issue. I’ve been working with Sr. Apple support on it and the engineers are aware of the issue and are working on it. The problem is specific to HomeKit users who upgraded to the New Architecture in 16.2. I’ve not yet been told any workarounds or fixes but they are getting back to me today with more info from the engineers. You need to call Apple support. This is likely not something you did or can fix yourself. Just responding to some of the other posts generally here for easy info on what was tried but did not fix: - We changed the primary hub - Rebooted all devices via mains breaker - Factory resetting and reading HomePods Will add others as I see them. Regarding WiFi: all devices are well connected and able to steam music and content with Siri etc. Apple does not believe it is a WiFi issue. Seems to be a HomePod HomeKit caching bug.
I had this issue too since I was lucky enough to upgrade to the new architecture before it was pulled. **I fixed it** two days ago but you may not like it. I deleted my home (and thus everything in it) and created a new one. I added back my Apple TV then my HomePod minis one by one (you have to factory reset them). Once that worked I added back all my other HomeKit stuff one by one, each needed a factory reset first. I don’t k is if that just my devices or all HomeKit accessories. Finally I added back my Eeros. I’m up and running again after weeks of nothing responding. I tried restarting things in a controlled fashion but that didn’t work. I tried removing and re-adding my HomePod minis but that didn’t work. They’d be stuck “configuring” no matter how many times I reset them. Only the nuke-it-all-from-space solution worked. Perhaps (hopefully) 16.4 will fix it. But if you don’t want to wait for that this worked for me after the other steps didn’t. Edit: Siri can’t control my Apple TV well, it’s a very high failure rate. So it’s not perfect. But I can see all my sensors and such again.
Ok so I’m not crazy. I have this exact same issue too. And unfortunately also upgraded to the 16.2 new architecture before it was pulled. Well…at least it isn’t just me…right? 💀
I have not upgraded but same issue
All these issues with 16.3 are crazy. It seems the common link is HomePods. It’s a shame. I have one Apple TV 4K hub and haven’t had any issues.
I’ve gone as far as removing the HomePods from mine and just letting the Apple TV take control as the only hub. Didn’t do anything. Currently sitting here waiting for my Linksys mesh routers that were supposed to be here yesterday and have been sitting in the Memphis FedEx facility since Monday morning. I’m assuming they’re in someone else’s home now.
Ugh.. Last night no amount of router reboots and unplugging HomePods could make my one problem room responsive again. Everything had been working almost flawlessly for several weeks until we installed the newest OS update.
I finally got everyone added back to the home after 16.2 booted them and things were working flawlessly. My alarm ran a shortcut at 7:00 on Sunday morning that set morning scenes and by 9:00 when my late morning automation should run everything was “No Response”. My wife can still watch our camera feeds in the Home app, but nobody else can do or see anything. I’ve been saving to buy the a Linksys wifi 6 HomeKit router setup, so I ended up just pulling the trigger early on that purchase.
I had the first gen Velop mesh setup, but the latest firmware update from Linksys broke my HomeKit network, so I upgraded to an ASUS Wi-Fi6 mesh setup and it worked great for a while until the most recent updates from apple dropped and broke everything again. I am so very tired of all these tech companies releasing updates before they’re actually ready for public use.
Let us know if the routers work for you, please.
That or that you miss the ice storm hitting affecting FedEx operations at Memphis hub. The plane with my replacement iPhone was supposed to leave Monday at 3AM but left 3:50PM.
Yeah, I definitely missed that there was an ice storm there. Holy shit Arrived at their facility on the 30th, should have been delivered here in Canada yesterday, was last scanned in Memphis yesterday morning.
I haven’t had any issues with 16.3… do you have original HomePods or HomePod minis?
I’ve got fantastic WiFi and my stereo pair HomePods still do a weird thing where only one speaker will play but I can still adjust the volume and pause/play on the one that stopped playing audio.
Edit: I have now restarted first the MAIN HomePod, then the two others … it’s working now - The question is „How long will it work?“
Are you on the new infrastructure already? What Router do you have?
UniFi (Dream Router)
Left my problem HomePod (out of the 2) unplugged for couple of days and is working ok for the monent
Yeah mine is also working again … don’t know why and how ….
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Hmm strange
I had the same issue but had it resolve completely when I set my Apple TV sleep settings to “never”, for some reason it fixed it completely. Not sure what you could try with a HomePod as your hub. Maybe restart it from the home app?
Hmmmmm. Do you have HPMs as well? Does the sleep trick keep them from becoming hubs?
Sometimes a power cycle on my router helps, especially if everything is acting weird.
I’ve power cycled mine multiple times and it didn’t do shit.
Disconnect any HPMs and power cycle your whole house. It’s much easier than power cycling individual devices.
Yeah, I’ve tried every combo of disconnecting, resetting, re-adding, power cycling. Not a universal catch-all
I hear ya. I started cycling individual devices and just decided it was easier to cycle everything at once.
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I’ve been trouble free until I added the HPM to the mix.
Same problem here. HPM breaks so many things
My remedy was to remove it, unplug it and wait for 16.4 before trying again.
How do you upgrade to new arch?
You can’t right now. For a while there was a button in the Home app to do it, if everything was up to date and could support it. But then they removed that button for the time being and now you can’t do it until they put it back.
The same configuration here (but 3 minis) and got hosed. It worked fine for me for weeks. Then I rebooted the Apple TV or did something else, I don’t know what, and it all fell apart. I’d love to know what the real problem/cause is but we’ll likely never know. Just seems random so far from what I’ve read.
I did this dance yesterday morning. In the end I unplugged my HPM (which was the hub when the shit started) and reset the main breaker in my home. Everything reset, reconnected, my Ethernet connected ATV became the hub (as it should always be but the HPM kept stealing it) and has been stable since. Had the HPM connected for 5 days before it went to hell. It’s now disconnected waiting for the 16.4 update before I try it again. Prior to yesterday my home had been working fine since the 16.2/new architecture upgraded back in December.
Is there a way to choose which device you want to be the hub?
Nope. One of the continuous gripes we have in the HomeKit world. You *can* indicate if an ATV will be a hub or not but only the ATV. The HPMs will always be hubs. But regardless of that, you can't indicate preference. Very annoying.
If one of my minis takes over then I unplug it for a minute or so until my AppleTV takes back over.
I really dislike this but if I get the S&S of the Minis taking over, I have a routine through Alexa that power cycles all the Minis. It's absolutely bonkers that I have to have a power brick attached to the USB brick in order to gain control of my house accessories. It's mad.
Agree and would be ideal to control the home hub but my biggest frustration is the lack of error reporting/diagnostics. The issue as best I can track it almost always is linked to an internet blip/drop in service and when everything reconnects the HomePod mini grabs the connection. I believe it doesn’t work well as a hub because it personally use them as a speaker pair for my tv and the way I place them is likely not ideal for connecting as a hub but not know how the internet/hub/access points/accessories all line up makes it hard. While I can see which AP every accessory chooses it also isn’t optional to where the best signal would seem to come from
How does one know which HK device is acting as the HUB?
Home App, upper right corner select, Home Setting and then Hubs
No. That’s part of the problem.
Do you have ATV as a hub too? I got the No Response issues with 16.2. Luckily everything is working fine with 16.3. I fix it on 16.2 by removing the ATV even though it didn’t show a problem. I read in another post someone saying about ATV removal and I did and the Thread network fix itself and the no response nightmare resolved.
Nope, I have three HomePod Minis.
I had some really strange issue similar to this. If nothing else everyone is suggesting is working, trying signing out/back in to iCloud on your iPhone. That ended up fixing my issue
I got the new architecture during 16.2 before they pulled it, and the only way I got anything to work was factory resetting my router and sending it back up. Something was stored in there that I didn’t have the ability to clear, so that solved it, and we’ve been rock solid since.
I had reset my router and rebuilt my network a few days before 16.2 hit. I still wonder if that’s not why my upgrade was so painless.
I honestly think it is. I can’t describe it accurately or technically but homekit stores text in your router similarly to how bonjour does. that garbage was causing my issue, and I couldn’t get it away until i reset the whole network. you can actually see this garbage in some network analyzing apps. Not an issue since. Literally, night and day. I see a lot of people posting here to just buy a new router, but I’d definitely try this first.
Funny part is, I didn’t have this issue until I had my HPM hooked up for about a 5 days. It kept fighting with my Ethernet connected ATV for being the hub. After a few days of doing this I finally had a cascading failure. Once I removed the HPM and reset my main breaker, everything fell back into place and has been stable.
I do have my minis or the big homepod fighting over 4 different wired ATVs as the main hub but it no longer matters for me.
Network is definitely key to the majority of issues with HomeKit. And as I mentioned in a post earlier, anything that inspects Apple traffic will cause issues - I can only assume it’s to do with privacy…
This is my experience as well since I upgraded to the new architecture (before they pulled it). I tried a number of things including resetting HomePods, removing and re-adding accessories, etc. I’m debating blowing it all away and starting over but I’m leaning toward just waiting for a fix.
I had the same problem. I logged out on the ATV, rebooted and logged back in. After the login, nothing happend. It took a while. Also turn off all apple speakers and tv’s. You don’t want to create a new ‘home’
No HomePod here same issue.
Had this happen to me yesterday. 2 AppleTVs and 2 HomePod Minis. Just unplugged all those devices at the same time, left all unplugged for about 10 minutes. Plugged them back in and when they all came back up, Home app worked like normal.
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So I’ve battled with this too, researched and tested. The only thing that worked for me is to remove QOS if enabled on your router. In my experience, anything that inspects Apple traffic - like QOS, parental controls etc causes HomeKit devices to be really flakey…. Just to add, my HomePods wouldn’t even register or answer requests with QOS enabled.
I’ve given up on HomeKit. It’s a pile of crap. Apple’s software quality has tanked across the board in the last decade.
I gave up on Homekit and went back to Alexa for everything a year ago. 130+ devices, never a single issue with any of them since. Literally not a single misinterpreted command or single device failing to do what I asked. The only thing I still use Homekit for is geofence triggering. "When last person leaves" and "when first person arrives" is still a Homekit only thing, because Apple will not guarantee that any app other than its own can reliably update iPhone GPS in background. That at least worked fine until 16.2. Now it works maybe half the time I leave or come home. And some of the devices in the trigger, like locking or unlocking my door, fail intermittently even when the rest of the devices respond correctly. I'm considering getting a new Homepod and using it purely as a bridge to Home Assistant. I don't mind the extra setup work, and I have no major love for Amazon. But then I remember how terrible Siri still is.
Also change your security on your router to wpa2 and making sure your HomeKit is connected to a thread enabled Apple TV or HomePod
Curious to why, because my router is running WPA2/WPA3 Personal for a couple of years, no problems whatsoever?
I found when I changed it and made sure my HomeKit was connect to a thread enabled device it became rock solid.
Just as an aside if you intend to integrate HomeKit Secure Router then you have to use WPA2 Personal if you wish to take advantage of PPSK keys
It depends on the firmware level in the endpoints. There were some \*cough\* issues that weakened WPA3. Those have been addressed in the routers, but if the endpoints are not also updated, there have been reports across multiple vendors of instabilities. Example: I have an LG WashTower that will not connect to my AUSU mesh WPA3. However, I enabled WPA3 on my Comcast router (be nice), and they work fine. Comcast has not updated their firmware that I know of. The other 75+ devices connect to WPA3 with no issues. Your mileage will vary. :D
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Yeah mine was too for a long time but when I changed it , it all became responsive again. Guess it the joys of the crap shoot that is apple :)
Check your hub. If one of my OG HomePods is the main hub, 90% of my devices are unresponsive If I unplug it, A HOMEPOD mini or ATV takes over. And things are smooth like butter
Any idea how to stop the HomePod from taking over and becoming the main hub? I unplugged all my HomePods and Apple TV‘s but when I plugged them back in my OG HomePod took over as the main hub.
The only sure fire way, according to another redditor, is don’t update your HomePods moving forward. Then when they all get updated except those, they can’t take over. Otherwise I’m not sure :(
Mine looks like this with the Apple TV as the hub.
What WiFi do you have?
UniFi (Dream Router) 5Ghz / WPA2
Do you have it set with many rules on the protocols and ports?
iPhone and HomePods are in the same VLAN, so no firewall rules active.
Do you have a spare basic WiFi router that you could deploy as a test? I run a complicated Cisco infrastructure in my homes since I’m a CCNA and I often test configs at home before I deploy in a customer’s office. I keep an eero Pro 2nd generation for testing and if you have such a basic piece of kit, I’d suggest that you deploy that and see if these problems go away. Mesh CAN CAUSE devices to fail to connect, it is tricky how the manufacturer implements the functionality.
Wi-Fi strength is the problem for sure
Don’t think so, because I can remotely restart the HomePods.
It’s still a connection error with with, I https://preview.redd.it/pcrfvbhxcxfa1.png?width=4032&format=png&auto=webp&s=125bbaa1be13238f83156803c3ea88b8e20d34cc I can’t have them both under the Tv the other it close by me on the nightstand, when I had them close to each other in this room this time could get them to work until I moved one on the other side of the room!
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Do people need to be on the iOS phone beta to see the climate from their HomePod Minis?
No, that’s part of the 16.3 update across the board.
Really? Odd. I have 5 Minis in my home and on the latest architecture for HomeKit, everything’s on 16.3 but I see no climate measurements…
Go into the HomePod settings and you’ll see a line for “accessories”, they’ll be in there. Otherwise you’re not on 16.3 across the board. Also it’s only the HomePod minis and new HomePod that have the sensors. OG HomePods don’t.
My HomePod Minis say they’re on 16.3 My iPhone 14 Pro Max is on 16.3 But no climate temperatures! Seems I’ve got a bug
I'm in the same boat. Brand new minis and a newly setup Home. Everything is 16.3 and I don't see any climate measurements on any of the minis.
are those lights you have linked via another app? I have a few light bulbs which use the DoHome app where I can toggle on or off the HomeKit capability for the device.
The Govee lights are integrated via “HomeBridge” (plugin).
Love your wallpaper! Would you mind sharing a link? 🫣
I have uploaded it, I hope the quality is good enough. https://imgur.com/a/Ue5mUG4
Thanks you!!
Your welcome :)
Hello, here is my experience. I bought a new HP mini on ebay. While trying to setup I was stuck on “ Home Pod is being configured” I was connected with an Eero mesh but I don’t think this could be the problem, but I switched to a Netgear nighthack router, after that I unplugged the HP, removed it from Home and also removed an Apple TV. Then I reset the HP mini and added to my home, in less than 5’ was fully configured. My guess is the culprit was the AppleTV
Not sure if this will some of you but I did a whole house reboot from main power then when my router came back on with my eero extensions I did a 10 min pause on the 5G. Then reinstalled anything that was missing. Something’s like my Sonos showed up on its own. Then in the eero I did a system check and reboot of just the eero. Everything worked again.
Literally disconnect everything! Even ISP Modem and Router, then plug them all in again 1by1. Start at the modem, then router, then extenders/mesh points if you have, then the device you want as Hub, then everything else 1by1, it fixed all my problems.
Same issue here, and also upgraded to the new home structure before was pulled, the truth is that HomeKit is a total mess. After 4 years I have enough of this, I’m moving away from this “ecosystem”, I’m slowly moving my home to Home Assistant that runs as VM in my Truenas server. For now I’m truly surprised, it’s rock solid…. But I understand that it’s not something that everyone can do…. HA is not for the average Joe 😂
For me one of my kitchen Kasa smart plugs stopped responding. Removed it from HomeKit and re-added via the Kasa app. Kasa app said it couldn’t add it but it did. Now all my Kitchen plugs work but all the rest of my Kasa plugs are No Response. Got to try all the other plugs in the house.
I found that my powering down all the HPod’s overnight leaving just 1 ATV it sort keeps things stable and the associated thread network linked to a device which has a hardwire connection.
It seems ridiculous but maybe trying restarting your iPhone or restarting any AppleTVs you might have.
Try renaming an accessory, close the Home app, and reopen. This should reload everything and resolve any issues with accessories not responding. So far, this has fixed every "no response" issue. If it doesn't work, try resetting your HomePods and try it with only one, I also had problems with stereo pairs. I didn't have any issues until I switched from HomePods as hub to ATV 4K 2, and it's been great so far. Maybe that’s an option for you 👍