Apple Pulls iOS 16.2 Option to Upgrade to New Home Architecture

[valkraider]

Terrible marketing text. Does the average user understand "underlying architecture" when reading that paragraph? NOPE.

What would you call it?

 

[Ashbash75]

What would you call it?

Apple's new "Council House" 🤣🤣

 

[mwinterr]

I have an Apple TV 4K (2021) as my main hub, a number of iDevices switches, Leviton switches, Yulight and Meross light bulbs, a Hoobs system with bridges powering Nest thermostats, a Samsung mini-split (with Sensibo) and a Ring system (with sensors and cameras), all operating with no apparent issues; at least none I can tell vs. before I switched over to the new architecture.

 

[JoeDawson]

This Home Kit update I did it when it was an option. But it is crazy because once you do it you can't even control any home kit devices on older iPad's or iPhones. I now have to use the Google Home app on older iPads to control smart home devices. I accept if the system required you to use new iOS to add or configure devices. But now on an old iPad I can't say turn on the lights or do anything like that. It is very silly to remove ALL home kit support. I can't imagine any logical reason to do this to break ALL support for device control on old iOS.

It is just going to force people to use Alexa or Google Home apps on older Apple Devcies.

 

[joecomo]

Weird timing... I just updated today.

I bought my first HomeKit devices and opened the Home app for the first time today. I was exploring the app and saw that there was an update available. So I hit it.

I hope I didn't make a mistake.

😲

Unless you have family sharing and/or multiple HomeKit homes you should be fine.
Worked nicely just for me, but the rest of the family lost access.
After a lot of resetting (there is a specific profile from Apple to do that) - invitations worked again,
but all devices were dead/unreachable.

Had to kill everything and will rebuilt gradually.

 

[gclayton]

I upgraded to the new architecture and for the first time in years, I’ve had everything working seamlessly. I can now add devices easily. Everything is operational and clean. I have over 60 devices. Two iPod minis three large iPods three Apple TV‘s. I’m running an eero system with five hubs. It’s working flawlessly.

That should read HomePods, not iPods. I’ve added another dozen devices and it continues to operate flawlessly with the sole exception that I cannot invite other users.

 

[Surf Monkey]

Unless you have family sharing and/or multiple HomeKit homes you should be fine.
Worked nicely just for me, but the rest of the family lost access.
After a lot of resetting (there is a specific profile from Apple to do that) - invitations worked again,
but all devices were dead/unreachable.

Had to kill everything and will rebuilt gradually.

I have neither. Nothing is “fine.”

 

[ozthegweat]

Interesting. Quite a few others report of the same problem over at Github. Glad to see not everybody is affected.

For anyone happening upon this thread with similar issues with Homebridge on Synology, go into Homebridge settings and change the mDNS from Ahavi to Bonjour HAP, that fixed it for me.