iOS 18.4 Could Force Users to Upgrade to Latest HomeKit Architecture

[Amazing Iceman]

I did the upgrade a while back, and after a reboot of each smart device everything worked perfectly on devices running newer versions of iOS.



Does anyone have an actual iOS version number that is the cutoff for the upgraded architecture?

Apple doesn’t say on the related page - https://support.apple.com/en-ca/102287

And neither this article nor the previous coverage mentions it.



Same, a number of my old devices stopped being usable as camera monitors, even ones running iOS 15 like an iPad Air 2.

Yeah, that's to be expected. The new Architecture only works starting with the new OS version it's launched from.
Any devices not supporting the new OS version will no longer be compatible.
These would be devices older than 5 years. In Apple's case, some devices older than 7 years have continued working.

 

[headlessmike]

Yeah, that's to be expected. The new Architecture only works starting with the new OS version it's launched from.
Any devices not supporting the new OS version will no longer be compatible.
These would be devices older than 5 years. In Apple's case, some devices older than 7 years have continued working.

That would be iOS/iPadOS 16.4 and newer.

 

[Amazing Iceman]

That would be iOS/iPadOS 16.4 and newer.

Definitely. But Apple has been very good at backwards compatibility going beyond the standard 5 year period they are obligated by law to support.

 

[frenchcamp49er]

Under the new HomeKit?
I'm on HomeKit 2.0 still, and no issues either.

Yes, working great.