Woke up this morning (Oh no, I’m woke!!) and a bunch of Matter/Thread stuff showed as “Not Responding”. My EcoBee thermostat and Eufycams were out too. I could use the device specific apps and all those devices were accessible and operational. Surprise! A HomeKit problem.
I was using a HomePod mini as my HomeKit hub since I still have old AppleTVs that don’t support Matter/Thread. And since I have automatic updates turned off for my HomePods there was the 18.3 update available. (There is a good reason that I have this turned off, but this post is about this event.) I foolishly thought maybe that was the problem.
I installed the update and nothing was fixed. Except now audio playing from the HomePods goes on and off. So much for the improved “reliability and performance” this upgrade promised. I am getting 350Mb/s on my internet connection, and yet it can’t play a continuous internet radio stream. I swear every upgrade just makes things worse. I told myself I was going to stop doing upgrades but I got sucker in to doing it again .
Everything showed up on HomeKit the night before.
I’m going on a trip tomorrow and now I have to troubleshoot another HomeKit failure so my automation will work while I’m away.
I wish there was an alternative. No, I’m not going to notify google and Samsung every time I turn a light on. I tried HomeBrew and it is a hodgepodge bowl of issues. Many years ago I got training in one of the early home automation “systems”, that was nothing but problems. I know why that company disappeared. Ok, I’ll stop whining…
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Hey Apple, maybe you should change homekit’s name to HomeS_hit
I was using a HomePod mini as my HomeKit hub since I still have old AppleTVs that don’t support Matter/Thread. And since I have automatic updates turned off for my HomePods there was the 18.3 update available. (There is a good reason that I have this turned off, but this post is about this event.) I foolishly thought maybe that was the problem.
I installed the update and nothing was fixed. Except now audio playing from the HomePods goes on and off. So much for the improved “reliability and performance” this upgrade promised. I am getting 350Mb/s on my internet connection, and yet it can’t play a continuous internet radio stream. I swear every upgrade just makes things worse. I told myself I was going to stop doing upgrades but I got sucker in to doing it again .
Everything showed up on HomeKit the night before.
I’m going on a trip tomorrow and now I have to troubleshoot another HomeKit failure so my automation will work while I’m away.
I wish there was an alternative. No, I’m not going to notify google and Samsung every time I turn a light on. I tried HomeBrew and it is a hodgepodge bowl of issues. Many years ago I got training in one of the early home automation “systems”, that was nothing but problems. I know why that company disappeared. Ok, I’ll stop whining…
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Hey Apple, maybe you should change homekit’s name to HomeS_hit