If your iphone ipad or ipod touch wont connect to a wi fi network ive found that ios devices and a home network can stop talking to each other. Yeah but please be aware that automations in homekit should not show up in the shortcuts app.
How To Control Your Homekit Smart Home When You Re Away From Home
Apple homekit not responding. Follow the steps in this article to make sure your homes wi fi signal is strong and consistent. So going out or coming home should. If you can use your philips hue lights from the hue app but not through the home app the problem has to do with homekit. Homekit says my ipad is accesssible and i could set up automation however when i try to turn on any of my homekit enabled hue lights i get a not responding all the time. Rather than keep resetting them all the time try just plugging homepod for a few seconds. For this a factory reset is necessary.
Some voice commands however can show up in shortcuts. On your mac double click an accessory. Take care and thanks for using apple support communities. Want to control your home when youre not there. Tap on your profile your name at the top. Unplug your wifi modem for a minute to reset that as well.
On your ios device or apple watch press and hold an accessory. So yes a stranded device may perform better from the sense of not responding but youre penalizing network performance broadly. Yes i have made sure the homekit enabled hue hub has commected to the ipad and the iphone cuz it works great while i am home. If not its time to reset your philips hue bridge installation. But not when i am out and about. The proper fix in this case would be to ensure better coverage either with a mesh network or with a system that allows for seamless ap roaming eg.
Check to see if home is toggled on. Just set up a home hub with a homepod apple tv or ipad. Homekit accessories not responding i just bagged my reliable z wave based vera system for the promise of voice controlled automation in an ultra easy to use homekit system. If you want to to do a full reset it might be best to manually remove it from the home app as well. So i bought a 350 homepod and two snazzy lennox s30 homekit compatible thermostats. Go to your philips hue bridge and make sure you dont disconnect it.
Make sure youre logged into your icloud account and that home is enabled open settings.