Accessories not responding in Homekit on watch.

Got it working finally, updated devices (watch, iPhone and Apple tv) the latest OS versions and still wasn’t working. Apple TV was hardwired and the Home app on that wasn’t working either so I unplugged the ethernet cable and away we go- watch and Apple TV both working fine. iPad and iPhone were both working ok before any way.

Hope this is of some help.

Hello Hoxsieq,

It sounds like you're running into an issue controlling your HomeKit devices on your Apple Watch after updating.

First, let's be sure you have the latest version of iOS (14.0.1) and watchOS (7.0.1) on your devices. The articles below will guide you.

Update your Apple Watch

Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

If you're running the latest versions, let's try restarting both devices as shown here:

How to restart your Apple Watch

Restart your iPhone

If you're still running into that issue afterwards, take a look at this article for help using that feature: Control your home with Apple Watch

This should help to clear this up for you, but if you need further help, we'd recommend providing the Community with more details about exactly what's happening when you try to control those devices.

Take care!

Okay so I was having the same issue and it seemed to resolve when I changed the “Hub” being used in HomeKit to an iPad I had with me. If the iPad, HomePod, or Apple TV that acts as you hub is not in the house with you, then that could also be an issue. Hope that helps.

I solved the problem by doing the following: go into the home app on my watch, then go to home settings, then go to your user and then turn off show me on apple tv. After this you can control accessories from your apple watch with Siri or the home app

Hi, i had the same problem and solved it by updating my iPad. I had set my iPad up as the home hub, so my guess is that might have been the issue, at least for me.

Wow, I’ve been suffering from this problem the whole autumn, using IKEA’s Trådfri-lights. Isolated the problem to the Apple TV 4k, when I disable the Home Hub from the Airplay and Homekit-settings the devices start responding on my Apple Watch 6 again (had the same problem before also on the 3). So the Apple TV seems to be the problem, restarting didn’t help and I’m on the latest software version. Apparently need to wait for an update to fix it (I imagine there’s been a few along the autumn so good luck with that) but might just have to retire an iPad and make it the home hub for now... Oh Apple...

nevermind. I was able to get it working by uninstalling the home app on the phone and reinstalling it. seems to work fine now.

Updating Apple Watch to 7.1 and of course the iPhone to 14.2 fixed it for me!

Updating to tvOS 14.2 finally solved my problem 😊

Unfortunately that is not the case for me. I am not trying to use a hub; I am only trying to control devices from within my house. While controlling devices with my iPhone (iOS 14.2), I cannot access any devices on my watch (WatchOS 7.1). The only way I can use my watch to control devices is if my iPhone is placed in Airplane Mode, forcing my watch to use WiFi.

I have same issue. Rebooting watch iPhone etc no help. Updates screwed up watch Home app.

broke again for me after watchos 7.1 update. uninstalling and reinstalling doesn't work anymore.

works fine on ipad and iphone.

I tried to use the Home app on the watch and now it’s working. Interesting. It didn’t work for days I restored the watch and the phone but nothing happened. Now I didn’t do anything and it seems to good.

Still no luck on my nuki locks. Outdoor netatmo cameras are all functioning and I am getting video feeds on my apple wat h but one of them says shows no respons for the floodlight function. Really looking forward to the update with bugfix.

Will have new meross garage openers installed on Friday. Hope they work with watch because taking out phone defeats the entire purpose.

That makes sense, and would explain my August lock/bridge issue. I recently got a HomePod mini, but I have it right next to the Apple TV, so it's not helping connectivity right now. I might move it to another part of the house so it can be the hub, or share the hub-ness with the Apple TV.

For a few months, I didn't have either (I sold the HD version to upgrade to the 4K one), and had to use an iPad Pro as a hub (centered in the house); it was worse. The HomePod mini helped a bit; the Apple TV helped more, even thought it's by the HomePod mini.