Cannot add Bose Soundbar 700 to Homekit

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Cannot add Bose Soundbar 700 to Homekit

Has anyone successfully managed to add the Soundbar 700 to Apple Homekit? I have completed the setup within the Bose Music app but when I go to “Add Accessory” in Apple Homekit, nothing shows up 😔

Posted on Jan 23, 2022 3:01 PM

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Tesserax

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Jan 24, 2022 2:11 PM in response to juubox

I think the issue is that the Bose Soundbar 700 is not AirPlay 2 capable, only the original AirPlay. AirPlay 2 would be required for HomeKit. As such, Bose released the Soundbar 900 model which is AirPlay 2 capable.

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Jan 24, 2022 1:56 PM in response to juubox

Hello juubox,

Welcome to Apple Support Communities. It sounds like you're having trouble adding your Bose Soundbar 700 as a HomeKit accessory.

Check out the steps under "If you can't add an accessory" in this article for a few steps to try: Add a HomeKit accessory to the Home app.

Let us know how that goes for you.

Take care.

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juubox Author

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Jan 30, 2022 2:29 PM in response to Tesserax

Hey Tesserax,

It actually says on the Bose website that the Soundbar 700 is Airplay 2 capable.

https://www.bose.com/en_us/products/speakers/home_theater/bose-soundbar-700.html#v=bose_soundbar_700_black

There is another thread on the communities page where the Soundbar 700 owner has detected the speaker on the Homekit app but wasn’t making a connection (and no one replied). My Homekit app isn’t seeing the Soundbar at all though 🙁 I wonder if there’s something I’m doing wrong that I just can’t seem to figure out.

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Tesserax

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Jan 30, 2022 3:52 PM in response to juubox

Yikes! Right there on the on the initial web page. Not sure how I missed that. Must not have had enough coffee before replying to your post. ;)

Unfortunately, I don't have this Soundbar model. Mine is an "ancient" 1st generation Bose Soundbar that doesn't support AirPlay at all. As such there is no way I can try to duplicate the issue for you. Sorry!

All I can offer you is this article, that hopefully, you may find helpful:

How to Troubleshoot HomeKit Accessories Issues from iPHone - iGeeksBlog

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