Homekit hubs appear in multiple homes - with separate networks, making devices not reachable. (homepod minis)

Maybe you did not pray long enough as the problem returned the next day. However there is progress as simply taking the Ethernet cable out, waiting a few seconds and putting it back solves it immediately. This confirms there is a flaw in the way HomeKit recognises your nearest hub by relying on Wifi and not location and not taking into account that you can be hardwired on the same network which seems natural for an AppleTV.

Still having the same issue. Reported to Apple Support. They have no idea, and they can’t even follow up to ask for more info. It’s a huge issue for the failure of HomeKit if they cannot fix these sorts of major issues. Shows lack of interest and investment in what should be a powerful technology. Lazy.

<irony>I'm happy it was not my prayers... </irony>

I'm with you about the extend of this problem out of apples view... unfortunately we're stuck and there seems to be no way out. Let's wait for the next updates and see... until then i reactivated my homegrown vpn based integration of devices into a room inside my first home...

Yes working great. Still have all HomePods visible for all homes which is kind of odd. But functionality is there.

just attach it to your macs USB-C and after a few seconds the HP appears in finder. There you select it and have the options

Having this same issue and it’s driving me mad. Devices in affected homes are completely broken. Been an apple fan for 25 years, but completely burned out on the brand due to issues like this. Hope the gov tears them apart for their arrogance.

I'm glad I found this thread before investing time and money towards setting up 2 homes! I wanted to do something like this with a separate building hub using different SSID. This would allow the camera to recognize when I was "home" (ie, in the shop) to control recording. Wonder if Apple is going to address this issue?

Same issue too!

I have another problem which I think is related: The 2nd home, where I do not live, is the one that locates me (geofencing)! My current home thinks I am not here. Yes, the two locations are in my Contact card and are correct in Apple Maps. I have also deleted and reseted everything that could be possible related to privacy and location services.

Also, when I make someone in the other home power cycle the internet from the electrical panel for 15s, it doesn't discard my HomePods from that wrong home, they are still "there" listed in routers & hubs!

This drives me mad. For the first time I am considering dropping HomeKit completely.

I’m about to delete my second home and set it up with a different Apple ID as a suggested solution to the hub issues I’ve had. Before doing so, I wondered if others had fine the same with a successful outcome?

Apple do know. But don’t care!

They have known about this for ages but don’t fix it. Is absolutely pants and crap security.

I am waiting until next IOS comes out, if it’s not fixed I’m abandoning Apple.

Hopefully solved in iOS 16. I am also about to jump ship to Home Assistant. Have it running in parallel and it appears to be rock solid.

As a last try to stabilize HomeKit, do you know if it’s possible to remove HomePod Mini remotely or so I need to make a total reset of it? Cannot find anything in its settings in Home. As it’s in summer house I don’t have physical access to it.

In the latest episode of this problem, the Connected Home Hub is sometimes named "Living Room". But I no longer have any devices with that name in either place. I think I used to, but have renamed all to be more un-ambiguous names, thinking that might help.

What a mess!

Having basically the same issue AND HomeKit also thinks the other house is my primary…so it opens to that one when I open HomeKit. Ugh…just disabled auto switching. Opened a ticket with Apple, but have to delay the call back until tomorrow. I’ll let everyone know what they say.

Also, as an IT consultant who has worked for a software company, creating a second ID cannot be the solution. It’s the equivalent of “just reboot” or “reinstall” instead of actually troubleshooting the issue in depth and involving engineering.

I’m hoping that 16.2 and the HomeKit upgrade that is part of it solves this issue?

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Ughh—frustrating! Good luck with the support call. Have called quite a few times and they always suggest the same things, (which we’ve all tried numerous times based on what folks have said in this forum.) In the end of each call, support tech said they didn’t have a solution if none of these things worked, but would let their supervisors know and get back to me with a solution. Never hear back from anyone. Guess as it affects a smaller number of people, it’s unfortunately low priority.

Have you updated every device?

From MacRumers, June 22nd, 2022:

"The iPad will no longer be able to be used as a home hub following the launch of iOS 16, iPadOS 16, macOS Ventura, and the HomePod 16 software this fall, Apple confirmed today."