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MEGATOMI Author

Level 1

20 points

Homekit Automations are broken in iOS 16

Since iOS 16 HomeKit automations aren't triggered reliably. Simple timed automations like "Open Shutters at 9am" are triggered randomly. All my Hubs, Homepods, iPhones, etc are up-to-date, restarted, reseted all the devices, recreated all the automations, but still not reliable.

My only solution at the moment is to schedule the automations with the accessories' own hub. (eg. IKEA light automations are set in IKEA's own app, and my Bosch smart home shutters are scheduled within Bosch's app) It works, but would be better to see everything within Apple's Home.

Posted on Sep 16, 2022 1:47 AM

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Mucci

Level 1

40 points

Posted on Sep 16, 2022 7:36 PM

Same here. On 16.0 (20A362) and my automations are broken. I:

restarted my phone
restarted my hubs
restarted the Philips Hue hub
disabled and re-enabled existing automations
deleted and recreated some automations

Nothing has resolved the issue. I too will need to setup these automations in the 3rd-party branded hub the accessories are connected to until they fix this.

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Kazemi88

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14 points

Dec 14, 2022 11:05 PM in response to Robin Phillips1

Just noticed in Home app that my Apple TVs automatically re added as home hubs. Interesting since I disabled them and only used HomePods as home hubs

Dec 14, 2022 11:55 PM in response to Robin Phillips1

Thanks Robin Philips. I am rooting for you. Hope it worked. If it did, I will upgrade as well.

Dec 15, 2022 8:39 PM in response to dMindFuse

I’m proceeding by disabling HomeKit on my AppleTVs. My HomePod is the hub now and seems to be working fine. I haven’t had the issue you describe with my appleid.

Dec 16, 2022 12:31 AM in response to Robin Phillips1

Exactly. Home seems smart enough (thankfully?) to keep a solid connection alive and not round robin for no reason. I think.

Dec 16, 2022 12:34 AM in response to dMindFuse

I’ve now got my appletv as the homehub. Eagerly waiting to see what happens.

Kazemi88

Level 1

14 points

Dec 16, 2022 6:13 AM in response to dMindFuse

Interesting. Yeah this is the 4th gen 4K and on 16.2. Moment I did 16.2 it removed that option to disable it.

Dec 16, 2022 11:18 AM in response to Jace Cavacini

FYI- a bit late but….

https://apple.news/Az8L28C59SPe848YFDv2aBA

Dec 16, 2022 3:04 PM in response to dMindFuse

I have 5 Apple TVs all on 16.1 with home hub enabled. So you are suggesting to disable that on all of them, allowing the HomePod mini as the hub?

ullal

Level 1

0 points

Dec 23, 2022 6:49 AM in response to MEGATOMI

I tried deleting my home and recreating it, and it worked for a few hours before it stopped working again.

RobGTX

Level 1

8 points

Dec 27, 2022 8:31 PM in response to MEGATOMI

Are they working on a fix for this? I have 58 HomeKit devices and a dozen automations. Deleting my home and starting over would be a royal pain.

Kazemi88

Level 1

14 points

Dec 27, 2022 9:19 PM in response to RobGTX

With 16.2 HomeKit has worked almost perfectly. I would say about 90%. No jumping of home hubs either. Are you on 16.2?

Dec 28, 2022 12:15 AM in response to RobGTX

As always… there is no public bug tracker for Apple products. Hope and dream.

atwalls

Level 1

8 points

Dec 28, 2022 8:24 AM in response to MEGATOMI

I had this fixed after turning all automations into scenes and then got a new iOS update. Automations are broken again. Sigh. Hey Apple! Are you paying attention to this?

Dec 28, 2022 9:49 AM in response to Kazemi88

90% is abysmal for a product like this.

RobGTX

Level 1

8 points

Dec 28, 2022 10:54 AM in response to Kazemi88

I just checked my AppleTV, was still running 16.1...upgrading now.

Homekit Automations are broken in iOS 16