Can family setup Apple Watch support home key?

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Can family setup Apple Watch support home key?

My kid is on family setup for his Apple Watch and doesn’t have a iPhone. Can his watch support home key as he wants to use it to unlock the main door at times?

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Posted on Sep 23, 2022 1:40 AM

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hsiao wei Author

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Oct 25, 2022 6:50 PM in response to EastDog

I don’t think the family setup for Apple Watch for kids without an iPhone would be able to use the shared home key to open the HomeKit locks as I still don’t see a Home app nor an option in the wallet to add keys on his watch.

please let me know if there’s some settings I should do to enable shared homekey on my boy’s Apple Watch. He needs it to open the door when back from school.

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Sep 23, 2022 5:57 AM in response to hsiao wei

Family Setup will support the Home app (and adding home keys) later this year when Apple releases an update to the Home app and iOS16/watchOS9. They haven’t told use when exactly.

To use the home feature requires Apple’s new Home architecture—and that comes as a separate update in the Home app available later this year.

Sharing control of your home and receiving Home notifications require an Apple TV or HomePod setup as a home hub.

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EastDog

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Oct 26, 2022 1:27 PM in response to hsiao wei

It is supposed to be coming: first in WatchOS 9, then 9.1, and now, evidently, it's been pushed back further to "Coming Later This Year." (see link: watchOS 9 - Apple)

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EastDog

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Oct 25, 2022 5:33 PM in response to spitfiremedia

WatchOS 9.1 was just released, so is controlling Home devices now possible? I thought it was supposed to be (finally😬)... but I'm still not seeing that this is the case. 😒

Thanks any/all.

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