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Hi all, thank you in advance for taking the time to read this... I've added a smart bulb to my Hallway. Named the room and its on my iPad as a hub, it automatically synched with my older iPhone 8, and shows up on that phones Home Screen as a room, same with my MacBook Pro, but my new iPhone 13 mini shows its there if I open "edit settings" but it isn't appearing on my home kit home page as a room. If I try to add a room I just get a message saying "this room already exists". All my devices are set up to synch through iCloud. But the room (Hallway) just isn't appearing on the HomeKit Home Screen. Even though the phone is recognising it as been there and I can operate the "Hallway" with Siri on my iPhone mini.

iPhone 13 mini, iOS 16

Posted on Oct 19, 2022 3:16 AM

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Jeff_W.

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Oct 21, 2022 8:16 AM in response to MentalElf1959

Hi MentalElf1959,

It sounds like you're not seeing your HomeKit accessory on one of your devices, and we're happy to help. Please try the suggestions here to see if they help to resolve the issue:

"If you can't add an accessory

Update your iPhone or iPad to the latest version of iOS or iPadOS.
Make sure that your accessories support HomeKit or AirPlay 2.
To use and manage your home in the Home app on all of your devices, sign in to iCloud with your Apple ID on every device. Then turn on iCloud Keychain and Home in iCloud Settings."

Add a HomeKit accessory to the Home app - Apple Support

Cheers!

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Oct 21, 2022 12:29 PM in response to Jeff_W.

Kia Ora Jeff, I tried all that and all the settings were as they should be, so I signed out and back into iCloud on all my devices and the problem has resolved. Thank you so much for reading my question and providing a good reply, its greatly appreciated. Phil.

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