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kaweah Author

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19 points

HomeKit Home Invitation not delivered

When I invite another member of my family to my HomeKit Home, an invitation is issued but never received by the intended recipient. This has worked in the past, but not at present. The invitation remains in "pending" status indefinitely. The recipient's account is active and functional. For instance, it has access to family calendars and family iCloud, but the problem appears to be user (account) specific somehow. This problem was first seen with both iPhones (issuer and invitee) at IOS version 16.2. We have upgraded both iPhones to the latest IOS release (16.3), to no avail. We have called in to Apple Support, and they tried to help us, but they were not able to.

So it appears we have a family member who cannot receive HomeKit invitations even though that family member interacts perfectly normally with IOS messaging, calendars, iCloud, etc.

Any suggestions?

Posted on Jan 27, 2023 4:31 PM

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bknash

Level 1

17 points

Posted on Mar 8, 2023 9:00 PM

Any new solutions to this?

I just spent about $1200 on new HomeKit approved accessories (thermostats, doorbell, door lock) and now can’t invite my husband and the only other member of my home to control any of it!!! So. Frustrating.

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iSRS

Level 1

60 points

Jan 19, 2024 4:54 PM in response to kaweah

So I’ve had some success.

myself, my wife and my daughter (all in the same family share)

three Meross devices

Apple TV 4K

everything worked fine for me. They never got the invites

added them to the Apple TV. Resent invites. Worked.

BUT

now all of the devices are “unresponsive” even for me

deleted them all from the home. Deleted them all from the Meross app. Nothing.

meanwhile, Alexa automatically adds them each time I delete and readd them to the Meross app.

sigh

Chris_C1

Community Specialist

Feb 11, 2023 2:07 PM in response to kaweah

Hey there kaweah,

Sounds like a plan. We look forward to hearing how it goes.

Have a good one!

Mar 14, 2023 6:31 AM in response to kaweah

Has anyone figured this out? All of my devices are up-to-date, and I can see everything on any device I am signed into, but I can't send an invitation to my wife.