Inviting children to an HomeKit home

My daughter has a iPad 9th gen with Apple HomeKit installed. It works fine and turns on her lamp. Her overhead light is connected to my Apple ID and she want to turn it on from her iPad, but every single time I invite her, the invite screen disappears and does not accept the invite. There is no error message.

Anyone know why this is happening?

iPad, iPadOS 16

Posted on Aug 14, 2023 4:44 PM

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1 reply

Urquhart1244

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Aug 15, 2023 4:09 AM in response to Lillyaaan

Did you invite as described by Apple? Please review, including the “If you can’t share …” help paragraph.

Share control of your home - Apple Support

Allow others to control accessories in your home - Apple Support

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