apple tv 3 and homekit

1. Make sure that your Apple TV or iPad is:
   • Connected to the Internet and on the same Wi-Fi network as your other iOS devices during set up
   • Updated with the latest version of tvOS or iOS
   • Signed in to iCloud with the same Apple ID with two-factor authentication enabled
2. Make sure that you can control your accessories in the Home app on your iOS device. Open the Home app and turn on a light or change the temperature.
3. Make sure that your device is set up as a home hub:
   • On your Apple TV, go to Settings > Accounts > iCloud and make sure that your Apple TV shows HomeKit as Connected. If you don’t see HomeKit, then your Apple TV isn't connected as a home hub.
   • On your iPad, go to Settings > Home and make sure that Use this iPad as a Home Hub is turned on.
4. Restart your Apple TV, iPad, and iPhone.
5. Wait a few minutes. If you still need help, sign out of iCloud on your Apple TV, then sign back in. Go to Settings > Accounts > iCloud.

If you have an Apple TV (3rd generation)*, you can control your HomeKit accessories in the Home app while you’re away from your home. To change user permissions, create automations, or stream HomeKit-enabled cameras remotely, you need an Apple TV (4th generation). If you add an Apple TV (4th generation) to a home that has an Apple TV (3rd generation) set up, the Apple TV (3rd generation) will stop being used for HomeKit remote access.

I'm experiencing the same issues. In the Home app, I have an Apple TV 4 as 'Connected', another Apple TV 4 and iPad as 'Standby' and an Apple TV 3 that says 'Disabled'. The reason why I need this ATV3 to work is so I can extend the range of my Schlage Smart Sense lock.

I also have 2FA-enabled.

Hopefully Apple can give an official workaround and update their documentation about using ATV3 as a Home Hub.

All the required settings were in place since it worker flawlessly until it didn't anymore. Nevertheless i checked everything yesterday, renewed the login, keychain etc. But I'd isn't working anymore.

Wondering if Apple dropped the support for the ATV3 in combination with HomeKit ?

My homekit remote access stopped working suddenly also.

The really frustraing thing, in your response and on the apple support pages, is that the hierarchy you mentioned:

settings>accounts>icloud

does not even exist on atv3 ( at least not on mine)

How can we have any faith in support responses that are just inaccurate.

Ive now wasted hours on this, with no way to see homekit status on my atv3 and a festure that used to work all the time completely disabled.

While it seems like there is no way to check home kit hub status on the apple tv 3rd generation ( even though the apple support page says there is), I was able to restore remote access.

I rebooted my router (and also my modem) and that seemed to clear up the problem. I now have remote access to my homekit again.

worth a try if you are experiencing difficulties.

This happend to me after adding 2 factor authentification. Im using Philips Hue and for me helped reseting HomeKit settings in Hue App. One can do it even directly in Home App by removing bridge from there and adding back.

I have the same issue and I have yet to figure it out. Don't know the actual day it started but it was at least a few weeks ago.

Apple please fix whatever you did.

..after few day stopped to work as well, looks like Apple TV 3 has some issues, when 2 factor authentification is on. Before 2FA it worked well...

Any idea from somebody from Apple?