Sharing HomeKit problem - Apple ID is not registered with iCloud problem

Thank you very much for recommending this. I was having the same problem with the "Apple ID is not registered with iCloud" when attempting to share with my wife. Sharing through the Philips Hue app directly got her phone working.

Both phones are iPhone X on the 11.2.1 update.

Hope this helps others out!

Try to use e.g. Elgato Eve app to invite other apple-id‘s

Hey MFKY

Ask one of your family members to create a temporary home and invite you in. Then you can invite him/her back

The latest beta fixes it.

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Correct... even though that bug doesn't specifically mention the issue with not being able to re-invite someone, there are numerous reports of people not being able to do so. Self included... Right now the worst thing you can do is delete someone and re-invite (even though there are many guides out there from a while back suggesting to do just that). For right now, until Apple releases some kind of fix, there is no way around it that I can find.

Hopefully they fix it sooner rather than later...

Spoke to Apple today they said it was disabled do to security issues and will be addressed in the next update. Well I just updated to iOS 11.2 and it’s still not allowing me to add anyone. Maybe there will be another iOS update.

I am having the same sort of issues. From what I read the homekit bug was resolved in 11.2 however I have updated all the family devices and the invite system is very hit and miss. I was able to invite my son but it fails on his device when accepting the invite and stays as pending on mine. More importantly I can't invite the wife getting the could not invite because the apple id is not register in iCloud error. Wish apple would sort this out ASAP.

11.2.1 just came out. It hasn't helped me (I only updated my iPhone). Tonight, I will try to get the other phones updated to 11.2.1 in my household to see if that fixes it.

Go to Settings -> HomeKit & Siri -> Advanced -> Homes -> My Home (Or your home name)

Then click on Share Home button near the bottom.

angyp74 thanks for tip. I also had to have my wife temporarily add me to a dummy home on her phone to before I could invite her on mine. I hope apple is reading these threads.

Latest beta fixed things for me. Still, the Apple of today is "here's your new HomeKit device. Spend the next 2 weeks tinkering." That's a long way from "It just works".

11.2.5 part 2 beta fixed mine. An update should be coming soon I suppose.

Download the beta profile.

+1 for invite via phone number (used for iMessage and more) 😀!

This is a great idea! I actually attempted this the other day... sadly the results are still pretty much the same. You can send the invite and it will show up as pending when you go to the home app. However, the invite never reaches the other participant and they are unable to accept. This only seems to apply to users who cannot have a valid iCloud/Apple ID determined.