TVOS 16.4 ... HomeKit now only shows motion message but no camera window

Since installing TVOS 16.4 Homekit 2 on the Apple TV, only the movement of a HomeKit camera is displayed, but not the picture of the camera in a Picture-in-Picture window. This made this extremely important feature for us completely unusable after the update. How can the camera preview be reactivated when motion is detected?

Posted on Apr 5, 2023 6:38 AM

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Peter Bruns Author

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Apr 5, 2023 7:49 AM in response to Peter Bruns

Thanks to Apple support, the problem was solved by setting up the cameras in the HomeKit home again. The preview now appears in the picture-in-picture again

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