I cannot invite my wife to my home in home app after we update to iOS 16.2

I had the exact same problem. Working with support I was able to get out of this following the steps below in order.

1. Looking around on my wife's home app running 16.2 we found there was an extra empty home so deleted that (no idea where that came from)
2. We restarted all the AppleTvs and HomePods in our home since these act as home hubs
3. On my device we removed the pending invite to my wife in home settings
4. We restarted my wife's phone
5. From my device we sent a brand new invitation to her for the home
6. She was able to get the invite and it all worked but I had to reboot my phone before I saw her in my settings again.

Everything worked perfect for me and my son transferred perfect too but my wife lost the home. After reporting to Apple, I started to play around and did following:

1. created a new home and moved a HomePod mini in as the hub
2. invited my wife and son and they receive and accepted.
3. moved over Hue and Eufy
4. Added the HomePod OG and all other 6 HomePod minis over
5. deleted the old home
6. wife then switched to only resident and I reported to Apple with screen recording
7. then went for 2-3 days toggle resident admin on and it toggle off in seconds
8. then went and switched off my watch then my iPhone and iPad.
9. turn iPhone back on and my watch
10. then restarted from home app every HomePod
11. restared  TV
12. removed the empty default home from wife’s iPhone
13. turn off her iPad and iPhone
14. turn iPhone on
15. toggle her on my home app on my iPhone as resident admin to ON
16. worked perfectly but then Siri assumed me and her voice both as being me
17. both switched Siri off in settings and setup again by saying all the phrases
18. then went in my home app and toggle off for Siri to recognise my voice in home
19. waited 3 hours
20. wife ask Siri on HomePod who am I and it was again correct.
21. I toggle my Siri recognise my voice in my home app to ON
22. ALL I GOOD AND WELL AGAIN. WORKING PERFECTLY after lots thinking.

OUR HOME AND DEVICES ARE ALL WORKING PERFECTLY AGAIN. Better response in Home in the CONTROL CENTRE. Oh, we as the humans in the home are all better now too for Siri and the home is working perfectly awesome

Had the same issue and my wife told me she couldn’t download anything because she didn’t have the right password so she tried to get an app and I made sure she used the right password. Then I invited her again and she accepted it and it’s working now.

Have the same issue.

Can you detail precisely how you managed to invite her in the home app ?

If I understand correctly, she added herself on the apple TV and then she tried to install an application (with her login) then you added her on the home app ?

Thanks.

She just went to the App Store tap get on an app she wanted previously but could not remember the password for my appleID she put it in correctly this time and it downloaded. I think the reason it was failing the invite previously was due to my appleID not being authenticated on her iPhone.

I face the same problem. My wife and my son have a „blank“ home. Reinventing them did not work at all - without any error message.

Hi,

Thank for your help, this solution work for me!

Hi,

thank you for the solution. It worked well.

I tried the steps but it didn’t work for me. still at a loss as to what I can do.

Same situation for me still doesn't work

Hi,

did you deleted the new Home that appeared in the App ? For me it helped, when i deleted the new Home at my wife's phone the invitation showed up.

See my step by step explanation of how I fixed our home. Maybe it could help?!

See my step by step explanation of how I fixed our home. Maybe it can help!?

See my step by step explanation of how I fixed our home. Maybe it can help!?

Ultimate solution, remove the home and all its accessories, then start allover.