No Response in HomeKit

Have you experienced a “No Response” sporadically in HomeKit? I think I may have found the reason why it was happening to me so frequently. My HomeKit has 13 devices that serve as Home Hubs. I have several Apple TVs, Home Pod 2s, HomePod Minis and an iPad Pro. I have found that when my HomeKit uses a HomePod Mini as the Home Hub there are 4 - 6 devices that will show as “No Response”. Once I force HomeKit to use a different Home Hub, preferably an Apple TV (latest version), all of the “No Response”s go away. I would like to see some way to assign the function of Home Hub to a specific Apple device, or at least give us a way to turn on and off the ability for each device to be used as the Home Hub.

HomePod mini, 16

Posted on Feb 26, 2023 12:02 PM

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Feb 28, 2023 01:38 AM in response to 123Luckie

Unfortunately you cannot choose which device acts as the “connected” Hub. You can submit feedback to Apple: Feedback - Apple TV - Apple

Once the option to upgrade to the new architecture is released, some things might change with one being the iPad will no longer act as a Hub. Not sure what will change with Homepods Upgrade to the new Home architecture - Apple Support

Sometimes restarting the devices or rebooting the wifi will get them to respond


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