Released together with the official version of iOS 16.2Apple Home app update, mainly to update the design of the operation interface and to make the connection of HomeKit devices more efficient and secure. However, after the update was released, many people reported that the original HomeKit device could not appear normally and the Siri digital assistant service could not use certain functions.
apple insidefollow-up statementindicating that those errors occurred first, including abnormal situations such as users unable to share the device actually set in the home app, so the new version of the home app update project will be temporarily removed in iOS 16.2 and macOS Ventura 13.1, and updates are expected to resume in the coming days.
At the same time, Apple said that users who have already downloaded the update can only maintain the status quo for the time being, and the relevant settings will not be removed, but the error situation cannot be fixed temporarily, and can only wait for Apple to release an update to fix it.
In the new version of the Home app, Apple mainly adopts a new interface design, and the underlying architecture also adopts a design that makes device connection more efficient and connection more secure, while also adding support for common connection specificationsQuestionwhich in turn can support multiple IoT devices that support the same specification.
