Home Hubs
HomeKit Not Working Away From Home: Fixing Remote Access
If everything works at home and fails the moment you leave, your accessories are fine and your home hub is not. Here is how to test it without leaving the house.
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Network
HomeKit and 2.4 GHz vs 5 GHz Wi-Fi: What Needs Which Band
Most HomeKit accessories only speak 2.4 GHz, yet splitting your network is usually the wrong fix. Here is what needs which band, and what to change instead.
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Automations
Broken HomeKit Automations: Find Them and Delete Them Safely
A broken automation looks completely normal in the Home app. Here is how to find the dead ones, why deleting the wrong ones costs you, and what to do when one refuses.
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Troubleshooting
HomeKit Says No Response but the Device Works in Its Own App
An accessory that responds in the manufacturer app but not in Apple Home is not broken. The two apps reach it by different routes, and only one of them is local.
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Troubleshooting
HomeKit Stopped Working After a New Router: What Actually Broke
A new router does not break your accessories — it removes the network they were paired to. Here is which settings break HomeKit, and the order to bring everything back.
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Automations
HomeKit Automations Not Working: Find the Step That Fails
An automation that never fires and one that fires but half-completes are different bugs with different fixes. Here is how to tell them apart and repair each.
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Home Hubs
HomeKit Hub Not Responding: Diagnose It in the Right Order
When your home hub goes down, every accessory looks broken and no automation runs. Here is how to confirm the hub is the problem, and what actually brings it back.
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