# HomeKit not working with iOS 16.2
**URL:** https://community.homey.app/t/homekit-not-working-with-ios-16-2/71196
**Category:** Apps
**Created:** [October 25, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homekit-not-working-with-ios-16-2/71196 "2022-10-25T22:15:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Francesco\_Falconi](https://community.homey.app/u/Francesco_Falconi)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homekit-not-working-with-ios-16-2/71196/1 "2022-10-25T22:15:18Z")
It seems with iOS 16.2 beta Apple has update HomeKit and experimental homey HomeKit it does not work anymore (nor HomeKit app by Klep)
Have you experienced the same issue?
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### Author:  [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2022, 11:39am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homekit-not-working-with-ios-16-2/71196/2 "2022-10-26T11:39:31Z")
Do you use a Home hub (iPad, Apple TV, Homepod)?
I found with iOS 16 in general that it doesn’t like it when the Home hub is running an older version of iPadOS.
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### Author:  [@Alexander\_Berge](https://community.homey.app/u/Alexander_Berge)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homekit-not-working-with-ios-16-2/71196/3 "2022-10-27T01:15:05Z")
Hi Robert.
Homeykit stopped working after installing iOS 16.2 beta and doing the new architecture of HomeKit.
I have updated all home hubs with the latest betas as well (Apple TVs).
> **[iOS and iPadOS 16.2 Betas Overhaul Home App Architecture With Improved...](https://www.macrumors.com/2022/10/25/home-app-architecture-update-ios-16-2/)**
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> The iOS 16.2, iPadOS 16.2, and macOS Ventura 13.1 betas introduce a new Home app architecture upgrade, which can be installed to upgrade performance....
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### Author:  [@Francesco\_Falconi](https://community.homey.app/u/Francesco_Falconi)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2022, 6:08am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homekit-not-working-with-ios-16-2/71196/4 "2022-10-27T06:08:29Z")
No, it doesn’t matter.
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### Author:  [@Francesco\_Falconi](https://community.homey.app/u/Francesco_Falconi)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2022, 6:08am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homekit-not-working-with-ios-16-2/71196/5 "2022-10-27T06:08:58Z")
That’s a pity ☹ I think in general homebridge is broken.
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### Author:  [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2022, 6:11am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homekit-not-working-with-ios-16-2/71196/6 "2022-10-27T06:11:04Z")
I don’t run iOS beta’s so we’ll have to see how this works out.
Also, I seem to remember that upgrading Home to the new architecture is _optional_. If that’s the case, and you want HomeyKit to keep working, **don’t**.
I’m now [also reading a bit more](https://github.com/homebridge/homebridge/issues/3250#issuecomment-1292236623) about this: apparently, you can upgrade your Home to the new architecture and everything (including Homebridge, and by extension hopefully HomeyKit as well) should keep on working, but once you upgraded, _all_ your iOS devices need to run the latest iOS beta or it will not work on those devices.
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### Author:  [@Francesco\_Falconi](https://community.homey.app/u/Francesco_Falconi)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2022, 6:24am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homekit-not-working-with-ios-16-2/71196/7 "2022-10-27T06:24:16Z")
After upgrading there’s no way to come back.
Upgrading to matter, in general, should provide benefit.
All my devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac, HomePods and AppleTV) are upgraded with the last 16.2 beta
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### Author:  [@prosumer](https://community.homey.app/u/prosumer)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2022, 6:28am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homekit-not-working-with-ios-16-2/71196/8 "2022-10-27T06:28:38Z")
Did you upgrade to the new HomeKit architecture in 16.2?
It’s optional, but I was planning to do that (immediately, once 16.2 final is out - because it improves performance, there should be less errors about devices not responding), so I’m glad you’re bringing this up!
Hope there’s an easy fix…
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### Author:  [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2022, 6:31am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homekit-not-working-with-ios-16-2/71196/9 "2022-10-27T06:31:40Z")
At least for some people, Homebridge still works after upgrading to the new architecture, and since HomeyKit uses the same underlying libraries, I’m not sure why it doesn’t work anymore (although HomeyKit at the moment uses an older version of those libraries, but I’m looking at upgrading them ASAP).
@Francesco_Falconi you can try to do a reset from the HomeyKit app settings page, see if that brings it back to life again.
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### Author:  [@Francesco\_Falconi](https://community.homey.app/u/Francesco_Falconi)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2022, 6:47am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homekit-not-working-with-ios-16-2/71196/10 "2022-10-27T06:47:30Z")
Just Done,
Same problem, all my 29 devices not responding ☹
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### Author:  [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homekit-not-working-with-ios-16-2/71196/11 "2022-10-27T09:29:14Z")
Do you know how to run Homey apps from the command line? I can push a version of the app that will use the latest libraries, but before I publish it as a test version on the App Store I’d like to know if it works (it works for me, but I’m not running 16.2).
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### Author:  [@Francesco\_Falconi](https://community.homey.app/u/Francesco_Falconi)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2022, 9:44am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homekit-not-working-with-ios-16-2/71196/12 "2022-10-27T09:44:20Z")
Nope. Is there any guide to understand how to do it?
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### Author:  [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2022, 9:46am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homekit-not-working-with-ios-16-2/71196/13 "2022-10-27T09:46:43Z")
I don’t think so, but it’s probably too involved if you’re not already set up for it (it requires running Node.js on your machine).
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### Author:  [@DaneedeKruyff](https://community.homey.app/u/DaneedeKruyff)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2022, 10:14am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homekit-not-working-with-ios-16-2/71196/14 "2022-10-27T10:14:14Z")
> [@Francesco\_Falconi](#):
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> Nope. Is there any guide to understand how to do it?
Have a look here:
> [@\[HOW TO\] CLI install method](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-cli-install-method/198):
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> Homey Pro only!!! It does not work this way with Homey (cloud), it only supports CLI run which is there only for development purposes. Installing Node.js Check Node.js version on Homey: Homey App: Settings - General - About - Node.js version Download Node.js (use Homey’s version or higher) from [https://nodejs.org/](https://nodejs.org/) and install it on your computer. Download the app you want to install from GitHub Go to the repository on [GitHub](https://github.com/) (the correct link for the app you want to install is at the bottom…
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### Author:  [@Francesco\_Falconi](https://community.homey.app/u/Francesco_Falconi)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homekit-not-working-with-ios-16-2/71196/15 "2022-10-27T16:35:17Z")
I’ve followed the step here [[HOW TO] CLI install method](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-cli-install-method/198) and arrived at the point " **For running app:**
I think I need your app?
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### Author:  [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homekit-not-working-with-ios-16-2/71196/16 "2022-10-27T17:49:08Z")
Yes, you do 🙂 I will push a test branch with the latest libraries to Github tomorrow and I’ll post instructions on how you can download it.
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### Author:  [@Alexander\_Berge](https://community.homey.app/u/Alexander_Berge)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2022, 12:44am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homekit-not-working-with-ios-16-2/71196/17 "2022-10-28T00:44:50Z")
I have a couple devices running through homebridge as well. Those are working fine after the upgrade to 16.2 beta and the new homekit architecture.
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### Author:  [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2022, 6:25am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homekit-not-working-with-ios-16-2/71196/18 "2022-10-28T06:25:03Z")
I pushed a branch containing the latest version of `hap-nodejs`.
To install this, first make sure that you have the correct setup to install Homey app using the command line: [[HOW TO] CLI install method](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-cli-install-method/198)
Then:
- download the code for the branch: [https://github.com/swttt/com.swttt.homekit/archive/refs/heads/hap-nodejs-update.zip](https://github.com/swttt/com.swttt.homekit/archive/refs/heads/hap-nodejs-update.zip)
- unpack the ZIP file
- open a terminal window and change directory to the `com.swttt.homekit-hap-nodejs-update/` directory that was in the ZIP file
- run the following command to install app dependencies:
`npm install`
- run the app:
`homey app run`
Keep the terminal window open as long as the app should run. It will probably output a lot of text and hopefully not crash (if it does, please post the text of the terminal console either here or [on Github](https://github.com/swttt/com.swttt.homekit/issues/242)).
It may be required to reset the app, which you can do from the App Settings (either in the Homey app or through [the developer page](https://tools.developer.homey.app/tools/app-settings)). After you’ve reset the app, stop it (by pressing Ctrl-C) and start it again.
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### Author:  [@Francesco\_Falconi](https://community.homey.app/u/Francesco_Falconi)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2022, 6:50am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homekit-not-working-with-ios-16-2/71196/19 "2022-10-28T06:50:20Z")
Yes, installed and it works 🙂
So pls publish 🙂
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### Author:  [@prosumer](https://community.homey.app/u/prosumer)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2022, 8:59am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homekit-not-working-with-ios-16-2/71196/20 "2022-10-28T08:59:02Z")
Excellent news!
Thank you for testing this for everyone, @Francesco_Falconi.
(Good to know I can upgrade my HomeKit architecture, once iOS 16.2 is out _and_ Robert has released an App update)
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