# Why does Homey Bridge not have HomeKit support? **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Tags:** homey-bridge\ **Created:** [January 6, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/why-does-homey-bridge-not-have-homekit-support/57957 "2022-01-06T16:37:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MedicalAutumn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/medicalautumn/32/48802_2.png) [@MedicalAutumn](https://community.homey.app/u/MedicalAutumn)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/why-does-homey-bridge-not-have-homekit-support/57957/1 "2022-01-06T16:37:40Z")
So I bought a homey bridge recently and I was disappointed to se that it did not have support for Apple HomeKit. So I did some research before and the only way to connect homey with HomeKit is to have the “HomeyKit” app for the bridge which… doesn’t exist. I understand that homey is still in beta testing and quite new, but is there no “official” HomeKit support? ---
**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/why-does-homey-bridge-not-have-homekit-support/57957/2 "2022-01-06T16:57:21Z")
> [@MedicalAutumn](#): > > but is there no “official HomeKit support”? Correct that is part of experimental features in Homey Pro and experimental features are not available in Homey (beta) ---
**Author:** ![MedicalAutumn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/medicalautumn/32/48802_2.png) [@MedicalAutumn](https://community.homey.app/u/MedicalAutumn)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/why-does-homey-bridge-not-have-homekit-support/57957/3 "2022-01-06T16:59:54Z")
Thanks. Does the “Experimental” part of that mean that it will be “officially” available soon? ---
**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/why-does-homey-bridge-not-have-homekit-support/57957/4 "2022-01-06T17:07:36Z")
> [@MedicalAutumn](#): > > “officially” available soon? Nope. Does only mean it isn’t supported. Maybe also because of ![Screenshot_20220106-180647_Chrome](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/9/c/9c6e0015b10a2367899da62c797fa8485e565ae9.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![MedicalAutumn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/medicalautumn/32/48802_2.png) [@MedicalAutumn](https://community.homey.app/u/MedicalAutumn)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/why-does-homey-bridge-not-have-homekit-support/57957/5 "2022-01-06T17:34:38Z")
Ok, thanks. So basically it’s because you can add as many virtual devices as you whant ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/why-does-homey-bridge-not-have-homekit-support/57957/6 "2022-01-06T17:56:16Z")
> [@MedicalAutumn](#): > > I understand that homey is still in beta testing and quite new, but is there no “official” HomeKit support? The Homey Bridge hardware is too limited to support HomeKit (plus the Bridge doesn’t support local networking, which is required for HomeKit support). ---
**Author:** ![MedicalAutumn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/medicalautumn/32/48802_2.png) [@MedicalAutumn](https://community.homey.app/u/MedicalAutumn)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/why-does-homey-bridge-not-have-homekit-support/57957/7 "2022-01-06T18:16:01Z")
Ok. Does the Homey Pro have HomeKit support? ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/why-does-homey-bridge-not-have-homekit-support/57957/8 "2022-01-06T18:54:29Z")
Yes, it does. ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_Ten\_Velde](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/frank_ten_velde/32/62578_2.png) [@Frank\_Ten\_Velde](https://community.homey.app/u/Frank_Ten_Velde)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/why-does-homey-bridge-not-have-homekit-support/57957/9 "2022-11-20T14:06:53Z")
Too what extend. Will Homey PRO 2023 bring all my connected devices to homekit so I can the data also in my homekit hub? Ie can make the Homey PRO my evohome data available in homekit? ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/why-does-homey-bridge-not-have-homekit-support/57957/10 "2022-11-20T14:21:51Z")
> [@Frank\_Ten\_Velde](#): > > Will Homey PRO 2023 bring all my connected devices to homekit so I can the data also in my homekit hub? Probably not, because not all Homey devices can be “translated” to HomeKit. > [@](#): > > Ie can make the Homey PRO my evohome data available in homekit? HomeKit only deals with devices, not with data. If you mean “Does Homey Pro make my Evohome devices available in HomeKit” then the answer is “it might”. You can ask [in the Evohome thread](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-and-cloud-honeywell-evohome/71817) if people are using HomeKit with their Homey, and if their Evohome devices are made available. ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_Ten\_Velde](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/frank_ten_velde/32/62578_2.png) [@Frank\_Ten\_Velde](https://community.homey.app/u/Frank_Ten_Velde)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/why-does-homey-bridge-not-have-homekit-support/57957/11 "2022-11-20T20:08:58Z")
Thank you ---
**Author:** ![Simbaa\_786](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Simbaa\_786](https://community.homey.app/u/Simbaa_786)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 12:13pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/why-does-homey-bridge-not-have-homekit-support/57957/12 "2024-07-19T12:13:55Z")
If you have not checked it recently , Let me tell you guys - That Yes, it is possible to connect [Homey bridge to Homekit by enabling the Apple Homekit](https://connecthomekit.com/connect-homey-bridge-to-homekit/) Experiment.Homey introduced it and we are all at relief .You need basic requirements depending on the Hub you are using , It is easy to connect Homey Bridge to Homekit through the Experiment .I did it and you can do it too . Hope that helps ! ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/why-does-homey-bridge-not-have-homekit-support/57957/13 "2024-07-19T12:33:36Z")
“You can’t use the Homey Bridge with Homekit directly, So we are using the Homey Pro…” This doesn’t really make sense to me 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/why-does-homey-bridge-not-have-homekit-support/57957/14 "2024-07-19T18:00:20Z")
Very weird article. You seem to mix up Homey Bridge and Homey Pro. Homey Bridge is nothing but a hardware extension to Homey Cloud. Homey Cloud = the Homey app with a registered Homey Cloud instance. There’s no such thing as “Experiments” in there. (It even can’t connect to _local only_ wifi devices). ![Screenshot_20240719-195611_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/d/9/d90d502ef099334172b9e597e4edb4f477d8a43f.jpeg) ![Screenshot_20240719-195543_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/4/5/457c2460be5134f22d02618a905b925610814284.jpeg)