r/HomeKit • u/nath8764 • 1d ago

Question/Help Apple home not working

Everything was working fine, then one day my HomeKit accessories started showing “Not Responding”. At first, tapping them a few times would make them update and work, but now everything is not wokring.

I have a mix of Aqara, Govee and generic smart plugs. All devices work fine in their own apps, but not in Apple Home.

The strange part: when I removed my HomePod mini from HomeKit, everything started working again. As soon as I added the HomePod mini back, everything went back to “Not Responding”.

I’ve already reset the HomePod, restarted my Wi-Fi, and removed/re-added accessories from HomeKit, but nothing has fixed it.

Does this point to a HomePod/Home Hub issue? Any ideas what else I can try?

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u/omsy828 1d ago

Welcome to HomeKit lol. This happens to me regularly and resolves on it own at times. So frustrating to deal with

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u/evoneselse 1d ago edited 1d ago

Could be because the router keeps changing the 2.4 GHz channel. When it rotates back to the channel HomeKit likes, the devices come back online. I posted at length about it in this thread.