Like everyone else, I've been hit with all the fun HomeKit issues. I've also been an early adopter of HomeKit, so I've been around when it has performed well (and when it hasn't).
The last 6-9 months have been some of the worst times for HomeKit. Regressions were everywhere (things that once worked well, stopped working or worked less well). Issues were weekly, daily, hourly.
However - and I sure hope I'm not jinxing anything here - the last 2-3 weeks have been completely error-free, commands have been accepted immediately and they've worked every time. No devices have become unreachable.
Just a simple "Hey Siri" request is quickly met by the bong (if applicable) and what I wanted to happen, happens.
(Crosses fingers)
This has been a bit personal for me as when HomeKit was more stable a couple of years ago, I heavily recommended it to friends and family, and many of them have started their own efforts, most of which are smaller but still important for them. I've gotten some negative feedback here and there and I've put it off with "give it a bit, Apple's working on some bugs, they'll fix it" but I was getting really close to telling people to scrap it and go in another direction.
My trust in HomeKit has been tested, but I'm very pleased with the last few weeks. Usually people post on message boards when things aren't working - and I'm sure some of you are still having some issues, I get it - but I wanted to have a general shout-out to Apple for getting this under control with more stability than before.
Is 2-3 weeks enough time? I'm hoping so, at this point if there are more regressions that will be extremely disappointing.
ETA: As the last post in this thread indicates, I had all my home hubs not responding this morning, along with a wall switch. Had to power cycle all the hubs and complete remove, reset and re-add the switch. Sigh...
The last 6-9 months have been some of the worst times for HomeKit. Regressions were everywhere (things that once worked well, stopped working or worked less well). Issues were weekly, daily, hourly.
However - and I sure hope I'm not jinxing anything here - the last 2-3 weeks have been completely error-free, commands have been accepted immediately and they've worked every time. No devices have become unreachable.
Just a simple "Hey Siri" request is quickly met by the bong (if applicable) and what I wanted to happen, happens.
(Crosses fingers)
This has been a bit personal for me as when HomeKit was more stable a couple of years ago, I heavily recommended it to friends and family, and many of them have started their own efforts, most of which are smaller but still important for them. I've gotten some negative feedback here and there and I've put it off with "give it a bit, Apple's working on some bugs, they'll fix it" but I was getting really close to telling people to scrap it and go in another direction.
My trust in HomeKit has been tested, but I'm very pleased with the last few weeks. Usually people post on message boards when things aren't working - and I'm sure some of you are still having some issues, I get it - but I wanted to have a general shout-out to Apple for getting this under control with more stability than before.
Is 2-3 weeks enough time? I'm hoping so, at this point if there are more regressions that will be extremely disappointing.
ETA: As the last post in this thread indicates, I had all my home hubs not responding this morning, along with a wall switch. Had to power cycle all the hubs and complete remove, reset and re-add the switch. Sigh...
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