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The upgraded architecture of Apple’s home smart home system, which could make networks crammed with devices faster and more reliable, is coming soon to iOS after a failed launch late last year. Return.
Apple originally pushed an update to the Home app with iOS 16.2. This was to provide “performance and reliability improvements for home accessories” apart from the OS itself. The upgrade required updating all Apple devices connected to the home (iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, MacBook, HomePods, Apple TV) to the latest OS version or making them inaccessible. Many people who clicked all these settings icons and waited for a reboot eventually ended up with devices becoming unresponsive, slow to respond to commands and scene changes, and devices stuck in the “setting up” stage. .
Apple has since withdrew its Home architecture upgrade from 16.2, offering advice to Home owners on how to regain control of their Homes, and has reportedly released major updates confirmed by Apple, Apple Stores, and authorized service providers. Added issue to internal list of hardware and software issues. The visual updates given to the home app continued, with easy access to multiple devices and rooms from the home screen, and widgets on the lock screen. Users who did not were withheld. Apple listed the “upgrade to new home his architecture” as “temporarily removed,” but said it would “return soon.”
“Soon” seems to be just around the corner. MacRumors claims to have confirmed that the Home architecture upgrade will make a comeback in iOS 16.4, and its beta could be released as early as this week.
Interestingly, some of the evidence MacRumors believe Nicholas Alvarez, comes from the open GitHub code base of “Project CHIP”, the Matter smart home standard. Deep in the branch labeled “darwin” (the Unix core of iOS, MacOS, and other Apple systems) is the “availability.yaml” file, required to access some of Matter’s interoperability It seems that you are setting a different OS version. His commit two weeks ago by “bzbarsky-apple” appears to have set iOS 16.4 as the version required to access many APIs, along with macOS 13.3, tvOS 16.4 and watchOS 9.4.
It’s also worth noting that Apple’s architectural language mostly eschews “HomeKit” in favor of just “Home.” Given Apple’s endorsement of Matter and the origins of the release code, it suggests a general shift in branding and a fundamental shift in how Home manages devices and connects them to networks.
When the new home architecture was introduced in iOS 16.4, iOS users opened the Home app and[その他]section,[ホーム設定]then[ソフトウェア アップデート]can be selected to upgrade. Then you’ll know if it’s really “newer, more reliable, more efficient”.
