An overhaul to the Home app architecture to make it faster and more reliable, which originally appeared in iOS 16.2 in December but was retired at the end of this month, is expected to reappear in the next update. iOS 16.4 update.
The feature, as we reported at the time, introduced a new option to the Home app: Under Home Settings > Software Update, users would find a message saying Home Upgrade Available. However, Apple later released a statement that it was “aware of an issue that may impact users’ ability to share home in the Home app”, removed the option to upgrade and noted its removal in a support document.
Curiously, the removal did not affect users who had already chosen to upgrade, perhaps because by then they had safely avoided the biggest problem: before Apple not report the sharing issue, several had complained that their devices were stuck in an updating or configuring state. . Others noted that invitations to share their home with other users failed, or HomeKit Secure Video registration stopped working.
It looks like Apple is happy that the issue is no longer an issue. MacRumors says it “can confirm” that the upgrade option will return in iOS 16.4, based on code references discovered by Nicolás Álvarez. We don’t know when iOS 16.4 will launch; Apple has yet to release a beta version of the update. But MacRumors speculates the beta could arrive “as soon as this week.”
For all the latest information on Apple’s upcoming iOS updates, check out our iOS 16 superguide.
