#hksv — Public Fediverse posts
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I was able to fix this issue of my Apple TV not uploading HomeKit Secure Video after it updated itself to 26.1 by logging into icloud.com and accepting the latest iCloud terms and conditions there (which I couldn’t do on my Apple TV since it’s in another country…).
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I was able to fix this issue of my Apple TV not uploading HomeKit Secure Video after it updated itself to 26.1 by logging into icloud.com and accepting the latest iCloud terms and conditions there (which I couldn’t do on my Apple TV since it’s in another country…).
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My Apple TV updated itself to 26.1 at some point in the past few days and now all HomeKit Secure Video history from all cameras is missing and the cameras no longer send motion detection notifications.
Great.
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My Apple TV updated itself to 26.1 at some point in the past few days and now all HomeKit Secure Video history from all cameras is missing and the cameras no longer send motion detection notifications.
Great.
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Do not buy a #Logitech Circle View Camera.
I think I’ve mentioned it before, but there’s what seems like a 50% chance you’ll get one that is unreliable.
In the past 6 months I’ve had two more of them fail, and the replacements that arrived today will set up, but then stop working within a minute when they try to do a firmware update (which never finishes).
Don’t put yourself through the hassle. If you want an outdoor camera compatible with #HomeKit, get an Aqara.
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I actually think this may be the case, if the rumoured “home hub” device actually exists and will be released some time in the next year. It would necessitate a significant improvement to the Home app and/or HomeKit.
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I have to assume that the complete lack of changes with the Home app is because they’ve been working on a total rewrite and it just isn’t ready yet, right? And that’s why they’re also retiring the old home architecture, right?
Right...?
Please, not another year and a half of glitchiness and an unusable camera UI...
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I have to assume that the complete lack of changes with the Home app is because they’ve been working on a total rewrite and it just isn’t ready yet, right? And that’s why they’re also retiring the old home architecture, right?
Right...?
Please, not another year and a half of glitchiness and an unusable camera UI...
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Mal wieder was aus dem #Smarthome: Wir sind von einer #Ring Klingel zu der von #Aqara gewechselt. Die unterstützt #HKSV.
Bei der Gelegenheit dann auch das sehr laute Türschloss von #Nuki raus und ebenfalls das von Aqara rein, das hat das Keypad schon dabei und unterstützt #HomeKey.
Bis jetzt sehr zufrieden damit.
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All of this still applies. Embarrassing and infuriating in equal measure.
It feels like there’s no one at Apple working on the Home app.
#HomeKit #HomeApp #AppleTV #HKSV #HomeKitSecureVideo #iOS18 #macOSSequoia
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So far HomeKit Secure Video cameras are even less reliable on iOS 18.0/tvOS 18.0!
Mine are now regularly going into “No Response” mode.
Buying cameras that use HomeKit is the biggest tech purchase regret I’ve ever had. Apple should be ashamed by how shabby the experience is, and the Home app’s camera UI didn’t get a single improvement or bug fix in iOS 18 either – it’s just as buggy as ever.
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Because HomeKit Secure Video recording and automations seem to randomly just stop working after a while and a restart of the Apple TV fixes them, this is what I’ve now resorted to: a 7-day digital timer that turns the Apple TV off for a minute once per week 🙃
I really wish it was possible to remotely restart an Apple TV via the Home app. Being able to remotely tell it to install a software update would be nice too!
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In the continuing trash fire that is Apple’s Home app, today it’s getting the days of the week incorrect and thinks it’s Monday the 25th instead of Sunday the 25th, with the rest of the days of the week all offset by one day.
FB13652312
The camera UI in the Home app is *so* buggy in every way: the date and scrubber controls, the display of the video, zooming, etc. It needs to be completely scrapped and rewritten.
#HomeApp #HomeKit #Home #HKSV #HomeKitSecureVideo #Apple #FeedbackAssistant
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And now it’s stopped recording all cameras and no matter what I adjust or turn on or off I can’t get it to start again.
With the Home app and HomeKit, your house could get broken into and you’ll have no record of it because it is so shamefully unreliable. This is a failure of a product from Apple and I would strongly recommend against using it.
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Once again today the #HomeApp / #HomeKit has mysteriously stopped recording video and sending notifications for one camera. Yesterday I got someone to go and restart the Apple TV, which fixed it for all of about 12 hours.
The camera is accessible and can be viewed live, it just never gets recorded, as though the motion detection is failing.
The nature of the #Home app means it has to be reliable, yet it’s one of the least reliable things Apple has released.
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Once again today the #HomeApp / #HomeKit has mysteriously stopped recording video and sending notifications for one camera. Yesterday I got someone to go and restart the Apple TV, which fixed it for all of about 12 hours.
The camera is accessible and can be viewed live, it just never gets recorded, as though the motion detection is failing.
The nature of the #Home app means it has to be reliable, yet it’s one of the least reliable things Apple has released.
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I challenge the #Home team to try to navigate back several days through a camera’s recordings (if the date picker even appears) and export a specific clip on macOS without it getting stuck or crashing.
(also: totally broken location services where it thinks you’re always at home when you aren’t, or it thinks your Home’s location is in a place where it isn’t and there’s no reliable way to adjust it, thus making all useful Automations impossible)
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I challenge the #Home team to try to navigate back several days through a camera’s recordings (if the date picker even appears) and export a specific clip on macOS without it getting stuck or crashing.
(also: totally broken location services where it thinks you’re always at home when you aren’t, or it thinks your Home’s location is in a place where it isn’t and there’s no reliable way to adjust it, thus making all useful Automations impossible)
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After my #LogiCircle2 bricked itself for no apparent reason, I took @jsnell’s (and others) recent recommendation, and grabbed a couple of these #EufyC120’s.
Good little camera for the price, but it’s a shame that so many features are lost by using it within #HKSV.
#eufy #logitech #anker #homekit #homekitsecurevideo #homesecurity
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To answer one of my questions about this:
After testing, yes, an Apple TV can analyse more streams of HomeKit Secure Video than a HomePod can. How many? It’s hard to know, but a HomePod mini doesn’t seem to be able to handle three, while a latest generation Apple TV definitely can.
So if you want motion detection and notifications to work properly and have a few cameras, don’t use a HomePod as your Home Hub.
#HomeKit #HomeApp #AppleTV #HomePod #HomePodMini #HKSV #HomeKitSecureVideo #iOS17
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To answer one of my questions about this:
After testing, yes, an Apple TV can analyse more streams of HomeKit Secure Video than a HomePod can. How many? It’s hard to know, but a HomePod mini doesn’t seem to be able to handle three, while a latest generation Apple TV definitely can.
So if you want motion detection and notifications to work properly and have a few cameras, don’t use a HomePod as your Home Hub.
#HomeKit #HomeApp #AppleTV #HomePod #HomePodMini #HKSV #HomeKitSecureVideo #iOS17
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I don't recall seeing this note in Apple’s documentation before about the motion analysis of HomeKit Secure Video cameras.
How many cameras can a single Home Hub analyse the video of simultaneously? One? Two?
Can an Apple TV analyse more simultaneously than a HomePod can? Is it documented anywhere?
It seems like a pretty important detail if you want motion notifications to work properly (which mine do not…).
#HomeKit #HomeApp #AppleTV #HomePod #HomePodMini #HKSV #HomeKitSecureVideo #iOS17
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I don't recall seeing this note in Apple’s documentation before about the motion analysis of HomeKit Secure Video cameras.
How many cameras can a single Home Hub analyse the video of simultaneously? One? Two?
Can an Apple TV analyse more simultaneously than a HomePod can? Is it documented anywhere?
It seems like a pretty important detail if you want motion notifications to work properly (which mine do not…).
#HomeKit #HomeApp #AppleTV #HomePod #HomePodMini #HKSV #HomeKitSecureVideo #iOS17
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Let me just try to export a clip from this camera in the #HomeApp
... if only the text didn't slide off the Next button and make it non-functional? (also the volume slider control is looking a bit ill)
