Reminder: Update Your Apple Home App Immediately to Avoid Issues

Tuesday February 10, 2026 5:25 am PST by Joe Rossignol

In 2022, Apple introduced a new Apple Home architecture that is "more reliable and efficient," and the deadline to upgrade and avoid issues is today.

iOS 26 Home Feature
In an email last week, Apple gave customers a final reminder to upgrade their Home app by February 10, 2026. Apple says users who do not upgrade may experience issues with accessories and automations, or lose access to their smart home in the app entirely. In addition, users who do not upgrade will miss out on newer features like robot vacuum cleaner support, and they will not receive important security fixes and performance improvements.

Apple explains how to upgrade the Home app on the iPhone, iPad, or Mac:

Open the Home app
Tap or click on the three dots in the upper-right and navigate to Home Settings
Tap or click on Software Update
Tap or click Update Now, then follow the prompts. All of the homes that you own are updated at the same time.

If you see "This home and all accessories are up to date," then you are on the current version of the app and no further action is required.

Notably, the new version of Apple Home requires a minimum of iOS 16.2, iPadOS 16.2, macOS 13.1, tvOS 16.2, and watchOS 9.2.

Tags: Apple Home, HomeKit Guide

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Top Rated Comments

omiks

9 months ago

I don't have a Software Update button. At list not on my phone (iOS 26.2.1)

Edit: I also don't have a "This home and all accessories are up to date" message

Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)

adrianlondon

9 months ago

Those of you not finding any updates ... it's most likely that you already updated or started setting up Home stuff after the new architecture was rolled out.

If that isn't the case then, well, you'll find out tomorrow 😁

(I updated a while ago and clicking ⋯ contains nothing about any upgrade, so the OP saying you can check whether you're up to date or not isn't correct. Whoever wrote it didn't properly read the Apple support note they link to.)

Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)