I also unplugged the camera and our Eero router.ģ) Once I was sure nothing was online, I went back and plugged in just the Eero router and waited for it to connect again.Ĥ) The Eero allows you to pause the 5ghz band for 15 minutes, so devices that prefer 2.4ghz - like the Eufy cam - can connect. So, the Apple TVs, the Homepods, and the minis. THIS LONGER VERSION TOOK A WHILE, BUT IT DID WORK.ġ) First, I deleted the camera from both the Eufy and Home apps.ġa) I also reset the Eufy camera to factory by holding the setup button for 10 seconds (until it beeped twice).Ģ) I went around and unplugged everything that could be a HomeKit hub.
Now, here's the actual FULL process I followed to get our Eufy camera back up and working in HomeKit, complete with Home Secure Video recordings. I'm not sure, but I think this is like throwing out the old permissions and forcing the phone to create new, fresh ones. Now try going to the Eufy app and adding the camera by the "HomeKit Portal" menu again. Go back into the iOS Settings, follow the same step to get back to the Eufy Security list of permissions, and turn "Home Data" back on. Under the iOS Settings menu for "Eufy Security," look for the "Home Data" switch and turn it off. When it comes up, select "Eufy Security." Open iOS Settings and in the main menu and enter "Eufy" into the search bar at the top (newbies, you need to pull down in And here it is.Ī POSSIBLE SHORT FIX FOR HOMEKIT NOT WORKING WITH EUFY CAMERA.ĭelete the camera from HomeKit, if you haven't already. If this first short one works, please let others know. I didn't try this, only thought of it afterward. Just in case, I'm going to include the full fix I used below.īut to start, maybe a shorter one that could be key. Though, I'm not sure if all the steps I took are necessary. I took some elaborate steps which fixed it instantly. Multiple Homepods and Homepod minis and Apple TVs and then had a new problem where, when trying to set up the camera again, we got "Accessory Not Found" for HomeKit.
Try the short fix below first, then the long one.ĭescription: We had a similar problem.
Hey Batfink *and any others with this issue.