Persistent reports of problems when Apple TV is a hub

[rojer]

Unlikely to be an issue with ADK, but I'm going to use this as a channel to report what seems to be a persistent issues with Apple TV when used as a hub. It's become a troubleshooting step to ask users if they are using Apple TV as a hub and if yes, instruct them not to. This is the most recent example - https://github.com/mongoose-os-apps/shelly-homekit/issues/260

[aajain-com]

@rojer could you please raise an issue using Apple's Feedback assistant so we can investigate this?

[rojer]

i don't own an apple tv, actually. @andyblac is our resident homekit expert and enthusiast, he says he has done it multiple times already.

[andyblac]

This is in the past, I have not used AppleTV as a hub for quite a while, i'll do some testing next week, but everytime a user has issues with automations, my 1st port of call is to ask them to disable AppleTV and try another device (iPad, HomePod) as a hub, to see if problem is resolved, and 9/10 times it is.

Anyway, i'll test this again next week.

[d4rkmen]

Confirming from here also. Tried simple automation, and it does not work for apple tv as a hub

[andyblac]

i disabled both my HomePod hubs today, and re-enabled my AppleTV's as Hubs, automations failed. so like @d4rkmen it still broke for AppleTV hubs.

[Supereg]

I myself got the feeling that Apple TV is a bit unreliable doing automations, thus switched to my HomePods, but never done a more in-depth analysis. Is there any way of providing more useful analysis than "it doesn't work"? Don't have good experiences with the Apple Feedback assistant in terms of stuff getting solved.

[d4rkmen]

Apple Feedback assistant

Have posted a problem. Lets see

[d4rkmen]

After update to tvOS 14.2 i cant reproduce the simple automation issue

[hanyelsl]

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