Apple confirms iOS 19 will end support for legacy Home app system

Apple plans to launch new Home products this year and even new homeOS software. But it seems those aren’t the only changes coming, as the company has confirmed via a support document that iOS 19 will end support for its legacy Home app architecture, requiring an update. All the way back in iOS 16.2, Apple shipped a major overhaul to how its underlying Apple Home technology worked. At the time, this change was said to make HomeKit devices “even more efficient and reliable.” However, the rollout created some unforeseen issues for a subset of users, so Apple pulled the changes until they re-emerged in iOS 16.4. For the past two years though, the revised Apple Home system has seemingly delivered on its promise. It has also—for now—been entirely optional. You may have seen a notification in the Home app encouraging you to update your Apple Home. For a while the prompt was discrete, but in-app messaging has sought to stress greater urgency recently. Now we know why: iOS 19 will no lon ... Read full article.