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How to turn off Home Switching in the iOS 17.6 Home app

Apple’s update to iOS 17.6 is turning Home Switching on, when it was previously off, for some users. Here’s how to turn that Home setting back off.

Smartphone showing a home management app with options for selecting and adding homes and a toggle for home switching. Time displayed is 12:44.
The Home Switching option in the Home app

Smart home owners may have discovered a problem with their HomeKit installation after making the update to iOS 17.6. For users with multiple Homes set up on their devices, they may find that a setting that was turned off has been turned back on.

The Home app allows users to set up multiple Homes, and for the user to switch between them if necessary. This can be useful for a number of reasons, including Homes for multiple physical locations, as well as to separate devices within the app.

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