Hey, indeed, HomeKit is near… but still a few more weeks to go.
Update: Beta mobile app which support new ‘HomeKit’ connection [DONE] Public mobile app supported ‘HomeKit’ connection [DONE] Public Bridge firmware with new ‘HomeKit’ connection [DONE] Internal Beta with new Tedee HomeKit lock [DONE] Public Lock firmware with new ‘HomeKit’ connection [DONE] External Beta with new Tedee HomeKit lock [IN PROGRESS] Certification by Apple Public release
Hey Konrad,
great to hear about the progress. Will there be a new Link to Android and TestFlight to test?
I am still in the old beta on TestFlight waiting for a new build to be released.
Hi Lars, Unfortunately Apple will not allow us to push anything to public beta (TestFlight) which contains logic for HomeKit without certification 
This is why we changed a little the testing process and there is no more public tests for existing locks. After certification we still have plan to send the update first to preview testers.
One could think that the certification comes from the TestFlight App as you couldn’t certify anything untested, but I think that refers to public betas only.
Anyway please put me on the list of preview testers if that is okay for you.
Hi Konrad, Are you still going to send test units as it was previously arranged ? Please note I had some trouble with my previous username and password and I had to recreate a profile. Can you please check if I am still enrolled in the Beta testing program and in the test unit process ? Thank you David Bismuth
Hi David, I cannot find your request to join the Beta program, are you sure you filled the form? There is no request with csdb@mac.com email. All testers received confirmation email this Monday and the group is closed now, sorry. But do not wary, soon we will release preview version for our existing locks.
Any news or problems with HomeKit?
Hey Lars, it works well, and it works perfectly well on iOS 15 Beta version. It looks like Apple has improved Home App by far. We’re close, very close… almost there 
Best, Andrzej
That’s great to hear. Can’t wait to test it by myself. Also thanks to all the developers and testers to make this happen.
Update: Beta mobile app which support new ‘HomeKit’ connection [DONE] Public mobile app supported ‘HomeKit’ connection [DONE] Public Bridge firmware with new ‘HomeKit’ connection [DONE] Internal Beta with new Tedee HomeKit lock [DONE] Public Lock firmware with new ‘HomeKit’ connection [DONE] External Beta with new Tedee HomeKit lock [IN PROGRESS] Certification by Apple [IN PROGRESS] Public release
Dear Konrad,
certification from Apple has been completed. When are you planning to release the firmware that enables us to integrate tedee to HomeKit?
Please let us know the planning for the release.
Hi Lars, I didn’t post an update quite long, sorry for that, we were fully focused on HomeKit certification. So what is the plan. There will be two updates first for new Tedee Locks and this one is almost done. Because this update will be the biggest one and most difficult in our history, we just want to ‘properly’ celebrate this as a company Please follow us and soon you should see the public release. The second update is for existing locks. Here we still waiting for certification. The firmware is almost the same but Apple has few additional constrains. Unfortunately it is taking little longer than we expected. HomeKit for new locks: Beta mobile app which support new ‘HomeKit’ connection [DONE] Public mobile app supported ‘HomeKit’ connection [DONE] Public Bridge firmware with new ‘HomeKit’ connection [DONE] Internal Beta with new Tedee HomeKit lock [DONE] Public Lock firmware with new ‘HomeKit’ connection [DONE] External Beta with new Tedee HomeKit lock [DONE] Certification by Apple [DONE] Public release [IN PROGRESS] HomeKit for existing locks: Mobile app & firmware ready [DONE] Certification by Apple [IN PROGRESS] Public release
Dear Konrad,
thank you for your quick reply and the update. I am a bit unsure what new lock and existing lock means. Can I setup my existing lock as new to get it to work with HomeKit? Are there two different hardware revisions with the same functionality and features? But why would Apple make a difference than.
Hopefully Apple will be certifying the existing locks too. Could you please give us an update when this is finished?
Kind regards
Lars
Hi Lars, New Lock - locks manufactured after Apple certification with built in HomeKit support Existing Lock - lock already manufactured before certification will not have built-in HomeKit but user can enable the HomeKit directly from the Tedee app This division is enforced by Apple. From user perspective both locks will have the same features the only difference will be how user will add such lock to Home.
Well the new HomeKit feature isn’t communicated yet on your homepage for new locks and we don’t get a specific date for existing locks. It looks like you have problems with Apple’s requirements. For us users it would feel better to have more insight what you are struggling with and what the planning is and when. We do understand and accept more than you think at least from what I’ve seen and learned from other scenarios with a delay and other products (e.g. Apple Pay launch date, Game development).
Maybe you can tell us a little bit more.
Dear Lars, I think we are more open and transparent than any other IoT company. We updated you with: Roadmap of when we expect to deliver the main features Exact steps and progress for main features like Homekit by updating forum post or social media We collect feedback and showing you the preview of feature (videos on forum and social media) We’re informing you of the delays You can contact directly with external Testers of HomeKit via Twitter and we do not control this So I think we are giving you a lot of information. We cannot give you exact date because in most cases: It depends of external parties (like Apple response time) We do not want to be fixed, we want to be well prepared for the release As you can see above the public release is in progress and you will see it soon (few weeks), it will be connected with other announcements and this is why it is delayed. I can promise you that HomeKit will be delivered to all of you in this quarter. Thank you for your patience.
Dear Konrad,
I didn’t had the intention to criticise you. You are doing a great job here in this forum, but I think potential buyers and other users could need some kind of update.
I know Apple isn’t easy …
Hi Lars, thank you for your understanding and we appreciate your engagement. We are currently working on informing all users about HomeKit, unfortunately this will also take some time. The upcoming update will close the HomeKit feature for new devices. We are currently focusing on implementing HomeKit for existing devices and we have the firmware ready but we need to work out the SMALL details with Apple. Unfortunately, Apple during the holiday period is not very responsive so the whole process is prolonged.
The HomeKit support for new locks was released: App version 1.128.0 Lock firmware 1.3.51693 (now in public preview, make sure you have enabled “Beta tester” in Tedee app) HomeKit for new locks [DONE]: Beta mobile app which support new ‘HomeKit’ connection [DONE] Public mobile app supported ‘HomeKit’ connection [DONE] Public Bridge firmware with new ‘HomeKit’ connection [DONE] Internal Beta with new Tedee HomeKit lock [DONE] Public Lock firmware with new ‘HomeKit’ connection [DONE] External Beta with new Tedee HomeKit lock [DONE] Certification by Apple [DONE] Public release [DONE] We still waiting for certification result from Apple (for existing locks), should be known in next 2 weeks. HomeKit for existing locks: Mobile app & firmware ready [DONE] Certification by Apple [IN PROGRESS] Public release