Just as the title says and I did try to search the forum to no avail. But, I don’t remember being able to rename the Thread Networks on our hubs to something we wanted before. I always remember them being set via the hub itself and we were stuck with it unless we created a hub group (even then it took on last used networks name) or unified it with another. Is this something that is new or have I just oblivious to this feature?
I also noticed it. It was added with the latest app update.
Pressing the cog wheel on the Thread Network title has allowed renaming for some time now (at least on iOS beta).
What seems to have changed is the behavior when trying to unify Thread networks. After selecting “Join this hub with another Thread network” and choosing a network, the system now responds:
“To join the hub to the selected Thread network, open the app and obtain the Thread Administration One-Time Passcode.”
A month ago I was able to unify networks without this step, but now it’s no longer possible, as none of the other apps I use (Apple, Eero, Smart Life) provide this passcode feature.
Which hub were you trying to join to? To my understanding credential storage is still being used as joining my HomePod thread network couldn’t be done from my Galaxy, but was done automatically via iPhone.
That’s a function of the Thread 1.4 spec for how to unify Thread networks in a standardized manner.
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I would have thought that also, as originally I had joined my V3 to the Homepod network and I’m using an iPhone. Was my fault, playing around with Hub groups I lost the network sharing and now on trying again…
I find this, which I must admit is logical. The problem is that other manufacturers don’t seem to be taking up this iniciative, and even in the case of Apple are still on Thread 1.3