Add Myq Garage Door To Homekit

A homekit enabled garage door opener with myq lets you integrate siri voice control set scenes and much more.

Add myq garage door to homekit.

Visit our support site for articles and videos on myq connectivity. You can also control the opener via siri commands such as open the garage door or close the garage door. Select homebridge under the discovered accessories tab and then make sure to enable home data. Add siri voice control with the 819lmb myq home bridge from liftmaster.

Connect to your myq enabled garage door opener gate operator and lighting. Tapping the tile will either open or close the door depending on its current state. Using homekit to open the garage door once everything is set up you ll see the garage door opener in your home app represented by a homekit tile. Add devices and accessories by hitting the plus sign icon.

Adds homekit compatibility to these products that are already enabled with. Download the latest version of the myq app and create an account if you don t have one already. Want to link your. Download the free myq app and purchase either a chamberlain smart garage hub or upgrade your existing garage door opener to a smart garage door opener with built in myq connectivity.

Then the myq home bridge became available added homekit compatibility so i added that to the original setup. See what happens when myq meets apple homekit. Don t have a smart garage. View entire discussion 10 comments.

I decided to add my third garage door to the. If you are in the market for a garage door controller that is easy to install and works with most brands of existing garage door openers then chamberlain s myq smart garage hub is the one for you. Yes you need to set up myq and an account on their cloud service first get your garage door paired with it and only then do the homekit pairing also from the myq app. Even though an additional purchase of a homekit bridge is extra the combination is still a cheaper option than replacing your opener which can take hours.

Homekit allows for secure local control but as the home bridge is still a normal myq device as well it still expects and needs to have access to the myq internet service to work at all. I mainly got it to add my existing poe security cameras to homekit and installed it at my dads to add the security cameras ring doorbell and his lift master myq garage door.