Add Myq Garage Door To Homekit

You can also control the opener via siri commands such as open the garage door or close the garage door.

Add myq garage door to homekit.

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. View entire discussion 10 comments. See what happens when myq meets apple homekit. You ll want to follow in app prompts to properly add devices.

Don t have a smart garage. Visit our support site for articles and videos on myq connectivity. 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. Then the myq home bridge became available added homekit compatibility so i added that to the original setup.

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

Connect to your myq enabled garage door opener gate operator and lighting. Your home will also need a strong wi fi signal to be able to control and monitor your garage through the myq app. Want to link your. Download the latest version of the myq app and create an account if you don t have one already.

Add siri voice control with the 819lmb myq home bridge from liftmaster. 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. Add devices and accessories by hitting the plus sign icon. Again it was a relatively simple setup and was working flawlessly.

Adds homekit compatibility to these products that are already enabled with. 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.