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.

You ll want to follow in app prompts to properly add devices. Don t have a smart garage. 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. Tapping the tile will either open or close the door depending on its current state.

Add siri voice control with the 819lmb myq home bridge from liftmaster. Adds homekit compatibility to these products that are already enabled with. Then the myq home bridge became available added homekit compatibility so i added that to the original setup. Download the latest version of the myq app and create an account if you don t have one already.

I decided to add my third garage door to the. 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. Want to link your. Your home will also need a strong wi fi signal to be able to control and monitor your garage through the myq app.

Add devices and accessories by hitting the plus sign icon. 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. Select homebridge under the discovered accessories tab and then make sure to enable home data. 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.

Visit our support site for articles and videos on myq connectivity. A homekit enabled garage door opener with myq lets you integrate siri voice control set scenes and much more. Again it was a relatively simple setup and was working flawlessly. View entire discussion 10 comments.

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. Connect to your myq enabled garage door opener gate operator and lighting.