I have an 8 year old Liftmaster. I'm still waiting for the "other" bridge that has not yet been released. This is just for people with MyQ openers that also want Homekit. Right?
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Chamberlain's 'MyQ Home Bridge' Launches, Adding HomeKit to Compatible Garage Door Openers
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So it looks like MyQ Home Bridge ($50 now, $70 later) requires MyQ Garage Door Opener ($130). Isn't there a bundle that packages both? Seems silly to not update MyQ Garage Door Opener with a new hub that doubles as a bridge.
So I currently have a Craftsman garage door opener. When I found out about Chamberlain requiring new hardware for HomeKit, I held off with purchasing the 1st gen MyQ Garage (~$88 on Amazon now).
At CES 2017 Chamberlain announced two HomeKit products:
-MyQ Home Bridge (This. Now available.)
-2nd gen MyQ Garage (Still not available.)
Just so I understand correctly:
The 2nd gen MyQ Garage would just sit above my current garage door opener? Whereas with a 1st gen MyQ Garage above my garage door opener, I would also have to have the MyQ Home Bridge connected to my router? If so, I want the 2nd gen MyQ Garage to cut down on hubs, but I also would enjoy having a HomeKit-capable garage door now. I wonder when the 2nd gen MyQ Garage will come out because the MyQ Home Bridge was originally pegged for an April release. Decisions decisions...
At CES 2017 Chamberlain announced two HomeKit products:
-MyQ Home Bridge (This. Now available.)
-2nd gen MyQ Garage (Still not available.)
Just so I understand correctly:
The 2nd gen MyQ Garage would just sit above my current garage door opener? Whereas with a 1st gen MyQ Garage above my garage door opener, I would also have to have the MyQ Home Bridge connected to my router? If so, I want the 2nd gen MyQ Garage to cut down on hubs, but I also would enjoy having a HomeKit-capable garage door now. I wonder when the 2nd gen MyQ Garage will come out because the MyQ Home Bridge was originally pegged for an April release. Decisions decisions...
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I have a relatively new (purchased 3 months ago) Liftmaster opener that works with the MyQ iOS app. The free app tells me whether the door is open, and allows me to open/close it remotely.
Why would I spend $50 just to be able to open/close the door with Siri?
Why would I spend $50 just to be able to open/close the door with Siri?
To consolidate everything into the home app, access from control center, use Siri, create automations..
You might not care for it, but there are plenty who do. The garage door is one device. But once you have many home automation devices from many manufacturers, it can get annoying having to jump into several different apps to perform such actions.
Not saying this is worth $50 for you, but it would let you do HomeKit automation, like automatically closing the garage door at 10:30 PM every night (if it was left open), or kick off certain HomeKit scenes (such as turning on certain lights inside your house if its nighttime and they're not already on, as well as settling the HVAC to "I'm Home" temperatures, should it be set to something less desirable from when you were gone).
Personally, I like it because I don't keep my garage door opener in my Jeep (because the top/doors are off most of the year), so when I'm coming home it's a lot easier to lift my Apple Watch up and ask Siri to open the garage door as I'm getting closer to the house then it is to pull the phone out of my pocket, unlock, find the MyQ app, and press to open the garage door. But that's just me (having used Siri with it for the last year using HomeBridge).
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That's the only option for Android folks, no? I can't imagine them dropping it just because Apple users have a HomeKit option.
According to this on their website, it looks like they might be releasing the HomeKit MyQ Garage too. When I click the "View All Products," it takes me to the 1st gen MyQ Garage, so they might be updating the website still. I hope they release both today.
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That's encouraging and a product that makes sense for me. I don't want two hubs!
I sure hope so because a second device for me is extra baggage and leaves room for error (if someone unplugs the bridge, HomeKit is lost, but the garage door is still controllable). Every time I try to load the page now, I keep getting a "404" error message. So hopefully they are adding the 2nd gen MyQ Garage.
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Just checked (3:48pm EST) and the "404" error page is gone. Still no new MyQ Garage device.
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Unfortunate we have to now pay for this added feature, which was promised to be included when we purchased our kits: https://myqcommunity.chamberlain.com/chamberlainmyq/topics/homekit-promises
Question about Homebridge, as I'm considering setting that up for my home. Are you moving away from it due to security concerns? Why not just keep it and it's Siri compatibility? I'm guessing that HomeBridge only works once your device is within your home WiFi and not over cell-- or is that incorrect?
(guess that was a couple of questions...)
I have this
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as well as their current bridge. My understanding is that the new bridge to replace the old one, plus that switch will make everything work happy together
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I've got some HomeKit stuff, and I can see this would be more convenient. And BTW, the free MyQ app does allow me to schedule the door to close. I have it close the door every night at 11, in case I forget. It sends me an email message telling me the status too.
My preference is to have this integrated with one HomeKit app along with my other HomeKit stuff, but I'd prefer to keep the $50 + $18 shipping in my wallet more.
I think someone else on this thread said the HomeKit firmware update was promised... I already paid for it, didn't I?
I've already got this capability without their bridge...I have my MyQ connected to my Wink Hub. Then installed the HomeKit Node.js bridge on a raspberry pi zero w, and vola! Available in Homekit.
I've not been that impressed with the MyQ controller to start with, so don't see why I'd spend another $50 (or $70 depending when they change the prices) to do what I can do flawlessly with a $15 raspberry pi zero w.
I've been quite happy with it.
I've not been that impressed with the MyQ controller to start with, so don't see why I'd spend another $50 (or $70 depending when they change the prices) to do what I can do flawlessly with a $15 raspberry pi zero w.
I've been quite happy with it.
Maybe I can finally release my trained garage monkey - the weekly banana cost is way higher than this kit.
Good to see someone else (besides myself) thinks 4 digits on a keypad is pretty poor security for a possible major theft vector.
Good to see someone else (besides myself) thinks 4 digits on a keypad is pretty poor security for a possible major theft vector.
The ability to add a device to a HomeKit 'scene' is useful. For example, you could have as part of the 'good night' scene that the garage door is in the closed position, all lights that are controlled by HomeKit are in the off position, SmartLocks are in the locked position, thermostats set to a specific temperature, etc. You can also set up geofencing to automatically close the door when you've left the house. There have been times people in my household didn't close the garage and because I wasn't the last one in, I didn't check ... next morning I wake up and it was open all night. Stuff like that. Not for everyone but a bit more functionality than just the Siri part.
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You wouldn't, if Siri / HomeKit integration is not something you care about.
So you are using 3 separate gadgets (MyQ + WinkHub + RasberryPi) to get HomeKit garage opener. I don't see how this is any better to what Chamberlain is offering with this Bridge.
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No, one bridg will work with multiple MyQ-enabled garage door openers.
Yes, you can often find the bundle on Amazon (not much discount below buying them separately) or Costco or Sam's Club (bundle same price as just the garage door opener). We bought ours at Sam's Club online and had it delivered for much less than buying via Amazon with Prime or at the local Home Depot.