This post is sponsored by Chamberlain. I was paid for this post and received the featured Home Bridge as compensation.
Chamberlain has been manufacturing garage door openers for over 40 years and now brings us smart home technology to enhance our lives with access and communication control as never before possible. The MyQ® Home Bridge from Chamberlain adds smartphone control to your MyQ® enabled garage door openers (without built in Wi-Fi) and MyQ® lighting. How many times do you leave the house and wonder if you remembered to close the garage door? I would say 95% of the time we leave the house before we get out of the neighborhood I ask my husband “Did you remember to close the garage door?”. With the MyQ® Home Bridge we can have peace of mind knowing the main access point to our home is secure. This easy to install product allows you to check the status or control your MyQ® products from anywhere. Never worry again if your garage door is left open. Plus, this product is compatible with Apple HomeKit™ and Siri® Voice Control. If you are an existing MyQ® user with an Apple device, upgrade your garage door opener and MyQ® lights with HomeKit™ to make your smart garage even smarter.
The MyQ®Home Bridge kit comes with everything you need, the bridge itself, mounting bracket and hardware to attach it. All you need is a power outlet in your garage. Before placing it make sure the Wifi signal is strong enough, if not see the link in the quick start guide for help with that. Our bonus room where our wireless router is located is right over the garage so we had an excellent signal from the garage ceiling. Most newer homes have a standard outlet plate on the ceiling that has two receptacles, one is probably being used by your garage door opener and the other can be used for the MyQ® Home Bridge. The only tools we needed was a drill with a bit the same size as the drywall anchors and a Phillips screwdriver to attach the mounting bracket to the drywall anchors.
My husband was able to install ours in less than 30 minutes start to finish including setup in the app and putting tools up so this process is really easy. Once the bridge is mounted and plugged in the green light will flash letting you know it is ready to be discovered in the app. Head over to the App Store or Play Store and download the Chamberlain MyQ® App.
Once the app is installed you will want to create an account if you do not already have one. Next create a place, we named ours “Garage” and then had the app discover devices. The MyQ® Home Bridge was discovered in seconds, we were prompted to choose our Wifi network and enter the wireless password and it was added as simple as that. Now we can close and open the garage door and do a quick spot check. If you are an Apple HomeKit™ user you can take management even further. Use Siri® voice control to control your garage door or MyQ® lights or to ask the status, set scenes to manage multiple HomeKit™-enabled devices at once with a single command and control all your HomeKit™-enabled devices with one app – the Apple Home app.
If you are not an Apple HomeKit™ user there are other choices. A popular app is IFTTT (If This Then That) that lets you create and use different pre-built applets.
This applet will automatically close the garage door based on your GPS location.
Automatically receive an email when your garage door has been open for 30 minutes.
There are so many things you can do with the MyQ® Home Bridge. We are also Nest® thermostat users so we can have it turn the heat or air on, or remove our thermostats from away mode when the garage door is open. There are some restrictions to garage door openers that will work with the MyQ® Home Bridge so be sure to read the compatibility list below. The MyQ® Home Bridge can be purchased directly from www.Chamberlain.com as well as other websites. Be sure to check out the Black Friday sale at Chamberlain.com from November 20th – December 14th and get free shipping on all MyQ® Accessories (includes HomeBridge, Smart Garage Hub, as well as Remote light controls and light switches) when using Promo Code: Holiday17. The introductory price of the Home Bridge is changing back on December 1st.
BRAND COMPATIBILITY
- Chamberlain and LiftMaster MyQ®-enabled garage door openers
- Chamberlain and LiftMaster Wi-Fi enabled garage door openers (MyQ®Home Bridge adds HomeKit™ compatibility, smartphone control already included with Wi-Fi openers)
- Chamberlain and LiftMaster MyQ®Garage
- Chamberlain and LiftMaster MyQ® Lighting Controls (models WSLCEV, PILCEV, 823LM and 825LM)
- Chamberlain and LiftMaster Internet Gateway (MyQ® Home Bridge is a replacement for this device and adds HomeKit™ compatibility)
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