The myq is a great smart garage door opener but there is one big downfall that may prevent shoppers from pulling the trigger.
Amazon alexa myq garage door.
I bet all you re finding is to pay an annual subscription fee to chamberlain.
Alexa does not always respond to alexa ask my q.
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Big garage door closed to big garage door open depending on the actual status of your garage door from myq.
I can conveniently close the garage door by voice or through an alexa routine.
Closing garage door will include the following phrases.
For example a good night routine can shut off all the lights lock the front door and close the myq garage door.
Have you been looking for a way to use alexa to control your myq garage door.
Alexa open garage door one alexa open garage door two alexa open garage door three alexa open all garage doors.
Ensure your myq gateway is connected.
For me the combination of myq garage door opener and alexa using ifttt provides all the functionality that i need.
Use amazon alexa to control your myq garage door opener for free.
Once installed download the key app and follow the simple steps to sync to your myq.
For example alexa ask garage door in which garage door is the invocation phrase.
With myq installed you can check your garage door s status and open or close the door remotely from the myq app on your ios or android smartphone.
It did and it should but it doesn t.
The quick answer is no chamberlain s myq smart home garage opener does not natively work with alexa.
The garadget has its own amazon alexa skill.
To open the door you need to supply a pin.
This is hosted on amazon web services aws so no server is required.
I was using simplecommands zendesk since dec2019 referenced by others but it seems to.
Myq does not work with amazon echo.
Get it on google play.
There are no instructions on how to set the pin in either the myq app or the alex a app.
Either of those with an amazon cloud cam to add video monitoring to your kit.
A myq smart garage hub that enables your existing garage door opener to connect to the cloud a new myq connected garage door opener from either chamberlain of liftmaster and.
They mention that you can name the door but again there are no instructions on how to set the name in either the myq app or the alexa app.
Aws lambda function the custom function that s executed when alexa hears the verbal command defined in the ask above.