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Chamberlain myq garage door controller alexa.
This is where you enter your myq username and password.
With myq installed you can check your garage door s status and open or close.
The myq is a great smart garage door opener but there is one big downfall that may prevent shoppers from pulling the trigger.
The quick answer is no chamberlain s myq smart home garage opener does not natively work with alexa.
But alexa is an ifttt supported services that will allow users to connect it with the right applet to close the garage via myq subscription service for liftmaster.
The short answer is yes and no.
This allows you to set up alexa to lock the door with a pin to unlock it.
The chamberlain myq garage door opener is one of the top smart garage door openers on the market.
Never wonder if the garage door was left open again.
But does myq work with alexa and is it even safe to control your garage door by voice.
Next steps are more difficult.
Alexa does not always respond to alexa ask my q.
Feel reassured that the kids got home safely.
Smart starts in the garage.
It is great to be able to use alexa to open close my myq garage door opener the way i intended to use it when i bought my chamberlain product more than a year ago.
Let in the dog walker or a repairman.
There were a couple of skills that worked at one time but chamberlain ended up shutting them down.
With the myq garage access control app you ll always know what s going on at home even while you re away.
To open the door you need to supply a pin.
Here i selected the advanced option and selected to use garage door as lock.
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.
After this headache i will never buy another chamberlain garage door opener again.
The nexx garage is the best smart garage door opener for alexa users but it works with google home too so you can open or close the door using voice commands.
There are no instructions on how to set the pin in either the myq app or the alex a app.
Do you want to control your garage door by voice with alexa.
That s peace of mind right in the palm of your hand.
The chamberlain group which makes the myq controller owns a hefty slice of the us garage door opener market through its three main brands chamberlain liftmaster and craftsman.
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