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myQ Smart Garage Hub

Not recommended

The myQ Smart Garage Hub retrofits Wi-Fi control onto an existing Chamberlain or LiftMaster opener, but only through Chamberlain's own app. Third-party API access has been blocked since November 2023, so there is no supported way to open, close, or even read the door from Home Assistant.

Selora does not recommend this device

since November 2023

Chamberlain cut off third-party API access to myQ in November 2023 and has held that position since, which removed the Home Assistant integration in the 2023.12 release and broke every automation built on it.

There is no local API and no supported cloud path, so a myQ hub is a dead end for any system that is not Chamberlain's own app. Nothing about the hardware is broken, but a vendor that has already revoked integration access once is not one we will build a client's garage automation on. For openers already installed we fit a local ESPHome controller to the existing motor, which restores door state, open and close control, and the obstruction sensor without touching myQ.

Install instead
  • ratgdo or a comparable ESPHome garage controller, wired to the existing opener
  • A Shelly relay plus a reed contact where the opener exposes a dry-contact terminal
Home Assistant: Removal of the MyQ integration
Protocols
Chamberlain's block is enforced server side and applies to LiftMaster-branded openers on the same platform. The practical fix is to leave the myQ hub disconnected and drive the opener's wall-button terminals directly from a local controller, keeping the safety reversing sensors in the loop. Security+ 2.0 openers need a controller that speaks the protocol rather than a bare dry-contact relay.

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