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UPDATE 11\/14\/20203: Chamberlain shuts down 3rd party API access<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article used to be a tutorial on how to use the SimpleCommands app to connect MyQ to Alexa. This was the best, free method to connect MyQ to Alexa. It allowed you to open and close your garage door with Alexa commands. However, the wonderful people at MyQ have shut down this “loophole” so it will most likely never work again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, you may have read other articles that claim you can use IFTTT to connect MyQ to Alexa. This was not a great a solution because
1. it requires a small subscription fee to enable MyQ in IFTTT, and
2. it only allowed to close the garage door (open was disabled for “security” reasons).
Regardless, IFTTT no longer works either because the Alexa service is no longer part of IFTTT. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was only able to find one decent option left for those of us that care about home automation, and were unfortunate enough to buy a MyQ garage door opener. It’s called “ratgdo”. Ratgdo is a 3rd party control board that you install in your Chamberlain or LiftMaster garage door opener. Essentially, it bypasses the crappy MyQ cloud software and lets you use your garage door opener with MQTT or ESPHome instead. Of course, it’s not free (cost is $30-$44), and it does require about a 10 minute installation. Furthermore, the board was out of stock before<\/em> Chamberlain nuked the API, so I imagine there are an insane amount of backorders by this time. That said, here is a link to the website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t

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  1. SimpleCommands or IFTTT?<\/a>
  2. How to connect MyQ to Alexa using the SimpleCommands app<\/a>