Chamberlain discontinues its HomeKit hub for myQ garage door controllers

The Home Bridge Hub has been discontinued. It was designed to connect Liftmaster and Chamberlain smart garage door openers with myQ technology - such as this Liftmaster Secure View opener - to Apple's HomeKit platform. | Image: Liftmaster

Chamberlain Group, makers of myQ connected garage door openers, is discontinuing its myQ Home Bridge Hub, a device whose sole purpose was to connect myQ-enabled garage doors to Apple's HomeKit smart home platform.

myQ is a smart garage door controller technology that is built into a garage door opener or a separate retrofit wireless hub and connects your garage door to Wi-Fi. This lets you open and close it from anywhere using the myQ smartphone app.

The myQ Home Bridge Hub, which extended that control to the Apple Home app, has been out of stock on Chamberlain's website for a few weeks, and the company confirmed to The Verge that it's been discontinued.

As our products continue to evolve, we have decided to discontinue production of...

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