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myQ (LiftMaster and Chamberlain's native platform) is the most common and works great through the myQ app. The catch: myQ doesn't natively support Apple HomeKit anymore as of 2023. If you're an Apple Home household and you want Siri control, you need a HomeKit-compatible device instead, Meross MSG100HK, Tailwind iQ3 with the HomeKit Hub, or an Aqara hub. We'll ask which platform you use before picking the hardware.

Any opener with safety sensors (so post-1993) can be retrofit with a Tailwind or Meross. LiftMaster and Chamberlain openers from 2011+ work directly with a myQ hub. Genie openers pair with Aladdin Connect. If your opener is 30+ years old, retrofit is possible but it's usually better to just replace the whole opener for $550 to $950 and get Wi-Fi built in.

Yes. LiftMaster Secure View has a built-in camera in the opener, and pairs with the myQ app. For retrofits, any Wi-Fi security camera (Blink, Wyze, Arlo, Ring) points at the garage, plus the smart-opener hub controls the door, two apps, but it works. Secure View is the cleaner single-app setup.

We test Wi-Fi signal at the opener before install. If it's below about -70 dBm, we'll recommend a mesh node, a Wi-Fi extender, or a powerline adapter, smart openers that can't hold a connection are worse than no smart opener at all. The fix is usually $50 to $150 in extra networking gear.

Standard on every smart platform. You get a phone notification when the door opens, closes, or has been open more than X minutes. Geofence auto-close, close the door automatically when the phone leaves a radius from home, is also common and probably the single most-used feature once families have it.