Smarten up your garage door with these upcoming HomeKit-enabled openersWe won't be waiting long for HomeKit-enabled garage door openers.
There's one dumb-home device that's been aching for smarts for far too long: your garage door!
I mean, think about it — many people enter their homes through the garage, making smart locks (typically installed on the front door of the home) less useful. Luckily, we're going to be seeing some HomeKit-enabled garage door openers this year. That means garage door control via iOS's Home app and Siri voice control.
I'm hoping as the year progresses more companies will announce their own openers or opener solutions.
Upcoming HomeKit-enabled garage door openers
1. MyQ HomeBridge
The MyQ HomeBridge is a retrofit device that will allow all current Chamberlain MyQ Garage Door Opener owners to upgrade their devices with HomeKit compatibility. Chamberlain says the HomeBridge will be available by April 2017.
If you've already got one of the company's WiFi-connected garage door openers hooked up, your jump to HomeKi...
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Smarten up your garage door with these upcoming HomeKit-enabled openers
