Review on LiftMaster MYQ 819LMB Home Bridge by Joseph Morris

Works and generally good. I have two garage doors and it was a bit difficult to transfer these two doors from the MyQ 0301 as the instructions (at the time of installation) in the app were a bit wrong for the second door. Basically he repeated the transfer instructions he used for the 1st door and if you follow them exactly it won't work. I'm sure they will update or have already updated this step of instructions in the app, but when you think about what the steps do and know that the instructions may be wrong, it's pretty obvious which step you're missing (and lie to him that you took a step) on the second transmission door. As far as HomeKit functionality goes, it's good. It seems to "update" less frequently (or maybe just slower) than my other HomeKit devices, but that doesn't matter. When switching from home WiFi to LTE, it can sometimes take up to a minute for the status to update. However, I've never seen a door say it's closed or open when it actually isn't, and Siri works great. If I can't remember if I closed the door, I just ask Siri and she tells me if it's open or closed. very nice function. She will also open or close them. Neither this bridge nor the 0301 with or without this bridge integrates (at the time of my installation) with Alexa, which is unfortunate, especially as it is not a technological limitation but a decision not to support LiftMaster. Elevator Master/Chamberlain also charge for IFTTT integration, which sucks/ridiculous, but with this bridge device you can probably handle most automation needs with HomeKit. It ended up being a bit clunky to set up and required patience, but works really well if you want to integrate your 0301 with Apple HomeKit. I'm sorry they need a different HomeKit bridge instead of just using 0301 which already has a bridge. but I at least like the fact that they used the same form factor, which makes physical installation more convenient. A wall/ceiling mount for this and the 0301 is a great design. In conclusion, I see a lot of confusion and was initially unsure whether to buy this as a replacement for the 0301 or use it in addition to the 0301. This is an add-on device that can be used with the 0301, but that takes over the entire bridge. Functionality of 0301. It appears to be paired with 0301 and uses 0301 to communicate with the garage door opener.