Chamberlain is also getting hard-nosed about licensing its private API to further monetize it. Wink had to drop support for MyQ because of new licensing demand. Here’s the notice Wink sent out a few weeks ago…
Dear Wink Community,
Effective June 1st, 2020, Chamberlain will be terminating its partnership with Wink. Newly proposed terms from Chamberlain would have required Wink to generate tens of thousands of new MyQ users each year as well as pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual licensing fees.
Wink would have liked to continue its partnership with Chamberlain, but we are unable to meet these demands. Chamberlain was unwilling to agree to more reasonable terms, and they will continue with the termination of all existing Wink + MyQ integrations. Please plan accordingly, as users will no longer be able to control MyQ devices from the Wink platform after June 1st.
We will continue to explore our options with Chamberlain. For questions about this decision and how it affects your Chamberlain products, we encourage you to contact their customer service at: Support
Is there a way for Chamberlin to permanently shutoff the MyQ integration? Or will we always be able to “fix” this issue each time they update their API?
Question to the group: Would it be better/more stable to use homekit_controller rather than the API? (assuming you have the HomeKit compatible version of MyQ, which I happen to have)
It depends on if MyQ is also changing how the device status and properties are reported to HomeKit. My guess is it would be more stable until MyQ makes a change in how it’s reporting to HomeKit.
I wasn’t aware that Chamberlain MyQ had an official Homekit integration. From that fact alone, Homekit would surely be much more stable in the sense that any changes to their connectivity should not intentionally break the interface between it and MyQ.
However, it appears that yet another hub is required! MyQ Home Bridge 819LMB - $95 on Amazon? No thanks.
If you’re still interested in pursuing MyQ Homekit, here is a helpful guide from @FlyGuy62N that was posted in a related “MyQ not working again” thread.
@GaryOkie In my pre-HA days, my house was 100% HomeKit. So I do have yet another hub! Maybe I’ll give MyQ via homekit_controller a try to see how it goes. Thanks for the feedback!
And to all - HA .110.5 that was just released a few minutes ago contains the latest MyQ patch! It may not show up on your dashboard as an available update for several hours though.
Update myq for latest api changes (#36469 - @bdraco)