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Same, good experience, with the Meross Homekit capable garage opener. I do like that it’s a wired setup, which us more secure (I just erased all the paired radio openers). My only gripe is that I have Apple Watch Series 3 and the resent forced upgrade of the Home app means I can bo longer control anything from my watch which sucks!

Just bought one and the accessory for my opener yesterday, looking forward to getting it installed next week.

I honestly don't know how anyone can feel confident buying any "smart home" gadget that requires an internet connection to work, especially when HomeKit and HomeAssistant exists!

If HomeKit/HomeAssistant didn't exist I would simply have a dumb home, it's not worth the risk.

Doesn't the garage door use some proprietary protocol that the opener doesn't support?

The Meross works with basically everything. It basically mimics a physical button closing the loop.

We use the Meross opener since the previous owner installed some cheap, incompatible opener.