Control Your Garage Door from Anywhere in the World – All You Need is a Smartphone!

Picture yourself being able to monitor, open and close your garage door from any location in the entire world just by swiping your finger on your Apple, Blackberry or Android device. When you have a new LiftMaster garage door opener featuring MyQ^© technology, you can do just that.

It’s just a garage door opener, right? Nothing to get excited about. Wrong! It’s nothing less than a 21st‑century marvel, because not only can you use the MyQ^© app to control your door opener, you can also use it in conjunction with adapters and wall switches to regulate the lights and small appliances in your home, thereby enhancing your security.

Innovative and Easy

You hear the expression over and over: “There’s an app for that!” And it’s true, apps are ubiquitous. It was just a matter of time before someone came up with an innovative app for use with garage door openers. Manufacturers like Chamberlain, the makers of LiftMaster garage door openers, have made sure of it.

In 2012, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the MyQ^© app was unveiled for the first time, and it garnered a lot of attention. People were fascinated by the way they could control their garage door, even if they were thousands of miles away, and even more fascinated when they saw how the same app could control their lighting and appliances.

Best of all, it’s so easy to use! You just connect an Ethernet cable to your router, and securely connect to an Internet gateway. Register the gateway online, and once that’s done, you can begin adding devices. There’s no need to worry about your system being compromised, because Ethernet is safer than wireless.

Learning Technology

The gateway needs to “learn” the garage door opener. Some openers that were made after 1998 have learning technology built in, but if you’re in doubt or need more information, just call your LiftMaster professional for answers.

Next, you find the app that works with your smartphone, whether it’s Apple (IOS), Android (Google Play) or Blackberry. With the “learn” feature, you’ll add the garage door opener. It’s easy, too, to add multiple doors and other devices.

Now that the app is “knows” your door opener, you can open and close it from any location by means of your smartphone. The gateway will always be monitoring the door by using radio signals.

Enjoy Your Freedom

Everyone at one time or another has, instead of controlling their garage door, felt controlled by it. You know what we mean – you’re on your way to work or to go shopping or to pick up your kids, and you suddenly think “I might have left the garage door open.” You don’t have a whole lot of options – leave it open, or go back and make sure. Then you drive home, and of course the garage door is closed.

If you had the MyQ^© app, you’d have been in control of that door. You could have just touched a button to find out if it was open, and then closed it if you needed to. You wouldn’t have had to give up your freedom and re‑arrange your schedule to go back and check. The MyQ^© app also gives you freedom from worry, because you can use it to beef up your home security by remotely controlling your home’s lighting, and even your small appliances.

Convenience and Peace of Mind

The MyQ^© can tell you more than just if the door is open or closed. It can let you know at the moment it’s being opened, and even how long it’s remained open. Any change in the position of the door results in an alert, and then you’re notified either on your smartphone or by means of an email, depending on how you’ve configured your alerts

Are you expecting an important delivery? If you’re not able to be home, you probably have to get a neighbor to intercept the delivery driver. Otherwise, you’re going to worry that a package left out in plain view is likely to be stolen. Or it could be damaged if the weather turns foul. That’s not a problem anymore! Just have the delivery service give you a call when the driver gets to your house, and you can open the garage door from wherever you are. Your package is safely tucked inside, and all you have to do is use your smartphone to close the door if the driver forgets to do so.

Remember, you can do this from anywhere – it makes no difference if you’re just across town, or if you’re halfway across the world.

If you’d like to learn more about this amazing app, why not take a little time and have a look at this video? You can also look at more videos here that will show you how to configure the app to your smartphone.

For more information on MyQ system, contact us now. We serve all Toronto, Etobicoke and Guelph areas.