# Automatic garage door opener

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/automatic-garage-door-opener/30333>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Created:** [May 24, 2020, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/automatic-garage-door-opener/30333 "2020-05-24T12:02:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Colin\_Cook](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/colin_cook/32/18569_2.png) [@Colin\_Cook](https://community.homey.app/u/Colin_Cook)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/automatic-garage-door-opener/30333/1 "2020-05-24T12:02:49Z")

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I’d like to automatically open and close my garage door. Not using my mobile and geocaching however, as this will also open the garage door when I arrive home from work.  
I was thinking of having some kind of device in the car that connects to Homey when I get within a certain distance of home that then activates a flow to open the door.

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**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/automatic-garage-door-opener/30333/2 "2020-07-27T11:58:01Z")

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> [@Colin\_Cook](#):
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> en and close my garage door. Not using my mobile and geocaching however, as this will also open the gara

I use a :

[https://www.garadget.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjw9vn4BRBaEiwAh0muDFHJtpapm8ffYVtafnf-W4zuMd8dESMB7Q8xXXR06vrRkQaAWV8LoxoCJDcQAvD\_BwE](https://www.garadget.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjw9vn4BRBaEiwAh0muDFHJtpapm8ffYVtafnf-W4zuMd8dESMB7Q8xXXR06vrRkQaAWV8LoxoCJDcQAvD_BwE)

Along with a

> **[Echo Auto – Add Alexa to your car : Amazon.com.au: Amazon Devices &...](https://www.amazon.com.au/Echo-Auto-Add-Alexa-To-Your-Car/dp/B078YNKDZS/ref=asc_df_B078YNKDZS/)**
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> Echo Auto – Add Alexa to your car : Amazon.com.au: Amazon Devices & Accessories