Technology continues to make giant strides in relatively short amounts of time. As this technology continues to advance, so too do our homes. And yes – those advances can even include your garage. Check out our top garage gadgets for 2023 to ensure no part of your smart home is left behind in the new year!

Gadget For A Stress Free Garage Door

In the market for a new garage door opener? The Chamberlain myQ Smart Garage Door Opener works hand in hand with an app. Allowing you to open and close your garage door from anywhere. Not to mention the enhanced security with real-time alerts, ability to let in friends or families, and even create a guest access feature.

Easy To Integrate Garage Gadget

If you’re happy with your current setup, but would like to invite more ease into its operation, Chamberlain also makes the myQ Smart Garage Control. This wireless garage hub and sensor possesses WiFi and Bluetooth, and works with all leading brands of garage door openers. After a quick setup, your existing garage door opener is linked to the myQ app, and you can do all of the same things that the myQ smart garage door openers can do!

A Gadget To Keep You Warm

If your gadget is a space for hobbies, climate control is likely very high on your list. Paired with a compatible HVAC unit and an insulated garage, a smart thermostat can help you maintain a comfortable garage temperature from anywhere. Whether you’re keeping it warm in the Winter or cool in the Summer.

A Gadget To Brighten Things Up

Most garages possess few windows, and lighting can leave something to be desired. Introducing a garage gadget that can brighten up the room, without sacrificing insulation. Chamberlain’s myQ Smart LED Light plugs into a standard outlet and can be mounted to a ceiling or wall and controlled through the myQ app. Schedule your garage light to go on and off from anywhere. PS: it even has motion detection!

There are so many ways to incorporate gadgets for a smart, trendy, and innovate garage space. Whether it’s a wirelessly controlled garage door opener, parking sensors, motion lights, or HVAC system. We’re here to help! Contact us today at info@adamsdoorsystems.com or 905-602-6550 (Mississauga) or 416-502-2212 (Toronto).

This new year, make a resolution for your garage door to work smarter and not harder. How? By investing in one of these top garage door gadgets, of course! Current smart garage door openers allow you to work your garage doors using your smartphone or other device. They also allow you to see certain information, such as who last opened your garage door and at what times the garage door was opened. So what are some of the best ones?

MyQ Garage Door Opener

The MyQ Garage Door Opener allows you to close or open the door even when you are not at home by connecting to your Wi-Fi network. The free mobile app lets you operate your garage doors from anywhere in the world, even setting up notifications to see whether your garage door is currently open or closed. Some other benefits? The MyQ is compatible with a wide range of garage door openers, meaning you most likely won’t need to replace your current opener to use it. The system also sounds an alert for 15 seconds before closing, giving anyone nearby plenty of warning to get out of the way. 

Garageio

Garageio is retrofitted to your existing garage door opener to connect it to your Wi-Fi network so that you could control it using your smartphone.  It works with IFTTT and Amazon Echo, meaning that you could just say, “Alexa, ask Garageio to open the garage doors.” and voila! With Garageio’s IFTTT, the opener can automatically close the garage door once you are a certain distance from your home. You can also give permissions to other devices so multiple people can operate the door – all while receiving real time notifications to keep you informed.

Gogogate 2

If you want to get the best out of any device you buy, then Gogogate2 is probably the one for you.  Gogogate2 gives you video integration apart from allowing you to operate your garage doors remotely. Gogogate2’s mobile app has the most user-friendly interface and gives you the most information about your garage door. Including temperature readings, and photos of the times your garage door was opened or closed. You can also add other users to the app, but with the added benefit of being able to restrict them to one time use or only certain times of day.