Wyze has just launched a garage door controller to manage access in another way in your house, following up on its recent smart door lock release. The Wyze Garage Door Controller, which costs $39.99 plus shipping, is available today. Using a Wyze Cam v3 and a control box, you can control and view your garage door from anywhere.
You can see the door while opening or closing it remotely using the Wyze app. Instead of using a touch sensor to check the status of your door, Wyze uses artificial intelligence technologies on its built-in camera.
A smart garage door controller is a device that can be added to your existing motorized door opener. It connects to your motorized door opener and lets you control the door remotely through Wi-Fi, for example when you are out of range of your click button or sun visor. Similar to a smart door lock, it can help prevent panic attacks caused by remembering whether or not the garage door is open (and driving to the house to check).
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There are also garage door openers that use this technology, eliminating the need for an additional controller. You may use Wyze’s online checker to discover if your brand of door opener is compatible with the gadget, according to the company.
If you have a garage door opener from the Chamberlain Group, like Liftmaster, Chamberlain, or Craftsman, you won’t be able to use this. These use Security+ 2.0, which is the company’s own way of communicating with each other. These are only compatible with Chamberlain’s $30 MyQ smart garage control.
Most smart garage door controllers utilize a touch or tilt sensor to determine whether the garage door is open or closed. Wyze’s device doesn’t use this technology. Instead, it uses artificial intelligence in its camera to determine the status of your door. Well, sort of. It appears that the device does not use machine learning to identify whether your garage door is open.
Instead, the Wyze Cam garage door remote uses its camera to scan a QR code. Yes, you have placed a large QR code inside your garage door for this to operate. Despite the fact that this is an odd solution, it is a unique one that addresses a frequent issue with many of the available solutions. Even the most trustworthy sensors might provide an incorrect result for a variety of reasons.
When you’re thousands of miles away from home, the last thing you want to happen is for your garage door to open instead of close. (This is something I’ve noticed while testing a garage door controller, and is why I usually recommend purchasing a camera for a visual check as well.) A huge QR code sticker might be the best option.
The hardware consists of two components: a Wyze Cam v3 and the Garage Door Controller Module, a compact white box that connects to the Wyze Cam via a micro USB wire. This box then communicates with your door opener, telling it when to open or close. (It stores directly next to existing wires, so no soldering is required.)
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It does not eliminate the functionality of your existing wall buttons or remote selectors. You place the camera near your garage door opener and hang it upside down from the garage ceiling. It is attached to a magnetic mount and must be placed near the controller module, which is linked to the opener.
Wyze provides double-sided tape and magnetic mounts, eliminating the need for screws or drilling and requiring only a nearby power outlet on the ceiling. The camera takes video every time the door opens or closes, which you can see on the Wyze app. Free storage is limited to 12 seconds.
If you subscribe to Wyze’s Cam Plus service (from $1.25 per month), you can get unlimited storage for as little as $1.25 each month. In addition to night vision, the camera features 1080p color night vision, as well as the detection of people, packages, and vehicles.
If you want to record continuously, you can use a removable microSD card. It was recently revealed that Wyze failed to alert customers of a long-standing security issue with its first-generation Wyze Cam.
This lack of transparency makes people more worried about the use of smart cameras in and around their homes, as well as the devices that allow them to be used because they aren’t clear about how they work. The Wyze app has a lot of ways to get notifications, like when your door is open or closed.
In the app, there’s a button that lets you open or closes the garage. You can see when it was used and how often. You can also use the Wyze app’s rules engine to program the door to close automatically at a specific time of day or utilize geofencing to close automatically when you leave the house.
If you have several garage doors, you’ll need a Wyze garage door controller for each one. It will be able to work with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant so that you can control it with your voice and make your home smarter.
Wyze sells the garage door controller as part of a package with the Wyze Cam v3. You can also buy a Wyze garage door controller spare parts kit for 18.99 $ plus shipping, which doesn’t come with the Wyze Cam v3. The controller is only compatible with the Wyze Cam v3 — not any of the company’s earlier models.
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