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5 Ways to Use IFTTT Recipes with Garageio

Posted on by Zak Dziczkowski

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IFTTT (short for “if this, then that”) announced last week via their blog and other media outlets that they have been working closely with other apps to implement their recipe style automation into native apps. Turns out Garageio is one of those apps.

In short, IFTTT’s recipes are great for getting apps and devices that you use on the reg to interact with each other without being prompted to do so.

Before now, you had to download the IFTTT app or visit their website to get everything setup. Today that changed. Over the course of the last year, the Garageio team has been working with IFTTT to integrate those formulas inside our own app rather than relying on IFTTT to handle the coordination elsewhere.

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The result is you can now use all IFTTT recipes right within the Garageio native app to do cool things like:

IFTTT Recipe: Close your garage door if it starts raining connects weather to garageio

IFTTT Recipe: If I arrive at my house then open my garage door connects ios-location to garageio

IFTTT Recipe: Send a Notification when my door opens or closes connects garageio to ios-notifications

IFTTT Recipe: If I leave my house then close my garage door connects ios-location to garageio

IFTTT Recipe: Open my garage door when I start my car at home connects automatic to garageio

You can read all about IFTTT’s new integrations and its developer partners on TechCrunch, Forbes, CNET, Engadget, and even in French on Next Inpact!

How to Automatically Close Your Garage Door When You Leave Your House

Posted on by Zak Dziczkowski

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You can now use Garageio and Stringify to automatically close your garage whenever you forget about it.

Using the new Stringify App in combination with your Garageio you can now completely automate opening and closing your garage door based on your location, time of day, or for your security. Whether you are simply coming home for the night, leaving for work in the morning Stringify will make sure your garage is always secure.

You can use Stringify for all of your smart home devices, but to do use it for your garage you will need a Garageio.  If you don’t have a Garageio yet, go here and use the code “STRINGIFY” to get 15% off.

 

Here are 4 quick guides to automate your garage using Stringify:

1. Download the Stringify App and set up a ‘Flow’ using the Garageio Icon.

2. Set Stringify to Close your garage when you are away.
Exact Flow: When I am not home and the garage door opens, send, close the garage and send me a notification.
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3. Set Stringify to Auto Close Your Garage when you are home.
Exact Flow: When I am home and it is late, if the garage door is open, close it and notify me.
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4. Set Stringify to Notify you if your garage opens unexpectedly.
Exact Flow: If it is nighttime and the garage door opens, turn on my room lights, and send me a notification.
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Stringify can be programmed to work with all of your smart home devices and they have Flow Ideas that include Phillips Hue, Amazon Echo, Nest and many others.
You can get and in depth use case of how to use Stringify and Garageio on their blog here.

Garageio’s Doing A Beta!

Posted on by Zak Dziczkowski

We need Beta Testers! Garageio has been busy in the kitchen (or in our case, the garage) cooking up some exciting new developments.

Apply to be a Beta Tester

If you’re interested in being the first to have access to our awesome ideas, this is your chance to join the Beta Program! As a Garageio Beta Tester, you will get to try out our newest innovations before anyone else, personally interact with the team, and have a direct impact on the future of Garageio.

Vote Garageio for the 2016 IoT Awards!

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Vote for Garageio Here!

Garageio is nominated for the Connected Home category for the Internet of Things Awards! If Garageio has made your life easier and you love having a smart garage, please support us by voting. To cast your vote, click the link above and scroll to the bottom of the page. You can vote once per day until 1/22 so make sure to come back and vote again!