The garage is another zone that should be considered part of the smart home.
There are three aspects of the garage door to consider in the smart home:
Using the wider context of the smart home to control lighting outside and inside the garage makes for a much better user experience.
The garage is one place where you need safety devices but you have to consider carefully the implications of having them in an area that will be occupied by a running internal combustion engine. Even electric vehicles will introduce sources of residual heat into this space.