# Are "smart" garage door openers really an improvement? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 1, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-smart-garage-door-openers-really-an-improvement/1026241 "2026-01-01T13:42:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 39
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-smart-garage-door-openers-really-an-improvement/1026241/39 "2026-01-02T04:49:18Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > He sighed and said MyQ is or will be partnering with Amazon and perhaps USPS, so you could not only give the delivery person access to your garage I believe you have to pay for this feature, so it’s unlikely you’ll enable it accidentally. The MyQ app has advertising on the main screen, is slow to load, and occasionally bugs out. However, as said, it is just another way to open and close the door, [which I happen to have in my pocket anyway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-phone-always-at-in-hand/1024001). A less shitty system would be preferable, but it works and came with the opener. I use it frequently enough that if MyQ took it away, or required a subscription to use the basic open/close feature, I’d replace it with the Wyze or a similar system. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-smart-garage-door-openers-really-an-improvement/1026241)._