Very interesting. A quick google seems to suggest that BMW & IFTTT have now parted ways, but I’ll certainly have a look into it. I have BMW Connected Drive (which appears to be the replacement) although mine being an older car I doubt I’ll have the latest & greatest features. EDIT: I’ve checked my Connected Drive App & my vehicle doesn’t support SmartThings integration.
I didn’t mention it above, but I’d like to do this for my wife’s car also (Land Rover Discovery) which most certainly doesn’t have any ‘connected’ type apps or services.
Our presence upon arrival (and departure) is handled by SmartThings, WebCoRE & Life360 apps & geofences on mine and my wife’s iPhones (which seems to be working ok at the moment). So WebCoRE will automate the closing of the gates on departure & opening on arrival based on the presence of our smartphones. This current requirement is purely to open the gates before departure (I.e. jump in the car, start the car & the gates open).
One further annoyance about the iOS shortcut idea (mentioned above) is that the ‘run shortcut?’ notification appears every time we get into our cars (irrespective of our location) which is going to get pretty annoying.
I’ve ordered some NFC tags (iOS shortcuts) to stick in the cars as this may be a temporary solution until something a little smarter comes out of the woodwork.
EDIT: I’ve just come across this post which may help to integrate my car with ST, but I’m still stumped when it comes to the wife’s car:
Cheers