Garage Beacon is an app that allows users to turn their smartphone into a garage door remote control. The app can open and close the garage door when the phone is near it. For garages with multiple doors, each door can be individually controlled from within the app. The app uses a finite state automation model with two states - "Open" and "Closed" - to represent the garage door position and receive input signals from the user's phone to change states. Some advantages of automated garage doors are that they come in various styles and designs, are convenient to use without physical effort, and can provide safety and security when properly installed.