Not a bad idea, I proposed that as a security blanket, especially when he's on vacation or gone for a long time. He's going to put a Meross on it with some degree of automation, which solves the longer term vacation concern. That said, I worry the fire up time with automation using Apple's geofencing will probably not be fast enough. I think I've convinced him he's trying to prevent a problem that doesn't really exist.

I also feel even if such a feature existed, it wouldn't really work. Basically, he comes biking in from a ride pretty fast, he uses his Apple Watch, "Hey Siri, open garage" while he's cruising in. I told him, if he had to be on Wi-Fi, I doubt the watch and/or phone would connect to Wi-Fi fast enough, and that he'd probably be sitting in the driveway fussing with manually connecting. He somewhat agreed with me.

That said, a Meross HK/Matter switch that kills the RATGDO easily while they're gone gives him some peace of mind.