Before installing the iOS 26 Developer Beta, here's what I did when I rounded the corner of the street where I live (once I got a vehicle with Apple CarPlay). I'd say "Hey Siri, open the garage door." Then my garage door would open. Then I would drive into my garage. Then I would say "Hey Siri, close the garage door." Then my garage door would close. Then I would turn off the car engine and go inside my house.

I used to have my garage door automatically when I rounded the corner, but then I became paranoid when I saw my iPhone misregister my location. I thought "Huh. What if it thinks I'm going home when I'm not?" Which is when I switched to telling Siri to do it via voice control.

Then I upgraded to iOS 26 Developer Beta.

Now when I say "Hey Siri, open the garage door," Siri tells me that I have to unlock my iPhone first.

To which I can only say "What the actual fuck?!?"

I'm guessing that this is some kind of pretense by Apple telling us this is a safety precaution. They want to make sure it's really you before it opens a door to your home.

Except...

1. You still have the option to have CarPlay automatically open your garage door using your location... whether your iPhone is unlocked or not. And...
2. A widget now appears on the CarPlay screen which you can press to open your garage door... whether your iPhone is unlocked or not.

Which is all to say... this is not Apple being "concerned" over "security" at all.

But it gets better...

Do you know what happens when I pull into my garage and say "Hey Siri, CLOSE the garage door?"

Siri tells me that I have to unlock my iPhone first.

You know... out of "security concerns"... or whatever bullshit that Apple will blow up our asses when we complain how this crap makes absolutely no fucking sense whatsoever.