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Activate automatic opening on Android

How to turn on automatic opening on your Android phone, with a 30-day free trial.

Last updated 20 October 2026 · Checked for app 4.0.3

Before you begin

Step by step

Open Automatic opening

The home screen of the Parqio app with the row “Automatic opening” and the label “Try free” at the top

Tap “Automatic opening” at the top of the home screen, or go to Settings → Automatic opening.

Activate the free trial

The “Automatic opening” screen with a picture of a car in front of a garage door and the button “Activate free trial”

Tap “Activate free trial”. The trial lasts 30 days, and you don’t need a credit card.

Give access to your location

The card “Location access” with the label “Step 1 of 2” and the button “Continue”
  1. Tap “Continue”.
  2. When your phone asks, choose “Precise” and “While using the app”.
Android asks in Norwegian whether Parqio may access this device’s location, with “Nøyaktig”, “Omtrentlig”, “Når appen brukes”, “Bare denne gangen” and “Ikke tillat”

Allow location all the time

The card “Always-on location” with the label “Step 2 of 2” and the button “Continue”
  1. Tap “Continue”. Your phone then opens the settings for Parqio.
  2. Tap “Permissions” and then “Location”.
  3. Choose “Allow all the time” and go back to the Parqio app.
The “Appinformasjon” screen for Parqio in Android’s settings (in Norwegian), with the row “Tillatelser” and the switch “Administrer appen hvis ubrukt”

Give access to motion

The app uses motion to tell driving from walking.

  1. Tap “Continue” on the “Motion & Fitness” card.
  2. When your phone asks, tap “Allow”.
Android asks in Norwegian whether Parqio may access your physical activity, with “Tillat” and “Ikke tillat”

Allow notifications

On Android, automatic opening needs notifications. Your phone shows a notification while automatic opening is running, and confirms when a gate opens.

  1. Tap “Continue” on the “Notifications” card.
  2. When your phone asks, tap “Allow”.

Give Parqio unrestricted battery use

The card “Battery (Unrestricted)” with the text “Prevents the system from stopping the app” and the button “Continue”
  1. Tap “Continue”.
  2. When your phone asks whether the app may always run in the background, tap “Allow”.

Stop the permissions from being removed

The card “Auto-remove Permissions” with the button “Got it”

Android can remove permissions from apps you haven’t used for a while, and then automatic opening stops.

  1. Tap “Got it”.
  2. Open Settings on your phone and find Parqio.
  3. Turn off “Manage app if unused” and go back to the Parqio app.
The “Appinformasjon” screen for Parqio in Android’s settings (in Norwegian), with the row “Tillatelser” and the switch “Administrer appen hvis ubrukt”

Check the entrances

The message “Your free trial has started!” with “Subscriptions” and “Close”

When you’re done, it says “Your free trial has started!”. All entrances that can open automatically are already on.

  1. Tap “Close”.
  2. Tap “Entrances”.
  3. Turn off the entrances you don’t want to use.
Entrances in the Parqio app on Android: a switch for each entrance. When the switch is on, automatic opening is on for that entrance.

Automatic opening is now on. The gate opens when you drive towards it, but not when you walk.

Price after the trial

In Norway, automatic opening costs 39 kr a month or 348 kr a year per user after the trial. If your housing company covers the service (fleet agreement), you pay nothing.

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