Aladdin Connect
aladdin_connect
The Aladdin Connect integration lets you open, close, and check the status of Genie Aladdin Connect garage doors through Home Assistant. It also reports the battery level of your opener's backup battery.
In Apple Home through HomeKit Bridge
What HomeKit Bridge makes of each kind of entity this integration creates, read from its source code. A device only gets the ones that apply to it.
| Entity | Shows up as | Note |
|---|---|---|
cover | Garage door |
2 reports below say how a device from this integration behaves in the Home app.
What people report
Aladdin Connect garage doors are cloud-only with open/close only; connection drops reported, and Apple Home attribution needs enabling in Home settings.
- Works2
- Partly works1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aladdin Connect garage door | Works Cloud | Works in Home Shows open/closed; enable attribution in Home settings to see who acted | Opener identity missing in notifications; fixed by enabling attribution in Apple HomeSaved copyThe problem When I open or close my Aladdin Connect garage door using Apple Home, the Apple Home notification only reports that the garage door was opened or closed. It does not identify the person who performed the action. The missing information is the actor's identity, rather than the door's open/closed status or delivery of the notification. ### Steps to reproduce 1. Use an Aladdin Connect garage door integrated with Home Assistant and available in Apple Home. 2. Enable the garage door's notifications in Apple Home. 3. Open or close the garage door using Apple Home. 4. Observe the … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #185716 · 2026-10 |
| Aladdin Connect garage door | Works Cloud | Works in Home Opens/closes from Apple Home; actor shown once attribution enabled in Home settings | Works; notification attribution is an Apple Home settingSaved copyThe problem When I open or close my Aladdin Connect garage door using Apple Home, the Apple Home notification only reports that the garage door was opened or closed. It does not identify the person who performed the action. The missing information is the actor's identity, rather than the door's open/closed status or delivery of the notification. ### Steps to reproduce 1. Use an Aladdin Connect garage door integrated with Home Assistant and available in Apple Home. 2. Enable the garage door's notifications in Apple Home. 3. Open or close the garage door using Apple Home. 4. Observe the … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #185716 · 2026-10 |
| Aladdin Connect garage door opener | Partly works Cloud | Cloud only, open/close without position; setup fails on cloud outage or DNS timeoutSaved copyLimitations: Only doors that are owned by your Aladdin Connect account are available. Doors that your account has been granted shared access to are not supported. There is no position control. You can open or close the door, but you cannot stop it at a specific position. All communication goes through the cloud. There is no local or LAN-based control, so the integration stops working if your internet connection drops. A Home Assistant Cloud subscription is required for authentication. Excerpt saved from home-assistant.io on 2026-10-23. | Docs |
Gathered from GitHub issues, pull requests, discussions and docs, and from r/homeassistant. These are individual reports, so check the linked thread and the date before you buy.
How it connects
Cloud polling
Goes through the maker’s cloud, asking it for updates every so often. Needs the internet and an account.
Found automatically over
- DHCP
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 1,687 (0.24%) |
|---|---|
| Added in | Home Assistant 0.75 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @swcloudgenie |
Limitations from the docs
- Only doors that are owned by your Aladdin Connect account are available. Doors that your account has been granted shared access to are not supported.
- There is no position control. You can open or close the door, but you cannot stop it at a specific position.
- All communication goes through the cloud. There is no local or LAN-based control, so the integration stops working if your internet connection drops.
- A Home Assistant Cloud subscription is required for authentication.
In ReReHome
Whatever HomeKit Bridge shares reaches Apple Home as normal HomeKit accessories behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls them like any other.
Bridges get their own settings page listing the accessories behind them.
