Watergate
watergate
The Watergate integration integrates your Watergate Devices (currently Sonic Wi-Fi) with your Home Assistant. With this integration, you can:
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 |
|---|---|---|
switch | Switch or outlet | |
sensor | Sensor (temperature) | |
valve | Valve |
What people report
Watergate Sonic works locally, with some users needing to toggle the local API after restarts; Sonic Pro is not supported.
- Works1
- Partly works1
- Won’t be supported1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watergate Sonic Wi-Fi | Works Local | Auto shut-off switch and thresholds added; local APISaved copySupported devices: Watergate Sonic Wi-Fi. Limitations: The integration does not provide the ability to control the device buzzer, reboot the device, or change the device's Wi-Fi configuration. IP address: description: "The IP address of your Sonic device." Excerpt saved from home-assistant.io on 2026-10-23. | Docs | |
| Watergate Sonic | Partly works Local | Needed local API toggled in app to reconnect after HA restart; vanished laterSaved copy… Assistant OS Core 2026.4.2 Supervisor 2026.04.0 Operating System 17.2 Frontend 20260325.7 For the past few days, I've been having the following problem. My sonic doesn't reconnect after a homeassistant restart. I figured out that if I disable local API on the app and re enable I can reconnect to the device, otherwise I'm not able to do that. I also need to remove the device and create a new one. ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? 2026.4.2 ### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core? _No response_ ### What type of installation are you running? Home … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #168472 · 2026-04 | |
| Watergate Sonic Pro | Won’t be supported | Not supported by the integrationSaved copySorry, spotted sonic pro not supported Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #134744 · 2025-01 |
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
Local push
Talks to the device on your network, and the device tells Home Assistant the moment something changes.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 31 |
|---|---|
| Quality scale | Silver |
| Added in | Home Assistant 2025.1 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @adam-the-hero |
Devices listed in its documentation
- Watergate Sonic Wi-Fi
Limitations from the docs
- The integration does not provide the ability to control the device buzzer, reboot the device, or change the device's Wi-Fi configuration. IP address: description: "The IP address of your Sonic device."
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.
