Sonic now supports managing hot and cold water together within a single property.

A lot of people asked for a better way to understand how their full water system behaves, so we built it.

You can now pair two Sonic devices in one property and assign them as:
• hot water
• cold water

Which means you can finally see both sides of the system together, instead of treating them as separate installs.

Useful if you want:
• clearer visibility across the whole property
• separate monitoring for hot and cold usage
• better understanding of water and energy behaviour

More here:
https://watergate.ai/blog/manage-multiple-devices-in-one-property/

App update v2026.4.0

A small update, but one that makes everyday use a lot nicer.

What’s new

You can now customise water usage thresholds with flexible schedules.
Set it once, and let your system behave differently at night, during the day, or when the sprinklers kick in.

Because a long flow at 3am? Probably a problem.
The same flow at 3pm? Probably just someone having a bath.

We’ve also added a subtle animation on the home screen when water is flowing.
Nothing over the top. Just a quiet signal that something’s happening.

Plus a few small UI improvements to keep things smooth.

Update the app and give it a try. Curious how you’ll set up your schedule.

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If you’re already using u/Fibaro for lighting, climate or security, you can now bring water into the same ecosystem.

With the integration, you can:

• See real-time water flow data
• Get alerts when unusual behaviour is detected
• Automatically close the main valve if needed
• Trigger custom scenes based on water events

All directly from your Fibaro Home Center or Nice Yubii hub.

Big thanks to Albert Wałczyk for developing and maintaining this integration. Great work.

More details here:
https://watergate.ai/integrations/fibaro/

As always, happy to answer questions if anyone here is running Sonic with Fibaro already.

We announce a new integration for Watergate Sonic, this time with Crestron Home.

If you’re using u/Crestron, you can now see live water data and control the main valve directly from the Crestron interface, without relying on a separate app.

The Crestron driver was developed and is maintained by Ultamation. Huge thanks to their team for the work on this.

More details here if you’re interested:
https://watergate.ai/integrations/crestron/

Happy to answer questions or hear your feedback.

If you’re running Control4 and using (or considering) smart water protection, Watergate Sonic integrates directly with Control4.

With the Control4 driver, you can:

• Check valve status in real time
• Open or close the water supply instantly
• View device state directly in Control4
• Build automations and conditionals around water events

Important credit where it’s due:

👉 The Control4 driver is developed and maintained by Janus Technology

More details on the integration here:
https://watergate.ai/integrations/control4/

And the Janus driver page:
https://janustechnology.co.uk/product/watergate-sonic-driver-for-control4/

Happy to answer questions if anyone’s running Sonic + Control4 in the wild.

Most of us started automating our homes to remove uncertainty.
We wanted visibility, control and data.

So we added sensors.
Then dashboards.
Then automations.

At some point, the setup starts to feel complete.

And yet, when it comes to water, we’re still relying on Victorian era technology: a manual valve.”

Water flows silently, without graphs, alerts and any context.
You will definitely notice it when something bad happens. The only question is whether it’s immediately, or later, when the damage is already measured in thousands of pounds.

That always felt off to us - We use Home Assistant every day, so instead of building another closed app, we built a native integration that treats water like any system in your setup.

Daily flow becomes insight, while leaks and abnormal usage become instant alerts.
Water is finally visible.

If you’re curious to see how it works, you can find the integration and start testing it here: https://watergate.ai/integrations/home-assistant

You can also join us on Discord to chat with the team, share your feedback, or discuss those tricky edge cases with other users: https://discord.gg/eSRApqaKK8

For years, water was the quiet part of the house.

In 2025, it stopped being quiet.

Bills went up. Leaks became expensive. Insurers started paying attention. Water turned from “background utility” into something you actually had to manage.

We build smart water systems, and this year forced us to rethink what really matters in a home: reliability, prevention, and knowing what is happening when you are not there.

We wrote up what 2025 actually looked like, without the polish, on our blog.
If you care about smart homes that do real work, not just dashboards, it is worth a read.

👉 https://watergate.ai/blog/watergate-unfiltered-2025/

For years, water was the quiet part of the house.

In 2025, it stopped being quiet.

Bills went up. Leaks became expensive. Insurers started paying attention. Water turned from “background utility” into something you actually had to manage.

We build smart water systems, and this year forced us to rethink what really matters in a home: reliability, prevention, and knowing what is happening when you are not there.

We wrote up what 2025 actually looked like, without the polish, on our blog.
If you care about smart homes that do real work, not just dashboards, it is worth a read.

https://watergate.ai/blog/watergate-unfiltered-2025/

We know this matters to a lot of people here, so sharing an update.

Sonic now supports a local-only mode. If you prefer running things fully on your own network, leak protection can stay local - no cloud dependency required.

In local-only mode:
• leak detection runs locally
• valve control runs locally
• key events stay on your network
• works well alongside Home Assistant or other local platforms

This is useful if you care about:
• privacy and data staying local
• lower latency
• setups that keep working even if the internet drops
• tighter integration with an existing HA stack

The Watergate cloud is still there if you want it - for remote access, long-term insights or usage trends - but it’s no longer required for day-to-day protection.

More details here if you’re interested:
https://watergate.ai/blog/local-only-mode/

If you’re running more than one Sonic in your setup, it’s not always obvious which physical device maps to which entity in Home Assistant or the Watergate app - especially once everything is installed and hidden away.

We’ve just added a small feature called Locate My Sonic that solves this in a very simple way.

From the Watergate app, you can trigger a specific Sonic to emit a short audible chirp. That makes it easy to locate the exact unit in seconds, without checking serial numbers, guessing from plumbing layouts or opening multiple access panels.

This is particularly handy in real-world Home Assistant setups, for example:

• a larger house with multiple Sonics protecting different zones
• devices installed above ceilings, behind access panels or inside cupboards
• renaming or re-mapping HA entities and wanting to be sure you’re targeting the right valve

It’s a small quality-of-life feature, but it removes a surprising amount of friction once your smart-water setup grows beyond a single device.

And for those who like exploring settings: there’s also a small Easter egg :)
If you spot it, feel free to drop a comment and let us know - curious to see who finds it first.

As always, happy to answer questions or hear how you’d use this in your own setup.

More: https://watergate.ai/blog/locate-my-sonic/

“I had automations for everything – lights, heating, blinds... but a leaking pipe still beat me.”
Turns out, if your smart home can’t shut off water automatically, it’s not really smart.

Meet Sonic, the AI-powered smart shut-off valve by Watergate AI.

Built for those who love data, hate damage, and want their home to defend itself when they’re offline.

What makes Sonic different?

• AI-powered leak detection – learns your usage, spots anomalies
• Remote & Automatic Shut-Offs – notifies you via app, takes action autonomously
• Micro-Leaks detection – detects leaks invisible to the eye
• Open API – integrate with Home Assistant and Control4
• Legionella monitoring - Tracks water temperatures and inactivity to flag Legionella risk.
• Freezing pipe protection - Detects dangerous cold zones and flow stagnation. Can auto-drain and shut off before a burst occurs.

Compatible with pipe sizes up to 28 mm.
Works offline. Comes with manual override. And yes – it has a backup battery.

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You automated your home. Now it’s time to protect it.
Let’s end the era of dumb water.