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@Shantil-K Shantil-K released this 20 Sep 05:18
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v0.5.0-beta
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What's new since v0.4.0-beta

  • Remote control (D-pad). Everything now works with the arrow keys and OK, not only the Magic Remote pointer. Arrows move a highlight to the nearest item, OK activates, Back goes up a level. Yellow opens Settings, Red the info card, Blue turns Edit on and off. In Edit mode, OK on an app opens a menu (pin, hide, move to folder, reorder), and Reorder moves it with the arrows.
  • Folders. Group apps in the app menu: folders show first, open one to see its apps. Use the folder button in Edit mode, and rename or delete folders in Settings > Apps.
  • Recent apps. An optional row of the apps you launched last, above the bottom bar (Settings > Apps, off by default).
  • Weather. Current temperature and conditions from Open-Meteo, under the date or anywhere on screen (Settings > Weather, off by default, needs the internet).
  • OLED protection (Settings > Screen, off by default): a slow pixel shift, and dimming everything, or hiding the bar and dimming the rest, after 1 to 10 minutes without input.
  • Your own wallpapers. Settings > Wallpaper > My own plays links you add: videos (.mp4 .mov .mkv .webm) and photos (.jpg .png .webp), with links to files on the TV or a USB drive too.
  • Backup. Export and import your settings and app layout as JSON (Settings > Backup). With root it also uses /media/developer/openlauncher-settings.json.
  • The close buttons on the settings panel and the info card are now a cross icon.

Fixes

  • The bottom bar no longer spills below the screen at Medium, Large and Extra large sizes.
  • The D-pad highlight stays on a control after you change a setting.

Notes

  • New features that change the home screen (recent apps, weather, OLED protection) are off by default, so nothing looks different until you turn them on.
  • Weather data is by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0).
  • The settings panels use flex gap, which needs Chromium 84+ (webOS 22 and newer). On older TVs everything works but buttons sit closer together.
  • Streaming uses roughly 6 Mbps (about 2.7 GB per hour). Use Game or Filmmaker picture mode to avoid grainy video.
  • This is a beta. Please report anything odd.
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