What's New?

Island

OTP in island
External apps now can remotely render inside island
compact line peek
island hostspot plugin
seconds in island time
Allow duo and island in full screen
Fix missing secondary island outline
Separate battery and time in island settings
Avoid bt device spam in island
Attempt to fix unresponsive island
DND aware island notifications
fix offline mobile data icon color
Island minimal peek mode and notification queue stacked layout
Option to hide caffeinate timer from island
Hide individual statusbar item in island
Fix island priority for battery
Fix flashlight expanded view collapsing
Fix island placement animations for corners
Fix island material you colors
Customize battery level % for overlays
Camera position based island improvements
Fix island battery alerts
Balance island option
Fix background haptics for conscious gate in island
Fix island reply text being persistent
Prioritize progress over timer for notifications
Option to keep island notifications forever
Fix call controls in island
Option to use secondary island bubble

DIY

Stacked DIY actions
DIY failure notification and detailed view
fix background location use
notifications and caffeinate in DIY
Location based automations
Android auto automations
Device mode automations
Split screen shortcut and action
Back gesture controls DIY

New features

Live updates in HiLight
Widget stacks
Back gesture controls
Token based auth for external apps
Pixel watch eSIM installer for unsupported regions (credits: AllMySlop/pixel-watch-esim-writer)
Auto delete screenshots
Media volume steps
Default launcher qs tile
Auto config backup
Re-written battery widget
Per-app volume
Watchface app is finally live

Improvements

Updated Batteries, It's now a shared setting across the app for all devices
Battery charging limit info for features
Fix lock screen shortcuts
Improve pixel searchbar replacement
Clear secure settings cache
Improve accessibility package fetching
Move navigation settings to input and actions
Fix notification lighting color picker
Disable per-package auth in app lock
Mediatek flashlight controls (Via unsupported features, proceed with caution)
LAN permission
Fix search text clearing issues with state changes
And more fixes and improvements
A lot of translations

Essentials WatchFace is finally on Google Play Store! Use the in-app welcome screen or the help sheep opens with the ? button in watch page to directly open the play store on your watch to install it easily.

PRs & Contributions

Develop - fix island outline bubble border, live updates in hilight, stacked DIY actions, fix lock screen shortcuts, widget stacks by @sameerasw in #1336
[feat(Island)] Added a battery alerts plugin to show alerts for charging, low battery and critical battery by @ssethhyy in #1254
Develop - update searchbar replacement behavior, island battery status by @sameerasw in #1338
Develop - Translations by @sameerasw in #1339
Develop - clear secure settings cache, DIY failure notification, allow duo and island on full screen, token based auth for external app access, avoid bt device spam in island, improve accessibility package fetching, attempt to fix unresponsive island, fix call notifications in island by @sameerasw in #1343
feat(island): new notification options screen & compact view mode by @isaacsa51 in #1303
feat(island): handle DND and show island even with DND mode ON by @isaacsa51 in #1349
feat(diy):notification, DND triggers, wait & caffeinate actions by @isaacsa51 in #1350
chore(diy): added value label for automation row by @isaacsa51 in #1352
feat(island): add hotspot plugin and toggle to show on island by @isaacsa51 in #1357
Develop - compact line peek, fix background lcoation use, seconds in island, DND for island notifications, DND , notif and caffeinate in DIY, Automation values display, island hostspot, fix offline mobile data icon color, fix island remote touch events by @sameerasw in #1360
Develop - Pixel watch eSIM by @sameerasw in #1361
Develop - allow hiding weather from island and island app controls by @sameerasw in #1362
feat: arrive at and leave location automation triggers by @jawzf in #1341
feat(island): minimal peek mode & notification queue view modes by @isaacsa51 in #1354
feat: move Navigation settings to Input and Actions by @jawzf in #1381
feat(island): caffeinate options to hide timer by @isaacsa51 in #1388
feat: volume steps to set how far each volume key press moves media volume by @jawzf in #1389
Develop - location based automations, minimal island peek and stack, move navigation settings to input, hide caffeinate timer in island, volume steps and more by @sameerasw in #1391
feat: split screen action and two-finger swipe gesture by @jawzf in #1374
Develop - split screen action, fix widget stack animation, fix island call notification listener, fix notification lighting colors, disable per-package auth in app lock, sync island, notif dismissal, default launcher qs tile, mediatek flashlight controls, auto config backup, fix island weather height, updated Batteries, re-written battery widget, hide individual statusbar item in island, fix island priority, fix flashlight collapsing, fix island placement animations, battery charging limit info for features and more by @sameerasw in #1394
Develop - Fix island material you colors, Android auto automations, back gesture controls and DIY, per-app volume, device mode automations and more by @sameerasw in #1396
Community translations by @flyinghouse-ma by @github-actions[bot] in #1351
Community translations by @lufranca21-oss by @github-actions[bot] in #1367
Community translations by @OrdinaryPerson0 by @github-actions[bot] in #1370
Community translations by @Celestial04 by @github-actions[bot] in #1371
Community translations by @forelas by @github-actions[bot] in #1375
Community translations by @MicrSpace by @github-actions[bot] in #1397
Community translations by @ls84luan-stack by @github-actions[bot] in #1400
Community translations by @OfficialMicrowave by @github-actions[bot] in #1401
Community translations by @CapMarkoTo by @github-actions[bot] in #1402
Develop - Translations by @sameerasw in #1403
Develop - fix notification looping, fix empty weather in island, fix device battery in island brief, fix island compact being default peek and more by @sameerasw in #1415
Develop - Translations by @sameerasw in #1416
feat(island): add navigation plugin and settings to island by @isaacsa51 in #1369
feat: screenshots page with auto-clean by @jawzf in #1385
feat: widget stack remembers its position across reboots by @jawzf in #1409
feat: add Send notification DIY action by @jawzf in #1411
Develop - Island navigation, auto cleanup screenshots, widget stack persistency, notification DIY by @sameerasw in #1425
feat(island): add OTP notification handler filtering by @isaacsa51 in #1386
Develop - OTP in island, customizable battery levels for Duo, Camera position based island improvements, fix battery alerts, balance island option, fix background conscious gate haptics, fix island notification reply text, prioritize progress over timer for island, keep island notifications always, fix calls in island, secondary island bubble toggle, local network permission, watch face is live, fix search input persistency and more by @sameerasw in #1426