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@starbrightlab starbrightlab released this 19 Jun 20:04
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Immortal 1.42 — a big release for Home Assistant users, plus a long-requested app switcher.

Home Assistant

  • Screensaver → your dashboard. Tapping the photo-frame screensaver to wake the Portal can now open your Home Assistant app — or deep-link straight to a specific dashboard (homeassistant://navigate/…) — instead of always returning to the launcher. Set it in Settings → Screensaver → When dismissed.
  • Native MQTT Discovery. Immortal can publish the Portal to Home Assistant as an auto-discovered device — presence, screen, battery, now-playing, IP, plus screen / identify / media-transport controls — with no YAML. Just point it at your MQTT broker in Settings → Immortal → Home Assistant (MQTT). Off by default; disabling cleanly removes the device from HA.
  • Wake the panel from HA. A two-way screen control means Home Assistant can wake the Portal (e.g. on a doorbell or motion) and turn it off.
  • Device health page. Settings → Immortal → Device health shows the status of each capability the Portal was set up with, and — when something's missing — what's degraded and how to fix it.

App switcher

  • A top-bar app switcher — the Portal has never had one. A button appears on the system bar (in sync with it) and opens your recent apps with per-app notification badges, usage/recency info, a long-press menu (open / app info / close / uninstall), and a search box that doubles as an app drawer. Turn it on in Settings → Immortal → Quick buttons.

Under the hood

  • Provisioning now warns (instead of silently failing) if the screen-off device admin can't be granted.

Verified on a Portal Go (Android 10) against a live Home Assistant.

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