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@github-actions github-actions released this 25 Oct 19:58
v0.8.88
c44b863

Search, screen time, widgets and Home Assistant

  • Problem report. The phone companion’s TV settings tab downloads a report of crashes and errors to attach to a bug report. It stays on the TV until you download it and holds no settings or passwords. If the page stops, Shore now reloads it instead of closing.
  • What’s new. After Shore updates itself, Home shows what changed once. You can read it again under Settings › Google TV › Shore updates.
  • Widgets. An optional row of cards under the clock (Settings › Clock › Widgets): the forecast for the next three days, your next three events, and with Home Assistant the inside temperature, lights on and any open door or window.
  • Italiano e Türkçe. Shore and the phone companion now speak Italian and Turkish, with ANSA, la Repubblica, BBC News Türkçe and DW Türkçe as news sources.
  • Type from your phone. The companion’s new Keyboard tab types on the TV: into Shore’s Search right away, and into other apps’ text fields once you turn on Shore phone keyboard in the TV’s Accessibility settings.
  • Search. All apps has a Search button: type with the remote’s arrows or a keyboard to find apps, HDMI inputs and Settings pages. On a keyboard, just start typing on Home.
  • Screen time. Give an app a daily limit, from 30 minutes to 3 hours (Settings › Google TV › Parental lock › Screen time). When it runs out Shore comes back, and the PIN gives 30 more minutes.
  • Home Assistant can now show your door camera when the doorbell rings (Settings › Add-ons › Home Assistant › Doorbell). Over the screensaver or Home the live view opens by itself; over another app a short note appears.
  • New add-on, Pi-hole and AdGuard (Settings › Add-ons): today's share of blocked ads under the clock, and a pause for 5, 30 or 60 minutes when a site or app needs it. Works with Pi-hole 5 and 6 and AdGuard Home; the address and password are typed on the phone and stay on the TV.
  • A small dot on Settings tells you when something stopped working, such as the Home button after an update, notification access or a wallpaper source, or when a Shore update is waiting. Setup and health says what.
  • New rotation: By time of day (Settings › Wallpaper › Rotation). Morning, day, evening and night each get their own photo: pin one to each part, or leave it on Automatic for darker photos in the evening and at night and brighter ones by day.
  • HDMI inputs get an icon that fits: a controller for a PlayStation or Xbox, a box for a set-top box, a disc, a soundbar, a computer, a streaming stick or a camera, worked out from the device's name.
  • Rename an input or change its icon: hold OK on its tile, or open Settings › Inputs and pick it. Common names are one click away, and the phone companion's Apps tab takes any name.
  • A remote button can now run the sleep timer (Settings › Google TV › Remote buttons): each press sets 30, 60, 90 or 120 minutes and the next press after 120 turns it off, with a short note on screen, even inside other apps.
  • Smart home fits more on screen: small rooms sit side by side, and an outline shows which room you're in.
  • Hold OK on a light in Smart home to change its brightness and colour.
  • Press OK on a thermostat to set its temperature and mode.
  • The Smart home panel says which devices are unavailable.
  • New Settings › Add-ons. Add-ons stay out of sight until you switch them on.
  • Home Assistant add-on: see your rooms, switch lights, switches and fans, lock and unlock, and watch cameras live from a Smart home button on Home. Built by mozthewah, thank you!
  • Connect Home Assistant from the phone companion; the access token stays on the TV and out of backups.
  • With Home Assistant on, the line under the clock shows the temperature and humidity inside.

Shore on a TCL TV

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⬇ Download shore-0.8.88.apk · 21.7 MB

  • Already using Shore? Install it over your current version. Settings, photos and your Home layout stay.
  • New to Shore? Follow the install guide: sideload the APK with Downloader or adb install, then make Shore your Home screen.
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Release APKs contain no API keys. Almost everything works straight away:

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Weather, Now Playing with album art, screensaver, phone companion, your own photos Unsplash themes
NASA, Bing, Wikimedia and Picsum wallpapers, Shore’s own wallpapers and animated loops Pexels and Klipy animated wallpapers
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SHA-256 of shore-0.8.88.apk: 922e3420b80824f5dad2214b8cf31f6e9eaa57081d596d84c52f317b78e459b1

Changelog (20 commits since v0.8.68)
  • Release notes: a headline for this release, no merge commits (c44b863)
  • Problem report in the phone companion (6282d80)
  • What's new after an update (8bc7c64)
  • Widgets row under the clock (9775623)
  • Italian and Turkish (23f2519)
  • Type on the TV from the phone (7ea29bb)
  • Search apps, inputs and Settings pages (0b6bd2f)
  • Screen time limits for the parental lock (ff261ab)
  • Credit mozthewah for the Home Assistant add-on (8c6af0f)
  • Doorbell: the door camera when it rings (15d84b6)
  • Pi-hole and AdGuard add-on (1b047aa)
  • A dot on Settings when setup needs a look (560a54f)
  • Wallpaper by time of day (e5b325f)
  • Names and icons for HDMI inputs (b4927a8)
  • Sleep timer on a remote button; Hisense A6N in the tested TVs (dcb3e6c)
  • Merge pull request #1 from mozthewah/home-assistant-addon (d4a198d)
  • Merge main into the Home Assistant add-on (eff59f2)
  • Smart home: pack small rooms side by side, outline the focused room (309f52a)
  • Smart home: light colour and thermostat controls, and say what's unavailable (ac1c6d8)
  • Add a Home Assistant add-on: rooms, switches and cameras on Home (e0d51c9)

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