Home Widget - for HomeKit 1.8.6

version 1.8.6

Dec 3, 2023
Version 1.8.6
This version fixes a major bug that can occur on iOS 17.1.1. It also corrects some minor issues:
- fixes the bug of interactive widgets that stops working (buttons inoperative since the widgets buttons remain highlighted in blue)
- fixes translation problems in French and Spanish
- fixes some minor issues
- fixes the display on iPhone 13 Pro Max in Zoom mode.

version 1.8.4

Oct 5, 2023
Version 1.8.4
Fix an issue on last version that could cause background refresh to stop working.

version 1.8.3

Oct 3, 2023
Version 1.8.3
This version improves app overall stability by fixing some minor bugs and two potential crashes.

version 1.8.2

Sep 25, 2023
Version 1.8.2
V1.8.2 also fixes an issue with large and extra large panel that was stuck replace by orange placeholder because of an issue on iOS17. In that case other widgets was not refreshed properly.

- Our Widgets are now fully interactive! You no longer even leave the Home Screen or the Lock Screen to turn your lights On and Off, activate your Scenes or trigger your Actions. No need to open the app anymore.

- We have integrated dimmers with interactive widgets. You can now vary the intensity or color of your lights directly or half-open your blinds, and always directly from the Widgets! It is even possible to ask for confirmation before performing a sensitive action.

- in response to your feedback, we've introduced a new widget size: a compact 2x2 layout with four buttons. Enjoy quick access to your most-used actions while conserving screen space.

- now a tap on one of the sensors, detectors, counters or refresh buttons allows you to refresh the widget, again without having to launch the application in the foreground

- the "Nightstand" mode allows you to use Widgets and benefit from all the new features and interactivity even in the middle of the night.

- there are also many new features on the iPad. Small and Circular Widgets can now be used on the locked screen. Again, no need to leave the lock screen to perform any action.

- you have shades or rolling shutters, you can now choose their precise position from the widgets.

- finally, with the new version of iOS we have further improved response and execution times and the application remains the fastest on the market to perform all these actions.

In short, you will have understood, this new version brings a lot of new features and we are very happy and very proud to finally be able to present them to you!

Thank you all for your support and your help in the realization of this application. As always, if you appreciate our work, consider leaving us your testimonials on the App Store.

If you have any questions or concerns, contact us directly! It's always a pleasure to help you: support@vision-apps.com

version 1.8.0

Sep 18, 2023
Version 1.8.0
- Our Widgets are now fully interactive! You no longer even leave the Home Screen or the Lock Screen to turn your lights On and Off, activate your Scenes or trigger your Actions. No need to open the app anymore.

- We have integrated dimmers with interactive widgets. You can now vary the intensity or color of your lights directly or half-open your blinds, and always directly from the Widgets! It is even possible to ask for confirmation before performing a sensitive action.

- in response to your feedback, we've introduced a new widget size: a compact 2x2 layout with four buttons. Enjoy quick access to your most-used actions while conserving screen space.

- now a tap on one of the sensors, detectors, counters or refresh buttons allows you to refresh the widget, again without having to launch the application in the foreground

- the "Nightstand" mode allows you to use Widgets and benefit from all the new features and interactivity even in the middle of the night.

- there are also many new features on the iPad. Small and Circular Widgets can now be used on the locked screen. Again, no need to leave the lock screen to perform any action.

- you have shades or rolling shutters, you can now choose their precise position from the widgets.

- finally, with the new version of iOS we have further improved response and execution times and the application remains the fastest on the market to perform all these actions.

In short, you will have understood, this new version brings a lot of new features and we are very happy and very proud to finally be able to present them to you!

Thank you all for your support and your help in the realization of this application. As always, if you appreciate our work, consider leaving us your testimonials on the App Store.

If you have any questions or concerns, contact us directly! It's always a pleasure to help you: support@vision-apps.com

version 1.2.7

Mar 27, 2023
Version 1.2.7
Hello!

I am thrilled to announce the release of this new version 1.2.7, which includes some amazing new features and improvements based on user feedback.

I have added a relock iPhone feature after using the Lock Screen widget, a roller blinds/shutters position dimmer, a new shortcut action, and more. I am grateful to all of you for your continued support, and I hope these new features will make your experience even better.

Please make sure to update your device's operating system to the latest version to take advantage of the relock iPhone feature.

I also want to take a moment to ask for your help in spreading the word about my app. Marketing an app can be challenging, and I would be grateful if you could share the app with your friends and family, leave a review on the App Store, and help us reach more people who could benefit from my app.

Here's what's new in version 1.2.7:

- Adds a relock iPhone feature after using the Lock Screen widget (last iOS version only. Please update your device OS).
- Adds a dimming action type for roller shutters/blinds. You can now precisely position the opening position using the slider.
- Adds the roller shutter/blind's current position on button items (like for dimming lights).
- Adds a new "Launch Shortcut (without return)" action to launch actions like opening the TV remote, locking the phone.
- Improves the "Toggle - Dimmer" cinematic so that when a lamp goes from ON to OFF state, you have a delay to slide the dimmer and cancel the toggle OFF action.
- Improves the behavior of manually reducing the app.
- Fixes an offset issue on the panel carousel.
- Improvements and bug fixes.

Thank you for your support, and I look forward to continuing to improve the app for you."

version 1.2.2

Apr 29, 2022 Version 1.2.2
- V1.2.2 fixes an issue with Accessory Counter action that was not working properly in V.1.2.1

Hello!

This new version brings some new languages ​​(Spanish, Italian, German, Dutch and Polish).

If you notice a translation problem in your native language, please let me know by email (contact@vision-apps.com).

I would like to thank all the users who participated in this translation process! Thank you very much for your great involvement and for helping me to make this application available in more languages. Thanks to Florian, Gianluca C, Jan, Maciej, Edivaldo, Rick, Sven, Denis, Armin, Sabato, Gianluca S, Daniele, Ivan, Diego and all the others!

- fixes an issue with Accessory Counter action that was not working properly in V.1.2.1
- adds Bidirectional audio for HK Cameras/Doorbell that support it.
- adds an Accessory Counter action that let you display number of ON/Open/Unreachable devices.
- adds new action type for cameras to start streaming in audio muted, unmuted or bidirectional (ideal for doorbells).
- adds some icons and change default devices icons (gate, garage door, window, window blings).
- adds a “Reset background” button on “Backgrounds” page.
- adds an option for "Home Assistant" users to disable HomeKit database updates that could cause some unexpected behavior on some devices.
- changes not responding device display (icon instead of red text)
- "Transparency" & "Blur" slider now shows the exact amount
- fixes an issue that causes panel auto-naming to be disabled on previous versions. Now new panels will be auto named as soon as you add some device in it.
- fixed a layout issue with portrait cameras.
- fixes an issue that could cause some "unresponding devices" to stay in "writing state".
- fixes a corner radius issue on small panel without margin on some devices (mainly iPad).
- fixes a crash that occurs on Widgets in marginal cases.
- fixes an issue that cause Widget settings (long press on widget) to not be translated.
- fixes panel title center alignment when only one button (refresh or edit) is hidden.
- changes default icons for faucets and water valve devices.
- fixes minor issues and brings some performance improvements.

Thanks again for helping me making this app better each time.

version 1.2.0

Apr 6, 2022 Version 1.2.0
Hello!

Once again, thank you very much to all of you for your great feedbacks and suggestions!

I'm happy to announce lots of highly anticipated new features in this new version:

This new version brings:
- Support for HomeKit Cameras: you can now get a live stream or a snapshot preview of all your cameras just by tapping a button from your widgets.
- Lights color support: Last version brought dimmers, now you can go further by adjusting not only brightness level but also lights color directly from your Home Screen.
- Battery level sensors: You can now monitor your device battery levels by using the new available sensors.
- Thermostats & Air Conditionner temperature sensors: Use your thermostats, valves and air-conditionner devices as temperature sensors to monitor temperature all over the home.
- Panel background: Each panel can now be personalized using gradients, solid colors & custom images all with transparency and blur effect over your Home Screen.
- Action with delay or with confirmation: You can now protect your sensible actions from a miss click by asking a confirmation or a delay before action fires.
- Better performances: The HomeKit Core Engine of the app has been optimized to minimize action execution times.
- Emojis as icons: You can use any native emojis as a action icon.
- Custom widgets fonts: you can change the font used by the widgets to match your Springboard font.
- New settings: « home zones » can be ignored when sorting accessories & sensors.
- New settings: You can skip « No response » devices for faster toggle and refresh actions.

This version also fixes all known issues at this time ;)

As usual, please feel free to contact me for any issue, question or suggestion: contact@vision-apps.com

Clement

version 1.1.6

Mar 15, 2022 Version 1.1.6
This new minor version mainly fixes some issues. Lots of new features to come in next major release ;)
- adds bold font support from accessibility settings for widgets
- adds a secondary label on actions in Action Picker view to help differentiate some devices with same names.
- adds an app option for « Power-off » scenes to use white color when activated like others standard scenes
- improves subscriptions label in app settings
- improves animations on iOS 15.3+
- improves item detail view display to fit on all screen sizes
- fix issue where Item name or panel name fields was hidden behind keyboard on some devices
- changes the way devices are identified to close the « Not found » issue definitively
- fixes a layout offset issue when changing device orientation on iPadOS.

version 1.1.2

Feb 14, 2022 Version 1.1.2
Fix some major issues:
- on some devices, widgets won't refresh in background
- when using iCloud to sync panels, some scenes and accessory-groups appeared "Not Found" on the secondary device.
- on some device, after a device reboot some scenes and accessory-groups appeared "Not Found" and stopped working.

All that issues has been fixed. Sorry that those that are concerned by these issues, and thank you for your patience. Thanks for your positive feedbacks and bug reporting.

Regards,

Clement

version 1.1.0

Feb 9, 2022 Version 1.1.0
This version brings the following features, most of which came from your suggestions:
- we support sensors! You can now add sensor items to your panels.
- you can now chose between different panel sizes (1x1, 3x1, 4x2, 3x3, 4x4, and for iPads 3x6 and 4x8)
- you can now search for icons (with smart recommandation and recently used)
- widgets UI has been refresh to looks better on iOS 15
- a "Run Shortcut" action let you launch shortcuts from the widgets
- an "Empty" action buttons let you organize items on panels as you want
- we add an access to premium purchase page from settings so that you can change you premium plan easily
- we improve VoiceOver and accessibility support
- we fixes all issues that email us
- fix some minor issues

Enjoy this new version and please continue to send us your great feedbacks.

Clement

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version 1.0.1

Dec 23, 2021 Version 1.0.1
First of all Thanks to all of you for your great feedbacks. Home Widget app for HomeKit can be improved thanks to all your positive feedback. This release mainly adresses quick fixes and minor improvement that you suggest. Next release will contain more new features. (Like search engine for the icons).

This version include following fixes and improvements:
- Add support for Thermostats
- Invert the Security System state to reflect Home app state.
- Adding refresh button on top-left corner of panels
- Adding a global option to show or hide this new refresh button and the edit button on the panels.
- Improve visibility of Settings in freemium Mode.
- Add "Ceiling-Fan" icons in Appliance icons.
- Fix some typo
- Fix issue with Widgets when access to home data is not granted.
- Update Help FAQ section.