Version Changelogs

2FA Support

You can now add Homebridge systems which use 2FA for authentication. Learn more at: www.homemanager-app.de/post/using-2fa-with-homemanager

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Child Bridges Support

Manage, monitor and control your Homebridge Child Bridges easily, directly in Homemanager.

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Plugins

• Plugins can now be disabled and enabled (HB only)
• You can now donate to your favourite Plugin developers directly in the app (HB verified plugins only)
• Plugin Details now get cached for a faster navigation experience in the app
• Added checks for incompatible node versions before the installation
• Reboot only affected child bridges after plugin updates (HB only)

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HOOBS 4 Bridge Management

• Remove existing bridges
• Create new bridges manually or automatically during plugin installation
• View bridge settings

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New Multi-Bridge navigation

You can now switch faster than ever between servers or bridges, directly from a context menu at the top left. From now on you don't have to leave your current tab while switching to a different bridge.

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New Bridge Settings experience

• Redesigned bridge settings page
• Added "mdns advertiser" setting
• Added option to reset the pairing with HomeKit

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General

• Servers and bridges now get sorted alphabetically on the "Systems Overview"
• Added public beta link for frequent Homemanager users
• Swipe gestures on iPad now start directly next to the content, instead of the screen border
• "Instances" are now called "Bridges"

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Fixed

• Homebridge and HBUI update informations now load faster and more stable on the dashboard
• Crashes occurred on the log page
• Crashes based on certification issues
• Failed requests for "Transferred Accessories"

• Fixed: Unable to search for plugins (HOOBS 4)

• Added: Tab gesture to end editing mode on textfields
• Fixed: Missing localisation strings for several languages

• Added: https support for HomebridgeUI instances
• Fixed: Issues that prevented users from creating HOOBS 3/4 accounts in the app
• Fixed: Some buttons may had incorrect labels in several situations

• Fixed: Issues during editing username, password and address data on the AppConnection page
• Fixed: LicensePage endless loop in special cases
• Fixed: HOOBS 4 bridges don't show directly after pairing

• Added: iOS 15 Support
• Added: New iOS 14 style system menus
• Added: "Controller for HomeKit" App Cooperation
• Added: Improved AutoScroll Behaviour on Log
• Added: Haptic Feedback improvements
• Added: New License Screen with improved payment flow
• Changed: Improved internal UI Code
• Fixed: HOOBS 4 bridges with non English characters are now supported correctly
• Fixed: HOOBS 4 pairing issues

• Added: HOOBS 4 Log Support
• Added: Automatic Celsius/Fahrenheit formatting depending on iOS System Settings
• Added: ANSI Color Support for HOOBS 3 on Log Page
• Changed: Users with iOS 13 and older get a warning that we soon switch to iOS 14 and higher as a requirement
• Fixed: The app showed "unauthorized" in many situations (eg. After initial adding, after app start, ...)
• Fixed: The app showed "loading..." for UIX instances after a few seconds
• Fixed: The app showed a version warning for HOOBS 4, even if the installed version is higher than the requirement
• Updated: Complete Translations for English, German, Chinese, French, Greek, Italian, Polish, and Spanish (Thanks A. S.)

• Improved translations
• Further improvements for instances

• Hot fix: Some users faced still instance limitations with their basic license - FIXED

• Removed instance restrictions for HM BASIC users -> You can now have as many instances per server as you want
• Added Fahrenheit support for HOOBS 4 Systems

• HOOBS 4 Support for the most important features (Beta) -> Support for missing features soon
• Integrated a fully new data structure which results into less crashes and faster connections
• Added token caching, the app now only authenticates again if the session is invalid
• Improvements for various translations
• Many other small adjustments and fixes under the hood

• Fixed timezone issues in HOOBS log
• Fixed issue introduced with HOOBS 3.3.3 that made the CPU load unavailable in the app
• Fixed issue that prevented plugin version selection on HOOBS systems
• Moved support articles from GitHub to the official Homemanager blog
• Improvements for Chinese translations

Communication

• Switched entirely to API based connections, instead of SSH (Homebridge UI API and HOOBS Core API)
• Significantly reduced loading times
• More stable connections thanks to the close technical collaboration with the Homebridge UI developer.

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Configuration

• Improved visualization of multi-level config schemes, as well as "schema conditions" support
• Find config entries even faster with the new sort and search functions.
• Hybrid Config: navigate visually through the config and edit only the desired area in plain text
• New Swipe gestures for sharing, plain text view, copying, duplicating and deleting config objects
• The setup guide is now even more dynamic, simple and interactive.
• Plain text config view now with syntax highlighting
• Simpler menus for managing generic config objects
• SmartDetect 3 now also allows sample configurations that contain small syntax errors

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Plugins

• Support for "Homebridge verified Plugins"
• Installation and removal are now interactive and include additional background checks
• Plugin versions can now easily be changed interactively and can also be defined during installation
• Config objects are now directly accessible from the corresponding plugin page
• HOOBS users receive plugin data now entirely from "plugins.hoobs.org"

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Instance Log

• Now finally natively available for all Homebridge and HOOBS users
• With Homebridge, including colour visualisation

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Software Page

• View Homebridge, Homebridge UI and HOOBS Core Updates
• Possibility to trigger the above updates
• Option to change the temperature unit

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Setup

• Transparent and independent setup instructions for Homebridge and HOOBS
• Add new instances quickly, with a new automatic instance detection (with Bonjour detection)
• Useful tips and general additional information
• Instances and servers can now be managed more clearly

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General

• New optimized layout, including various design changes (for example an improved dark mode)
• More beginner-friendly and detailed descriptions
• Intelligent assistance during various tasks
• More precise error messages and optimized loading animations
• Localization into new languages. In total: English, Chinese, Czech, Danish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish and Spanish

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