Watchapp: Home Assistant WS by Skylar Sadlier

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:clap: Update alert!

:party: Skylar Sadlier just released version 1.0 of Home Assistant WS!

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Release notes

Improvements

  • Cache Home Assistant data for faster bootup by loading it in the background.
  • Saving settings now restarts the application.
  • Improved entity loading by using subscribe_entities instead of fetching all states.
  • Added support for Home Assistant’s coalesce_messages feature to receive multiple events in one message.
  • Show a loading page instead of a blank screen while waiting for the phone to initialize JavaScript.

New Features

  • Added a Quick Launch option called “Exit on Back” to exit the app when backing out of a menu.
  • Added support for vacuum entities, including service calls and long-press handling.
  • Long-pressing a scene now activates it.
  • Added a setting to trigger the backlight when Assist responses are received.
  • Render icons for binary_sensor entities based on device class (doors, garage doors, windows, lights).
  • Added sorting options for unavailable and unknown entities; unavailable entities now sort to the end by default.
  • Added a setting to change how long presses are handled for automation entities (toggle or trigger).

Fixes

  • Fixed Assist crashing on newer hardware when confirm dictation was enabled.
  • Fixed vacuum icons not displaying.
  • Fixed scene icons not displaying.
  • Fixed an issue with scene entities disappearing.
  • Removed the unused “Filter Entities” option from the HTML config page.

Config Page

  • App configuration now loads on GitHub Pages.
  • Added automated publishing workflow for the config page.
  • Improved visual design of the config page with dark and light mode support.
  • Favorite entities now show both their display name and entity_id.
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:partying_face: Update alert!

:party: Skylar Sadlier just released version 1.1 of Home Assistant WS!

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Release notes

Bug Fixes:

  • Fix app restart handling on settings save and network reconnect (app was closing instead of properly handling these cases)
  • Fix script icon not displaying
  • Fix new entities not showing up
  • Default to sorting entities by attributes.friendly_name in ascending order
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:tada: Update alert!

:party: Skylar Sadlier just released version 1.2 of Home Assistant WS!

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Release notes

  • Added the ability to pin entities to the main menu for quick access
  • Added support for re-ordering items on the main menu
  • People can now be accessed directly from the main menu (previously supported, now easier to reach)
  • Added Home Assistant Floors support to group Areas by floor for easier navigation
  • Floors and Areas now respect Home Assistant’s manual ordering (Home Assistant 2025.12+)
  • Entity subtitles showing relative time now update live so timestamps stay accurate without refreshing
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