Checks GitHub's latest release once a day when the app opens and after a
drive. A new version shows as a card on Home, a notification after the
drive, and a card on the car screen at plug-in while parked. Downloads are
checked against GitHub's SHA-256 and never install while the car is
connected. Update notifications can be turned off in Settings.
Release builds ask in setup and Settings whether to send a short note when the app is opened and after each drive: the version, plus the Android version, phone model and cars people tick. Nothing runs in the background. Dev builds always send. The Cloudflare Worker in stats-worker/ stores the notes and serves a private dashboard with GitHub downloads alongside.
Gearslip now reads messages aloud and takes replies by voice. It asks
whether to reply, reads the reply back and sends it after a countdown.
Say "cancel" or "change it" to stop or redo it, or tap a quick reply.
Speech-to-text runs on the phone with whisper.cpp and a small Whisper
model, so voice works without Google services. The model ships in the
repo, so a fresh clone builds with nothing to download.
New messages show as one card at the top right, with a bar counting
down to when it closes or sends.
Other changes:
- Steering wheel buttons, knobs and D-pads drive the car screen.
- Smoother car audio: chunks wait for the car instead of dropping.
- Sharper, more responsive video.
- The Gearslip switch in Settings now stops it taking the USB
connection.
- Apps that refuse Gearslip say so instead of loading forever.
- The phone asks for notification permission.
- The home screen stays upright.
- The car screen shows what's new after an update.
Push-to-talk voice control, gated behind experimental settings alongside a new raw vehicle sensor screen. Spotify now shows as partial instead of working since its browse tile rejects Gearslip as a host. Fixed a gap where a live nav app couldn't take a fresh destination without a full reconnect.
- First run now asks for permissions one at a time, each on its own screen with an Allow or
Skip, instead of firing every system dialog at once from a cold start
- The head unit certificate can be downloaded straight from the opencardev/aasdk repository
with one tap, on top of the existing adb-staged and file-import paths; Settings shows which
source is active and lets an imported or downloaded certificate be removed
- A phone app on the car screen: a keypad and a searchable contacts list, with a confirmation
card before every call
- The web browser draws its own on-screen keyboard for a page's text fields, so a search box or
address bar can be typed into from the car screen
- Media player rework: a dedicated Now Playing tab with a bigger, screen-size-aware layout, an
Up Next tab showing the app's real queue, and Browse/Lyrics tabs that share the same rail
- Waze and Google Messages are marked broken instead of pretending to work; Google's own dialer,
Assistant, and Android Auto entries are hidden from the car launcher entirely; Aardvark and
Vivi Music are marked tested and working
- A help screen replaces the old wall of setup text on the home screen
- The display-calibration screen is gone - it did its job
Incoming calls now show the caller (name via contacts, else number) on
the car UI with answer/decline, using a call screening service so the
car sees a call before it rings. Also adds pinnable nav bar shortcuts,
lowers minSdk to 31 for wider device support, and bumps to 0.0.04-pre.
- Weather from Open-Meteo with a place name, a forecast screen and a nav bar icon; a fresh
location fix is requested when the last one is stale
- Map controls are solid, one size, and fade out after four seconds; pinch to zoom works
because every finger now reaches the app
- Map templates draw their content in a floating card; toggle and radio rows show their state,
the Back and Pan actions work, and details text and buttons are larger
- Home player gains Lyrics and Minimise buttons; minimised, it lives in the nav bar
- Media apps that hide their library show what they are and can still be controlled; apps that
refuse Gearslip as a host say why
- Debug mode switch, session report in the log, and log sharing as a file attachment
- Launcher, phone apps, weather and calendar load at startup
- Web app opens DuckDuckGo by default
- Home screen lists the setup steps; the launcher marks apps tested and working
- Nav bar is icon-only and shorter, with a now-playing pill on non-home screens
- Clock opens a calendar and weather dashboard (adds READ_CALENDAR)
- Web page URL is now set from the car's Settings screen
- Launcher app scan and weather are cached
- Home player gains skip buttons and a larger cover
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