App for chromebook

Mobile Apps
#1

Hello,

i am using a chromebook quite often. For this is use the standard android app. It works partly:

  1. the icons look strange

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In the terminal window, i get each letter twice if i press one key on the keyboard.

  1. and more funny things

Is a chromebook adjusted version present? Or planned?

Greetings
Frank

#2

what you are seeing is still the HA frontend and more than likely the webview instance of chrome OS may not be up to date and I don’t think you can update it. Not much the app can do here as we do not control the HA frontend.

#3

What does it look like when you use Chrome Browser?

#4

Hello xbmcnut,
Chrome works.

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Frank

#5

Then may I suggest Fully Kiosk Browser? I use that now on an Android tablet but I’m moving to a Chromebook shortly and will be leveraging that again.

#6

Fully kiosk also uses WebView which would also be susceptible to the same frontend issues the user is seeing with the companion app.

#8

it now works with the app.
Frank

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#9

How did you install the HA app on Chrome OS? I am using Chrome OS Flex, so that might be the issue. It doesn’t have access to PlayStore.

#10

Hello,

my chromebook has full access to the Google Playstore and there the Home Assistant app is available and now working.
If you dont have the Playstore, try F-Droid. On my smartphone, i find there the Home Assistant app too.

Frank

#11

Thanks Frank. I am trying to convert a Microsoft Surface Pro 3, which is where the issue is. I used Chrome OS Flex which does not have the PlayStore. I am now trying Chromium,