v5.0.0

NEW

• Partnered with @oznu to integrate the login process into homebridge-config-ui-x.
• The login cli command is now cross-platform compatible. (88a3af2)

INFO

• You will now be able to login via the homebridge-config-ui-x if installed.
• This will be available on the next release of homebridge-config-ui-x.
• If the login does not work or you do not see a login prompt, please install chrome and try again or continue using the Manual Authentication Method.
• Your credentials will be sent directly to Google and not be stored or used in any way.

v4.8.0

NEW

• The login function will now attempt to use a preinstalled chromium browser if it exists. (1d30439)

FIX

• Fix cameras with sensors stuck on "triggered". (f98e5b1)
• Offline cameras no longer poll for motion alerts. (f98e5b1)

v4.7.0

Breaking Change

The structures option has now switched from structure names to structure IDs.

NEW

• When using config-ui-x, your Nest account structures are now dynamically loaded into a dropdown menu. (closes #191) (bd72af7)
• Face alerts now trigger the person sensor as well. (1dfc06e)
• The apiKey config option is no longer needed because it is the same value for everyone. (d3b00e7)

FIX

• The login process now has better error messages. (36c5ae5)
• When modifying the structures config option, old cameras are now removed properly. (3d21ed1)
• Fix doorbell rings and motion events not triggering at the same time. (1dfc06e)

v4.6.1

NEW

• Added "Zone" as a config option for alertTypes. (b811a63)
• Fixed face and zone sensors not resetting after motion has stopped. (4dcdf83)

v4.6.0

NEW

• Activity zones are now available as motion sensors. After setting up a zone in the Nest app, restart homebridge to view them in HomeKit. (ba00d50)

v4.5.0

Breaking Change

If your camera previously had parentheses in the name, you will need to remove its cache in the Homebridge Settings to remove duplicate motion tiles.

NEW

• Services are no longer removed and recreated after every homebridge restart.

FIX

• Automations and renaming motion sensors will persist across homebridge restarts. (closes #174)
• Faces without names will no longer show a motion tile. (If you still see one, you may need to remove the camera's cache in Homebridge Settings.)
• Cameras with parentheses in the name will no longer have their names show as "Switch" or "Motion".

v4.4.2

FIX

• Fix switches not hiding based on config values. (closes #173)
• Fix exponential backoff causing an integer overflow if it goes on for too long.

v4.4.1

FIX

• Fix camera info disappearing if an error occurred while updating the camera. (50d11d2)

v4.4.0

NEW

• Debug logging is now much more thorough. If you having any issues, run homebridge in debug mode and check the output. (444cc18)

FIX

• Cameras only update information when viewed in the Home app (as opposed to every minute). (4a9a73a)

v4.3.0

NEW

• You can now choose to be notified on all events or only important events by setting the importantOnly option in your config.json. (Default=true) (e678b77)
• If no ffmpegCodec is specified, the plugin will default to a hardware encoder, then fallback to libx264. (50b8ce0)

FIX

• Faces now show on all capable cameras instead of the first one. (closes #170) (6dd039e)