Roomie Remote Xv10.3.0

What changed

• UXCustomizable mixed-size card grid for room layouts with resizing and rearranging capabilities.
• New featureNew Dashboard 'Now Playing' tile for activity management and direct camera fullscreen zoom.
• New featureiCloud-based manual and scheduled backups with automatic synchronization across all controllers.
• UXRedesigned Weather Panel featuring air quality data from PurpleAir and moon-phase visuals.
• New featureRebuilt IR Learning system with auto-detection for hardware and expanded device category support.
• New featureEnhanced voice control with new wake word models and xAI Voice conversational mode.
• New featureNew documented stable HTTP API for third-party bridges, automations, and integrations.
• New featureHome Assistant integration for local control of lights, switches, and sensors.
• New featureJandy iAquaLink support for real-time pool and spa control.
• PerformanceNext Gen Sync for faster, guaranteed-delivery communication between controllers.

Original release notes

ROOM LAYOUTS

Every room now uses a customizable mixed-size card grid. Tap Edit to add, remove, resize, or rearrange cards — activity tiles, toggles, weather, clock, cameras, sensors, Lutron keypads, and more. Cameras get a 4:3 landscape default, keypads can be Double or Double Tall, and clock tiles can show moon phase and a sky gradient. Layouts on smaller controllers automatically scale down. Keep multiple layouts per room and assign them to specific controllers or have Roomie switch automatically based on the running activity or other attributes.

DASHBOARD

A new Now Playing tile aggregates active activities across your rooms with transport controls and power-off. Tap any camera tile on the Dashboard to go straight to fullscreen zoom.

iCLOUD BACKUPS

Manual and scheduled backups now use iCloud as a reliable transport that works on every Roomie platform including tvOS. Turn on Automatic Backups on one controller and the rest of your mesh follows along, never overwriting your existing local history. Roomie TV can restore directly from iCloud Backups on tvOS. Smarter rotation tracks daily and monthly snapshots per home.

NEXT GEN WEATHER WITH AIR QUALITY

The HomeBar Weather Panel has been redesigned with a compact header, stacked alert banners with severity tinting, an hourly strip, and richer daily forecast data. PurpleAir Air Quality reads AQI from a local sensor on your network or from nearby public outdoor sensors via the PurpleAir cloud API. Each controller now fetches weather independently for faster, more accurate forecasts everywhere. Clock tiles can also display a moon-phase badge and a live sky gradient driven by local sunrise and sunset.

IR LEARNING RESURRECTED

IR Learning has been rebuilt from the ground up. Global Caché iTach, Simple Blaster, and Roomie Blaster are auto-detected, with carrier override and protocol detection. Learn codes for thermostats, alarms, lights, switches, fans, shades, garage doors, locks, keypads, and sensors — not just TVs and receivers. Code verification adds timing-jitter tolerance, duplicate detection, and a full event history for every learn attempt.

VOICE CONTROL IMPROVEMENTS

Two wake word models — Roomie AI (instant on-device) and Apple Speech (slower but rock-solid). Three voice control modes once the wake word is recognized: Local, Roomie AI natural-language, and xAI Voice for hands-free conversational co…