v5.9.4 (2026-04-17)

Release Notes – v5.9.4

This is a maintenance release with no changes to application behavior.

Chores

• Updated minor dependencies

v5.9.3 (2026-04-13)

Release Notes – v5.9.3

Features

• Linux .deb package: Add AppArmor support for Ubuntu 24.04+
• UDEV rules: Allow installing required rules directly from within the app

Improvements

• UDEV detection: Automatically detect missing UDEV rules and guide users through setup

Dependencies

• Update minor dependencies for improved stability and security

v5.9.1 (2026-04-08)

Release Notes – v5.9.1

Features

• Implement optional persistence for the custom Web UI, reducing dongle RAM usage by ~2 MB

Fixes

• Update Electron to 41.2.0 to fix several minor window bugs on Linux and MacOS

Improvements

• Migrate UI to MUI v9 and adjust components accordingly
• Enforce code formatting and linting using Biome

Dependencies

• Update various dependencies including lodash, esbuild, and react-router

v5.9.0 (2026-03-31)

Release Notes – v5.9.0

Features

• Add runtime night mode control
• Handle external control inputs globally
• Allow switching between paired devices
• Move the device list to the top-level Devices section

Fixes

• Prevent the media progress bar from disappearing after reconnect
• Reduce call playback log spam

Improvements

• Improve test coverage across renderer and main process
• Fix Jest module resolution and dynamic import handling

Dependencies

• Update Electron to 41.1.0
• Upgrade to TypeScript 6
• Apply additional minor dependency updates

Chores

• Create releases via GitHub CLI in CI

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v5.8.0 (2026-03-23)

Release Notes – v5.8.0

Fix

• Fix window overflow and sizing issues in fullscreen / kiosk mode on Linux, a regression introduced by Electron 41

Improvements

• Improve window state handling and transitions between windowed and fullscreen modes

Feature

• Add Safe Area support for the CarPlay stream
  Useful for non-rectangular or constrained displays

Chores

• Update dependencies

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v5.7.0 (2026-03-21)

Release Notes – v5.7.0

This release focuses on a major audio overhaul across all platforms, alongside improvements in Android Auto, testing, and CI.

Fix

• Fixed Android Auto phone call microphone uplink (correct HFP / decodeType handling)
• Fixed post-call media resume and audio state handling
• Fixed protocol asset resolution and file naming issues

Improvements

• Stabilized microphone capture and audio pipeline behavior
• Improved CarPlay lifecycle handling
• General protocol and asset handling improvements

Feature

• Full GStreamer audio backend on all platforms (Linux, macOS, Windows)

  • Unified audio pipeline across all platforms
  • Improved low-latency and real-time performance
  • Foundation for advanced audio processing (mixing, DSP, effects)
  • Bundled GStreamer runtime for all supported platforms

• Frontend unit tests

  • Added initial frontend test coverage

Chores

• Automated GStreamer asset builds for all platforms in CI
• Unified platform and architecture naming across build and assets
• Updated CI workflows and artifact handling
• Updated dependencies (Electron 41, Vite 8, ESLint 10)
• General CI, build, and codebase cleanup

Contributors

• @AS87-code

v5.6.0 (2026-03-14)

Release Notes – v5.6.0

This release significantly improves Android Auto integration and adds new firmware-related settings. It also expands Android Auto display compatibility, allowing LIVI to properly support ultra-wide and other non-16:9 displays when using Android Auto.

Fix

• Fixed duplicate ipcMain handler registration and memory leak @AS87-code
• Various test and CI fixes @AS87-code

Improvements

• Improved Android Auto video handling with adaptive cropping and scaling
• DPI now derived from the negotiated display resolution
• Better touch mapping for Android Auto across different display sizes
• Settings system now validates and sanitizes configuration values
• Reworked shared type structure and internal projection naming

Feature

• Android Auto ultra-wide display support
  Proper handling for non-16:9 resolutions and wide displays

• Android Auto Turn-by-Turn maneuver support
  Navigation instructions can now include maneuver PNG images

• Firmware feature controls in Settings

  • Navigation dashboard information
  • GNSS capability announcement to the phone
    • Forwarder not tested yet
  • Additional dongle feature switches
    These settings can now be configured directly from the UI

• Dongle tools improvements

Chores

• Migrated build system to Vite 8
• Updated to Electron 41
• Updated CI workflows for Node 24
• Dependency and lint housekeeping

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v5.5.0 (2026-03-08)

Release Notes – v5.5.0

This release introduces Android Auto support for LIVI, including automatic provisioning and protocol switching between CarPlay and Android Auto, as well as Android-specific media metadata handling.

Features

• Initial Android Auto support

  • Includes first-time provisioning support (no vendor APK required)
  • Automatic protocol switching between CarPlay and Android Auto
  • Proper Android Auto resolution and aspect ratio handling
  • Media Player now supports Android Auto

• Configurable UI zoom

  • UI scale can now be adjusted and stored persistently
  • Helps adapt the interface to very small or very high-resolution displays

• Rotary navigation support

  • The interface can now be controlled using rotary encoders

Improvements

• Reworked dongle information handling
• Refined in-app debugger
• Optimized logging

Fixes

• Fixed stale media snapshot on application start

Chores

• Updated to Electron 40.8.0
• Linux AppImage now uses FUSE 3 runtime
• General refactoring and codebase cleanup

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v5.4.0 (2026-03-02)

Release Notes – v5.4.0

Fix

• Fixed microphone selection logic

Improvements

• Extended USB dongle audio information (sample rate, channels, bitrate)
• Extended phone information (model, OS, link version, CPU temperature)
• General refactoring and internal cleanup

Features

• Added Device Manager:
  • List paired devices
  • Delete devices directly from LIVI
• Added Windows (x64) build
  • Provided as best-effort build
  • Uses FFmpeg (DirectShow) for microphone capture
  • Uses FFplay for low-latency audio playback

Chores

• Internal IPC adjustments
• Codebase cleanup and structural improvements

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Thanks again to @AS87-code 💙💛 for contributing to this release.

v5.3.0 (2026-02-26)

Release Notes – v5.3.0

This release introduces another major internal refactor of the main process — once again thanks to @AS87-code 💙💛 — and adds the new Telemetry Dashboard system*, including developer tooling for external data integration.

Features

• Introduced a new modular Telemetry Dashboard system
• Dashboards can now be enabled, disabled, and reordered dynamically
• Added the telemetry_sim example tool demonstrating how to push telemetry data into the app

Improvements

• Major refactor of the main process architecture
• Improved IPC structure and stronger typing
• General UI and layout refinements

Fixes

• Fixed various lint and type issues
• Improved audio stability on macOS during window minimize events

Chores

• Updated to Electron 40.6.1
• Upgraded ESLint to v10
• Dependency housekeeping
• CI improvements for faster and more efficient builds
• CI is now ready to build FUSE3-based AppImages

*The API is not yet stable, and the dashboard system still requires significant work, but it provides a solid starting point for further development.

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