Home Kiosk AI – Home Assistant Control Panel with AI Power

**Home Kiosk** turns any Android tablet into an elegant, wall-mounted control panel for your home powered by **Home Assistant**. Created exclusively for HA users, it combines dedicated kiosk features, MQTT integration, and innovative AI power.

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## ⚡ HASSLE-FREE AND FAST CONNECTION TO HOME ASSISTANT

The app is designed for instant setup:
* **Automatic Discovery (mDNS):** Forget about manually entering IP addresses. The app automatically scans your local network and detects active Home Assistant instances.
* **Pure Full-Screen Mode:** Displays the HA dashboard without address bars, navigation buttons, or other browser elements. * **WebView Optimizations:** Fixes known system WebView bugs on the fly (e.g., missing styles, broken sidebar).
* **On-the-fly Server Change:** Change the installation address directly in the panel settings, without reinstalling.

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## 🔥 MODERN AI FUNCTIONALITIES (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE)

Bring your home into a new era with advanced AI-powered features:

### 🎙️ Intelligent News Service (AI News Reader)
Daily, personalized news digest in radio format, generated by AI:
* **Time of Day Context:** Unique morning, afternoon, and evening editions with time-specific greetings.
* **News Digest:** Intelligent aggregation and summarization of the latest news (e.g., from RMF24).

* **Weather forecast:** Integrated with weather data from your Home Assistant.
* **Natural voice:** Speech synthesis with exceptionally smooth, human-sounding voice.
* **Automation:** Launch the service with a button on your tablet or automatically upon motion detection in the morning.

### ✉️ Automatic Mail Summaries (AI Gmail Summary)
Secure integration with your Gmail account (OAuth) and intelligent reporting:
* **On-device filters:** Select topics or senders of interest (e.g., bills, shipments).
* **AI summaries:** Artificial intelligence analyzes the content of emails and attachments (e.g., PDF, DOCX).
* **Desktop reports:** Clear Markdown summaries sent directly to Home Assistant (via MQTT).

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## 📡 BI-DIRECTIONAL MQTT INTEGRATION

With MQTT Discovery, your tablet becomes a fully-fledged Home Assistant device, offering extensive monitoring and control options:

### 🎛️ Remote control from Home Assistant:
* **Volume and Brightness Control:** Adjust screen brightness and notification volume with automations.
* **Screensaver:** Remotely manage your interactive screensaver.
* **Remote Actions:** Lock, wake, or dim your tablet's screen from within your HA automation.

### 📊 Device Sensors (read in Home Assistant):
* **Battery:** Charge level for intelligent charger control.
* **Light Sensor:** Use the tablet's built-in sensor to monitor the brightness in your room.

* **Network:** Wi-Fi signal strength (RSSI) and IP address.
* **Diagnostics:** App version and RAM usage.

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## 🖥️ RELIABLE KIOSK MODE (DEVICE OWNER)

* **Full System Lock:** Disables the Home button, recent apps menu, notifications, and system gestures.
* **Always-on Screen:** Prevents the display from dimming during panel operation.
* **Autostart:** The app automatically launches after starting or restarting the tablet.

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## ⚠️ REQUIREMENTS
* Android 8.0 (API 27) or later.
* Active Home Assistant instance on the local network.
* Optional: MQTT broker (e.g., Mosquitto) to support sensors and AI functions.