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v0.1.0-alpha.2 — October 3, 2026

Download alpha.2 · Browser installer · Current status

Development prerelease for the Hosyond 4-inch / LCDWiki E32R40T, ESP32 with 4 MB flash, ST7796 display and XPT2046 touch. Additional board support is coming soon.

Changes since alpha.1

  • 82 enabled rules across 21 categories, up from 67 / 19. Adds selected Axon services/names, Brilliant Labs Frame, combined Omi name/service evidence, Bee/Limitless services, structured DULT tag advertisements and Wi-Fi beacon Remote ID. Snap's assigned service remains a low-confidence ecosystem clue. See additional signatures for exact conditions and limits.
  • Quiet venue-beacon clues: Eddystone, Estimote and Kontakt service evidence is informational. These new rules do not generate pop-ups, sounds, meals or Travel Watch warnings.
  • Tracker state: DULT near-owner advertisements suppress ordinary alerts and reset presence timing. Find Hub normal/separated state is shown without treating normal mode as proof of owner proximity.
  • Speaker playback: fixes amplifier startup timing; adds Test Sound and saved Off / Low / Medium / High volume. Low retains the user-confirmed tone level. Test Sound works independently of RF detections, pause and snooze, with a five-second test interval.
  • Optional vibration: DRV2605L with an 8 mm LRA actuator, independent Off / Alerts and Watch / Watch only choices, and Test Vibration. Extra hardware is required and its physical validation is pending.
  • Local tooling: strengthens temporary-file handling and public documentation artifact checks.
  • Responsive emulator: preserves small alert lettering when the display scales down and stacks controls sooner on smaller windows.
  • Documentation and browser lab: new detection samples, sound controls, concise hardware and testing guides and release/upgrade guidance. Retailer-specific candidates remain disabled pending independent captures.

Installing or upgrading

Use the browser installer for a full installation. It resets on-board settings, ignores and hound progress. It does not erase the SD card.

To retain an existing Hound's saved data, use the application-only update at 0x10000, with the matching partition layout, following INSTALL.md in the firmware ZIP. Safely eject SD before any reset. Settings V5 and Companion V3 migrate older saves, retaining existing progress, calibration and ignores. An explicit all-off detector/alert mask stays off; newly added categories otherwise start enabled. Existing Sound On/Off is retained and enabled sound starts at Low. Older firmware cannot read the upgraded saves; keep a pre-update NVS backup before downgrading.

Downloads include the application image, merged factory image, firmware/installation ZIP, static docs/browser-lab ZIP, build metadata and SHA-256 checksums. The firmware ZIP includes notices, the source inventory and linked binary evidence. BUILD-INFO.json identifies the firmware source separately from the documentation/packaging commit.

Validation and limits

The underlying feature build was installed and hash-verified on a Hosyond with no SD card. Startup checks showed both radios receiving and no reported radio/save errors; speaker and volume operation were confirmed by the user. The maintainer also reports 50 USB cold boots, display/four-corner touch, and missing/full/interrupted SD checks tested on the Hosyond. High remains conservative and was reported as quiet. Release packaging changes version metadata; it does not raise the audio level beyond that tested build.

Host tests cover parsers, quiet informational rules, alert controls, saved-volume round trips, legacy migration and interrupted writes. Native and browser rendering/state parity is checked. Exact packaged hashes and release build evidence accompany the downloads.

This remains an alpha. Controlled RF accuracy, capture loss, further SD/card combinations, formal soak, power measurements and final license/release acceptance remain open. The optional vibration hardware is untested. Radio evidence does not prove surveillance; Travel Watch does not prove movement, and rotating tracker IDs can bypass an existing Ignore. See release gates.

v0.1.0-alpha.1 — September 24, 2026

Earlier release.

Initial public prerelease: six dogs, care and wardrobe, 67 rules across 19 categories, local storage, SD export, Ignore, Follow Scent, Travel Watch, documentation and browser lab. Its later installer correction verifies the complete image written to flash before reporting completion. Alpha.1 remains available with its existing tag and assets.