This beta is primarily focused on making sure the new State Dropdown field is working as intended. Most importantly default should look for inactive and active states and if it sees them it applies inactive or active styles that you define. Template should allow users to add their own Home Assistant Jinja2 code inside for example state === 'hot' this means if the state equals hot then use this styling (can be used for inactive/active/both. Then you should see options if the entity has them, this will allow you to use the cards default state options to trigger the icon and color.
Hopefully we are getting closer on this....or maybe I am delusional...either way you are now along for the ride... muahahahahah....