EspControl v2.14.0

Changes since v2.13.0.

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What changed?

• User-facing features: 34 changes. Notable: Add weather device examples and configuration screenshots; Refresh weather docs with concise guidance and a realistic mockup.
• User-facing bug fixes: 13 changes. Notable: Fix grouped speaker volume button event ownership; Fix P4 image downloads and display timing.

Update guidance

• Recommended for users who want the latest firmware, setup page, device fixes, or documented behavior.
• Affected devices: All supported displays may be affected because shared firmware, setup, or build files changed.

Known issues

• No release-specific known issues are listed automatically for this release.
• Check open GitHub issues before updating devices you rely on every day.

Summary

• 47 user-facing changes are included in this release.
• Release range: v2.13.0 to v2.14.0.

User-facing changes

User-facing features

• Add weather device examples and configuration screenshots (#2242)
• Refresh weather docs with concise guidance and a realistic mockup (#2243)
• Add background dimming to the camera screensaver (#2265)
• Translate remaining default display labels (#2289)
• Release local sensor bindings when cards are removed (#2268)
• Wait for confirmed Option Select state (#2271)
• Retire Option Select menus when choices change (#2274)
• Release Home Assistant discovery before mDNS shutdown (#2276)
• Prevent Cover Stop failures from triggering movement (#2279)
• Remove webhook addresses and credentials from sender logs (#2284)
• Show unavailable status and icon sensors as a dimmed dash (#2285)
• Update ESPHome to 2026.10.0 (#2390)
• Remove obsolete compact forecast layout for stale weather (#2395)
• Center the 7-inch web preview clock in its header (#2404)
• Add Wind and Rainfall weather cards (#2405)
• Add bunk bed, stairs and menu icons (#2413)
• Remove Improv Serial WiFi provisioning (#2416)
• Move card metadata into PSRAM to preserve S3 internal RAM (#2420)
• Add downloadable JSON backup API (#2414)
• Make artwork playback optional while PIN locked (#2412)
• Show a persistent Home Assistant connection warning (#2422)
• Allow custom unit suffixes for rainfall sensors (#2428)
• Add air pressure, humidity and visibility weather cards (#2431)
• Add festive icons for seasonal light controls (#2435)
• Normalise forecast weekday abbreviations (#2436)
• Open pages and control popups on touch-down (#2438)
• Complete device translation coverage across supported languages (#2444)
• Add clock bar temperature precision control (#2446)
• Add a Temperature weather card with Forecast and Sensor sources (#2445)
• Add 7-inch JC1060P470 V3 support to docs and installer (#2449)
• Copy card code directly to clipboard with confirmation toast (#2450)
• Add a 7-inch JC1060P470 V3 hardware experiment (#2443)
• Use dedicated storage for 7-inch V2 dashboards (#2437)
• Run P4-86 final reboot on the primary core (#2277)

User-facing bug fixes

• Fix grouped speaker volume button event ownership (#2264)
• Fix P4 image downloads and display timing (#2267)
• Preserve exact climate fan, swing and preset values (#2269)
• Preserve punctuation in Option Select names (#2270)
• Preserve newer thermostat edits when earlier state echoes arrive (#2272)
• Fix fragmented and incomplete browser firmware uploads (#2273)
• Preserve unavailable internal relay selections when editing (#2280)
• Keep unrelated climate updates from closing the active modal (#2281)
• Clear invalid local Sensor readings instead of showing stale values (#2282)
• Preserve custom Vacuum and Lawn Mower icons during state updates (#2283)
• Fix speaker grouping and volume controls (#2286)
• Fix web interface lockups when browser connections stall (#2291)
• Reduce Large curves in the 7-inch web preview (#2406)