Flatsonar

OpenFreebuds

by MelianMiko

Companion app for HUAWEI earphones

Broad permissions Verified creator GPL-3.0-or-later v0.18.1

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About

This application allows to control HUAWEI FreeBuds earphone settings from PC. Check exact battery level, toggle noise cancellation, control built-in equalizer, change gestures, and all other in-device settings and features are now available without official mobile application.

Features:

- Dynamic system tray icon that shows current active noise cancellation mode and battery level;

- Tray menu with battery levels and active noise cancellation settings;

- Ability to change voice language (not all devices supported);

- Device settings dialog, eg. change equalizer preset, gesture actions, etc;

- Built-in HTTP-server for remote control & scripting;

- Built-in global hotkeys support (Xorg only, for Wayland see FAQ);

Permissions

1 permission weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • talks to system service org.bluez
    --system-talk-name=org.bluez
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • network
    --share=network
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • access to xdg-config/kdeglobals
    --filesystem=xdg-config/kdeglobals:ro
  • Bluetooth
    --allow=bluetooth
  • talks to com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
    --talk-name=com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
  • talks to org.kde.kconfig.notify
    --talk-name=org.kde.kconfig.notify
  • talks to org.kde.KGlobalSettings
    --talk-name=org.kde.KGlobalSettings
  • system tray
    --talk-name=org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher

Who publishes this

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    publisher:flathub

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