OpenFreebuds
by MelianMiko
Companion app for HUAWEI earphones
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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
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Maintenance
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