Share a dashboard, use the authenticated URL, and stream to a Nest Hub.
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A dashboard is most useful when it is on a screen that is always visible. HDashboards gives you a few ways to get it there.
The authenticated URL
From the Share icon you can copy an authenticated URL — a web address that opens the dashboard already signed in.
This is what makes wall displays practical: paste it into a browser on a tablet, an old phone or a Nest Hub and the dashboard appears without anyone typing a password.
Treat this URL like a password. Anyone who has it is signed in as you, with all your permissions. Do not post it in a forum, a screenshot or a shared note.
If a URL does escape, change your account password on the website — that invalidates the sessions built on it.
Nest Hub and other photo-frame displays
The authenticated URL can be used as a stream URL on a Google Nest Hub, so the dashboard shows up on a device that has no app store of its own.
A tablet on the wall
For a dedicated tablet, the native app is a better fit than a browser tab:
- Install the app and sign in.
- Set a Startup dashboard so it always opens on the right screen.
- Turn on Screen always on.
- Optionally turn on Hide top bar for a cleaner display.
All three are in the Settings screen; the last two are covered in Kiosk mode.
Sharing a design with someone else
Sharing a dashboard shares the layout, not your devices. The person opening it needs their own HDashboards account and their own Homey; the cards will need repointing at their devices.
To give a household member access to your dashboards on your Homey, create them a login instead — see Users and permissions.