[BETA] BigTalker3 Beta Program

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BigTalker3 Beta Program

Want to try new BigTalker3 features before they reach a stable release? The beta program publishes development builds for testing. Expect bugs - that's the point - and please report what you find in this thread.

Current beta: 3.0.1.4 - heading toward stable 3.0.2.

What's in 3.0.1.4

  • Check For Update button always shown - the button used to vanish when the app was up to date; now it's always there so you can re-check on demand.

  • Update-check fix - restored the fetch the hub requires, so the Check For Update button works again. (The 3.0.1.2 build's check threw an error on the hub and the footer froze on the old status.)

  • Version comparison fix - old -aN development builds no longer read as newer than 3.0.1.x betas.

  • Update-check rework - the Check For Update button, version information that refreshes when you check, 1-minute button / 30-minute page-load recheck.

  • Version-info formatting fix - the download link and release notes render as HTML instead of raw tags.

Beta versions use a fourth octet (3.0.1.1, 3.0.1.2, 3.0.1.3, 3.0.1.4, …). The next stable release will be 3.0.2.

How to install the beta

Option 1 - Hubitat Package Manager (recommended)

  • New install: open HPM, tap Install, search for BigTalker3, and turn on the "install beta" toggle during install.
  • Already installed: open HPM Settings, turn on installing pre-release/beta software, select BigTalker3, then run Update.
  • HPM's beta options have changed across versions (per-package selection arrived in 1.9.7) - if the toggle isn't where you expect it, see How to handle Beta version with HPM?

Option 2 - Manual install

Same steps as the manual install in the release thread, but use the development-branch code URLs:

Reporting issues

Please report problems in this thread, with the version from the app footer and what happened. Beta builds are development code - if a beta misbehaves, you can go back to the stable release from the release thread.

Stable releases

Stable releases are announced in the release thread: [RELEASE] BigTalker 3.0.x; now 3.0.1 11/6/2026