OpenBot Files

The following summarizes the changes compared to the previous release v0.8.0.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/compare/v0.8.0...v0.9.0

New Features

• Add a settings drawer, network server selection, and switching between tilt and on-screen driving modes to the Flutter controller by @isha382 in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/464

• OpenBot in your language: Choose English, German, Spanish, French, Chinese, Korean, or Hindi directly in the redesigned Settings on Android and iOS. By @thias15 in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/526 and @hardikgarg02 in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/531

Android	iOS

Fixes

• Fix ESP32 DIY firmware and improve the pinout by @thias15 in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/494
• Preserve Blockly lights toggle state when reloading by @hardikgarg02 in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/516
• Fix Point Goal Navigation crashes on affected Android devices by @harishthakur52 in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/517 and https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/542
• Improve web controller reliability for Android and iOS by @harishthakur52 in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/529
• Add Node.js controller command tests and fix DriveValue.read rounding by @Arvin7liu in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/537
• Update Flutter controller identifiers and iOS assets, fix WebRTC streaming setup and shutdown, and add network permissions and Flutter Android CI by @harishthakur52 in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/539
• Fix BLE initialization, select the official OpenBot UART characteristics, and wait for notification readiness before sending commands by @HuagoSR in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/541
• Ensure camera frames are released after analysis and preserve Logger frame dimensions by @HuagoSR in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/544

Documentation

• Update firmware translations by @github-actions in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/496
• Update README instructions and add a video guide for OpenBot Playground blocks by @harishthakur52 in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/510
• Document language selection and web signaling server setup, refresh Android and iOS screenshots, and update README translations by @harishthakur52 in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/545
• Update the automatic translation workflow by @thias15 in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/commit/05aba00eefccfcf8596fafb98951796dece27814

Maintenance

• Update web-server, Flutter controller, and Blockly dependencies by @hardikgarg02 in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/507
• Add iOS CocoaPods and build CI by @harishthakur52 in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/508
• Update policy training dependencies and platform environment files by @harishthakur52 in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/509
• Update the Node.js web controller for Node 18–25 compatibility by @iwl in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/511
• Update aiohttp to 3.13.4 by @dependabot in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/515
• Update the Gradle wrapper and fix the Kotlin JVM target mismatch by @thias15 in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/524
• Rename the Android robot app to org.openbot.app.robot, target Android API 36, update Gradle and translations, and document Firebase configuration by @hardikgarg02 in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/534
• Rename the iOS robot bundle to org.openbot.app.robot, replace bundled Firebase configuration with placeholders, and document project setup by @hardikgarg02 in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/535
• Configure signed Android release APKs, update WebRTC, LiteRT, and ARCore dependencies, and improve edge-to-edge layout and 16 KB page-size compatibility by @hardikgarg02 in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/538
• Align the iOS Pods deployment target with iOS 15 and remove native iPad support by @harishthakur52 in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/543
• Fix the Android release workflow to build and upload signed APKs by @thias15 in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/547

New Contributors

• @harishthakur52 made their first contribution in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/510
• @iwl made their first contribution in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/511
• @Arvin7liu made their first contribution in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/537
• @HuagoSR made their first contribution in https://github.com/ob-f/OpenBot/pull/541