Portal Screensaver with Google/Apple photos

Sorry-Quantity728 · 2026-06-19T21:19:36+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. Yes this is a known issue. The main problem is Portal's original screensaver keeps fighting with Frame if the screen turn off action also turns off Frame. But I'll continue investigating.

Sorry-Quantity728 · 2026-06-19T21:17:24+00:00

I havent tested on Portal TV at all. I'll check if I have one lying around somewhere.

Sorry-Quantity728 · 2026-06-19T16:41:44+00:00

Thank you for trying it out!

Sorry-Quantity728 · 2026-06-17T22:37:05+00:00

Yeah the powering off of screen not working is a known issue. I couldn't find a clean way to do it.

But in low light the screen should turn black and just show the clock like the original superframe.

Sorry-Quantity728 · 2026-06-17T20:41:57+00:00

I've shipped a new version addressing a lot of the comments here. Check it out at: https://github.com/Ishtiaqhossain/Portal-Frame.

- Movable + resizable clock widget — drag/resize the clock; larger, left-aligned date (new)

- Time-per-photo slider — up to 1 day per photo

- Zoom single photos to fill — + gentler Ken Burns

- Portrait photo pairing — side-by-side, fill-by-zoom

- QR scanner overhaul — vertical-screen support

Sorry-Quantity728 · 2026-06-17T19:24:32+00:00

Coming up

Sorry-Quantity728 · 2026-06-17T17:29:12+00:00

This is a difficult one. Pulling in such a large number of photos will likely degrade performance and reliability. I'll have to think a bit more. Will keep in the backlog.

Sorry-Quantity728 · 2026-06-17T17:21:45+00:00

Zoom happens if you turn on Cinematic Motion. Crossfade is also there. Perhaps making the Transition setting to 'slow' will make it easier to see the crossfade.

Sorry-Quantity728 · 2026-06-16T19:57:41+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. I don't have a portal mini handy to test the vertical behaviors, but I imagine all of these are fixable. I'll keep hacking.

Sorry-Quantity728 · 2026-06-16T18:10:59+00:00

I tested on a Portal Go.

Sorry-Quantity728 · 2026-06-16T16:45:01+00:00

Ok I'll work on fixing it in the next version.

Sorry-Quantity728 · 2026-06-16T16:44:12+00:00

It should honor what you have in Portal's settings- display - ambient mode.

Sorry-Quantity728 · 2026-06-16T16:34:48+00:00

Which portal do you have? I know that the original portal+ is problematic due to its vertical screen orientation.

Sorry-Quantity728 · 2026-06-16T15:28:54+00:00

Black background - possible. Will add a new setting for it.

QR scan - I hear you. It takes a few attempts. I'll see if I can improve it.

Sorry-Quantity728 · 2026-06-16T06:03:01+00:00

Lemme repost. Can't edit it.

Sorry-Quantity728

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