Hub Display

The hub display turns any tablet into an always-on family command center for the kitchen or living room. It shows everything the family needs to know at a glance — tasks, shopping, and the calendar — updated in real time without any manual refresh.

Two Dashboard Styles

FamilyHub ships with two dashboard styles. The family admin picks which one the whole family sees in Admin > Settings > Dashboard style:

• Classic — the dense information view described below. Best when the hub is the family's primary planning surface and you want everything at once.
• Ambient — a calmer, more decorative layout that leads with the time, greeting, and a day-of-week glyph, then shows compact tiles linking into the shopping list, tasks, and agenda. Best for always-on kitchen displays where you want something beautiful to look at during the day and only drill in when you need details.

The two styles share the same real-time data — switching is purely visual, nothing is lost.

Classic Dashboard Layout

The classic dashboard is organized top to bottom:

1. Today's tasks — up to 8 task instances due today, color-coded by assignee. Overdue instances are highlighted.
2. Shopping list — unchecked items from the active Boodschappen list, grouped by category.
3. Upcoming calendar — today's events plus the next few days. All-day events appear as banners; timed events as a compact list per day.
4. AI input bar — always visible, ready for a voice or text command.

Completed task history can optionally be shown on the dashboard (configurable by the family admin in Admin > Settings).

Ambient Dashboard Layout

The ambient dashboard leads with atmosphere rather than data density:

1. Clock and greeting — the current time, today's date, and a friendly greeting that shifts through the day.
2. Day glyph — a hand-drawn chalk icon that rotates based on the time of day (coffee in the morning, a sandwich around lunch, a wine glass in the evening, stars at night).
3. Quick tiles — shopping, tasks, and agenda summaries. Tap a tile to jump to the full screen.
4. AI input bar — same as the classic layout, always ready.

Use this style when the hub is more decoration than dashboard — it still surfaces urgent items, but stays quiet most of the time.

Real-Time Updates

All changes push instantly via WebSocket. The moment someone checks off a task from their phone, it disappears from the hub display. No polling, no manual refresh. The connection auto-reconnects if it drops.

Recommended Hardware

The hub UI works on any tablet. It also looks great on e-ink displays with high contrast and large touch targets.

Device	Screen	Notes	Price
BOOX Tab Mini C	7.8" color e-ink	Great for the kitchen — readable in bright light, no glare	~EUR280
BOOX Go 10.3	10.3" B&W e-ink	Larger dashboard view, excellent contrast	~EUR380
Amazon Fire HD 8	8" LCD	Budget option for getting started	~EUR80

Kiosk Mode Setup

Fully Kiosk Browser (Android — recommended)

1. Install Fully Kiosk Browser on the tablet
2. Set the Start URL to your FamilyHub URL
3. Enable Kiosk Mode — hides the Android navigation bar, prevents exiting
4. Enable Motion Detection to wake the screen when someone walks up
5. Set scheduled Screen Off hours (e.g., off at 22:00, back on at 6:00)

BOOX Devices

Use Fully Kiosk Browser as above, or use BOOX's built-in app-lock feature to freeze the display to the FamilyHub PWA.

Idle Slideshow

When no one is interacting with the display, it switches to a photo slideshow — cycling through family photos before returning to the dashboard on touch.

Configure the slideshow in Admin > Services > Slideshow:

• Provider — Google Photos (link an album) or Immich (self-hosted photo manager)
• Idle timeout — how long to wait before switching to slideshow (default: 10 minutes)
• Photo rotation — how long each photo is shown (default: 30 seconds)

Tap or touch anywhere to dismiss the slideshow and return to the dashboard. Press Escape to dismiss from a keyboard.

Display Hours

Use the tablet's built-in scheduled on/off (or Fully Kiosk Browser's scheduled URL mode) to match your household's active hours. A common setup: screen on at 06:00, off at 22:00.

Installation Tips

• Mounting — VESA adapters exist for most tablets; a small shelf bracket also works well
• Power — run a USB-C cable along the wall to a hidden power point; keep the tablet on permanent charge
• Orientation — landscape suits the dashboard layout; portrait works for a shopping-list-only view
• Night light — BOOX tablets have a scheduled warm front light, ideal for evening kitchen use without harsh blue light