Want your temperature, humidity or CO₂ a glance away — without opening a browser and hunting for the page? Here are three ways to get TeHyBug onto your phone’s home screen, from the one-tap option to a fully live widget.
1. The quick app icon (iOS & Android — 10 seconds)
The TeHyBug site is a Progressive Web App, so you can pin it like a native app:
- iPhone (Safari): open tehybug.com, tap Share → Add to Home Screen.
- Android (Chrome): open tehybug.com, tap ⋮ → Add to Home screen.
You’ll get a TeHyBug icon that opens straight into your live Overview — color-coded tiles of every device, auto-refreshing. It’s the fastest way in, on any phone.
2. A live widget on iOS (Scriptable)
Want the reading right on the home screen, no tapping required? Use the free Scriptable app. There are two scripts — pick by how you want to reach the device.
On your home WiFi (any device, including CO2 sensors)
Every TeHyBug serves its own readings locally, so no account or public key is needed — your phone just has to be on the same network. This is also the way to get a widget for the CO2 sensors, which run standalone. Grab the local widget script (it reads http://tehybug.local/) and paste it into Scriptable.
From anywhere (cloud-connected Universal / Mini devices)
- On tehybug.com, turn on public access for the device (device → Settings) and copy its public key — the part after
/bugs/public/in the share link. - Install Scriptable, create a new script, and paste in our cloud widget script.
- Add a Scriptable widget to your home screen. Long-press it → Edit Widget → set Parameter to your public key, optionally with the value to show:
yourkey— temperature (default)yourkey,co2— CO₂ (color-coded green / amber / red)yourkey,h— humidity ·,ppressure ·,vbattery
One script works for every cloud device — just change the parameter. Tap the widget to jump to the full public page.
3. Android (for the tinkerers)
Android doesn’t have a simple Scriptable equivalent, so:
- Easiest: the Add to Home Screen shortcut from option 1.
- A live widget: use a widget builder like KWGT (with its web-fetch feature) or an automation app like Tasker, pointed at our JSON feed (below). A bit of setup, but it gives you a true at-a-glance widget.
The data feed (build your own)
Every public device exposes a tiny JSON endpoint — perfect for widgets, dashboards or scripts:
https://tehybug.com/api/public/bug/<public-key>/latest{ "title": "Greenhouse", "time": 1719500000, "system": "metric",
"values": { "t": 22.5, "h": 60, "p": 1013 } }No login required (the device just needs public access enabled), and it’s cached and rate-limited so it’s friendly to poll every few minutes.
Questions? Tap the AI assistant on tehybug.com or check the FAQ. Turning ideas into smart devices.
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