I guess it’s my turn to post my take on replacing Samsung’s home screen with something that works a little better for me. It’s a custom Tizen app with bedroom light and thermostat controls, weather to help me figure out what I’m getting into before leaving the house, and rotating quotes from books we have on our shelves.

The driveway and front door cameras are small enough to glance at without taking over the screen, and I used them to see when friends were arriving yesterday evening.

also got the Home button bringing me back here, with Samsung’s original home screen still accessible when I need it. The PlayStation button wakes the PS5 from Rest Mode and switches both the soundbar input and TV over to it. Getting the picture and audio to agree on where they were supposed to be took a little doing, but it works now.

Still tweaking things, but it already feels a lot more useful in our bedroom than the stock home screen.