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A TV or any screen with a web browser

Anything with a modern web browser can show your wall. You pair it once; after that it opens your wall by itself.

1. On the screen, open its web browser and go to hestiacalendar.com/tv. It shows a code like WXYZ-1234 and a square to scan.
2. On your phone, scan the square, or open hestiacalendar.com/link and type the code. Sign in if it asks.
3. The screen turns into your wall within a few seconds. It stays paired: next time, opening hestiacalendar.com/tv goes straight to the wall.
4. Make it full screen with the browser's fullscreen key or the ⛶ button that appears when you move the mouse.

Keep it on

• Turn off the screen's sleep or screen-saver setting, or set it to the longest time.
• If the browser can open a page on start-up, set it to hestiacalendar.com/tv, so the wall comes back after a power cut.
• At night the wall goes dark with a dim clock instead of sleeping; set the hours under Settings → General → Night screen.

To remove a screen, open Settings → Displays and press Remove next to its link. Each screen keeps its own shape, so a TV hung on its side can show the tall layout.

More guides

• Chromecast and Google TV
  What works today, and the cast button that is on its way.
• An iPad or Android tablet
  Add it to the home screen, pair it, and keep it awake.
• A Raspberry Pi on a monitor
  A Pi 3 or newer opening the wall full screen on every start.
• Google Calendar
  Show your Google calendars and add events from the wall.
• Apple Calendar and other calendar links
  iCloud, school and team calendars by their iCal address.
• An iCloud shared album
  A live album: photos added to it appear on the wall by themselves.
• Photos from Google Photos
  Pick photos in Google Photos and Hestia copies them to your wall.
• Framing photos
  Move and zoom any photo, choose which ones show, and how often.