Client Platform Comparison Chart

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Description	Symbol
Available	✔
Partial support	Pre-requisite required
Not available	❌
Not applicable	N/A

Please note

The table below pertains exclusively to the latest released applications. For BrightSign, LG, Samsung, and Linux, this specifically refers to JSCore only.

Device analytics rows indicate which groups of measurements a platform provides; individual metrics vary by platform.

Device Control

Functionality	Details	Android	Windows	Linux	BrightSign	Samsung	LG	Browser Client	ChromeOS	Wallboard Lite	EPaper
Working hours	Device	✔	✔	❌	Screen only	✔	✔	❌	❌	❌	✔
	Screen	Qbic only	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	❌	❌	❌	N/A
Scheduled reboot		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	❌	With Extension	❌	N/A
Restart		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	❌	With Extension	❌	N/A
Memory watchdog		✔	❌	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	N/A
Lock/Unlock		✔	✔	✔	N/A	✔	✔	❌	❌	❌	N/A
Reset	Configuration	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	❌
	Uninstall application	Root required	✔	✔ (wallboard-uninstall)	Same functionality as Reset	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	❌
Update	Application manually	Qbic only Root required	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Application automatically	Qbic only Root required	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
	Application version limiting	✔	❌	✔	✔	✔	✔	❌	❌	❌	✔
	Device OS manually	Qbic only	Managed by Windows	Managed by OS	✔	✔	✔	❌	❌	❌	N/A
	Device OS automatically	Qbic only	Managed by Windows	Managed by OS	N/A	N/A	❌	❌	❌	❌	N/A
Install application		Root required	Wallboard application only	Wallboard application only	Wallboard application only	Wallboard application only	Wallboard application only	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Volume control		✔	Wallboard application only	Depends on audio manager	✔	✔	✔	❌	With Extension	✔	N/A

Display Control

Functionality	Details	Android	Windows	Linux	BrightSign	Samsung	LG	Browser Client	ChromeOS	Wallboard Lite	EPaper
Orientation	Screen orientation	Some devices may only support Content orientation	✔	✔	✔	Reversed type screen orientations are not implemented on Samsung devices At or below Tizen 6.5	✔	❌	With Extension	✔	N/A
	Content orientation	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Auto rotate		❌	✔	❌	N/A	Reversed type screen orientations are not implemented on Samsung devices At or above Tizen 7	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Display on/off	CEC	Qbic only	N/A	Depends on device	✔	N/A	N/A	❌	❌	❌	N/A
	HDMI signal	Qbic only	✔	Depends on device	✔	✔	✔	❌	❌	❌	N/A
Brightness control		✔	❌	❌	✔	✔	✔	❌	With Extension	✔	N/A

Device Functions

Functionality	Details	Android	Windows	Linux	BrightSign	Samsung	LG	Browser Client	ChromeOS	Wallboard Lite	EPaper
Console window	Console	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	N/A
	Hotkey	✔	❌	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	N/A
Device logs	Application (and displayer) logs	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	❌	❌	❌	✔
	System logs	✔	❌	❌	✔	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Application settings dump	✔	❌	✔	✔	✔	✔	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Save logs to pendrive	✔	❌	✔	✔	✔	✔	❌	❌	❌	❌
Device preview		✔	✔	Unavailable during native full-screen playback	✔	✔	✔	With Extension	With Extension	✔	✔
Device info		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	Partial	Partial with Extension	✔	✔
Device analytics	CPU	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	With Extension	With Extension	✔	❌
	Graphics	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	N/A
	Memory	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	With Extension	With Extension	✔	✔
	Storage	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	❌	With Extension	✔	✔
	Network	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	❌	With Extension	✔	❌
	Log events	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	❌
	Server communication	✔	✔	✔	❌	❌	❌	✔	✔	✔	❌
Timezone		Root required	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	❌	❌	❌	✔
Time sync	System	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	❌	❌	❌	N/A
	Displayer	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	N/A
	Hardware Accelerated Video Player	✔	N/A	❌	✔	N/A	❌	❌	❌	❌	N/A
Hardware Accelerated Video Player		✔	❌	Full-screen only	✔	✔	✔	❌	❌	❌	N/A
	Transform	✔	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	N/A
Media stream	HTTP without authentication	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	N/A
	HTTP with authentication	✔	✔	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	N/A
	UDP	✔	❌	Full-screen only	✔	✔	✔	❌	❌	❌	N/A
	RTSP	Except H.265 encoded RTSP	❌	Full-screen only	✔	❌	✔	❌	❌	❌	N/A
	HDMI	✔	With HDMI capture card	❌	✔	✔	✔	❌	❌	❌	N/A
Virtual keyboard	Native	✔	❌	❌	N/A	✔	✔	❌	❌	❌	N/A
Move to server		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	❌	❌	❌	❌
Install JSON config		✔	✔	❌	✔	✔	✔	❌	❌	❌	Toolbox
Datasource		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	N/A
Custom certificates		✔	✔	✔	✔	❌ Platform limitation	✔	❌	❌	❌	❌

Sensoring and technologies

Sensoring requires an Interactive (formerly Premium) device license

Interactive device licenses come with the Business customer package. Learn more: Packages and License Tiers

Functionality	Android	Windows	Linux	BrightSign	Samsung (TEP)	Samsung (SSSP)	LG	Browser Client	ChromeOS	Wallboard Lite	EPaper
HTTP server	✔	✔	❌	✔	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	N/A
UDP server	✔	✔	❌	✔	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	N/A
MQTT server	✔	✔	❌	✔	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	N/A
Nexmosphere - USB	✔	✔	❌	✔	✔	✔	❌	❌	❌	❌	N/A
Nexmosphere - RS-232	✔	✔	❌	✔	✔	✔	✔	❌	❌	❌	N/A

Helpful articles

If you wish to know more about our currently supported device line-ups, please visit the following articles

• Supported BrightSign series 3 & 4 devices
• Supported BrightSign series 5 devices
• Supported Samsung devices
• Supported LG devices
• Supported Android devices
• Supported Windows devices
• Supported Linux platforms and system requirements
• About our Browser Client
• About our Wallboard Lite Client

If you wish to know more about our supported browser version, please visit

• Supported Browsers

Learn more about supported file formats on different platforms from

• Supported media file formats