Immortal¶
A custom home-screen layer that keeps discontinued Meta Portal devices alive.
A play on Portal — and on keeping it going after Meta wound the platform down. Immortal turns a Portal into a device you own: your launcher, your screensaver, and an app store that installs a curated catalog on-device, with remote self-update so it keeps improving without a cable.
At a glance
- Package:
com.immortal.launcher - Targets: Meta Portal — Android 9 (API 28: the 2018 Portal / Portal+ and Portal TV) and Android 10 (API 29: the 2019 and 2021 models), arm64, no Google services.
- Hardware: touch models and the remote-driven Portal TV are both supported.
What Immortal gives you¶
| Area | What it does |
|---|---|
| Launcher | A fullscreen app grid with clock/date/weather, folders, an app switcher, and a Calls tile. |
| Screensaver | A photo frame with clock faces and many photo sources (your own folder, Immich, SMB, WebDAV, web pages, iCloud albums, or a keyless built-in feed), plus a digital-clock face, a welcome-back overlay, and an ambient almanac. |
| Tools | A screen of built-in utilities — cameras, kitchen timers, notes, a converter, ISS passes, a reading lamp, a Wi-Fi intercom, and more. |
| Ambient & sound | Hourly chimes and spoken time, quiet hours, and a gradual sunrise wake-light. |
| App Store | A hosted, community-submittable catalog that installs apps on-device, with updates and self-update. |
| Multi-room audio | Synced whole-home music across Portals, with now-playing and transport controls on every device in a group. |
| Smart home | Home Assistant integration over MQTT — state and control, including the screen. |
| Fleet management | Manage a Portal over WiFi — deploy apps, push config, browse files, read logs — no cable. |
| Portal TV | Full remote/D-pad navigation on the no-touchscreen model. |
Get started¶
- Install on a Portal — the easiest path is the provisioning kit.
- On the original Portal+/Portal TV, read First-gen Portals for the one install quirk worth knowing up front.
- Building a Portal app? Submit it to the store.
A note on scope¶
Some things are hardware/firmware limits of the Portal itself and can't be fixed by any Immortal release — no Google Play Services, no root, and a few others. The Hardware limitations page is the honest list.
Not affiliated with Meta
Immortal is an independent community project — not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Meta. "Meta Portal" and "Portal" are trademarks of Meta Platforms, Inc., used here only to identify compatible hardware. Provisioning modifies device settings and is use-at-your-own-risk (reversible, but no guarantees; may void warranty).