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+## Release Notes
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+### New Features
+- Changed **web panel** backend, so you don't need to set the API key anymore. [Web Panel](https://weather.the1s.de)
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+### Improvements
+- Changed Website Icons to lucide react icons
+- Changed overall handling of the panel
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