Project ubports , who took into his hands the development of the Ubuntu Touch mobile platform, after the company was removed by Canonical, OTA-22 firmware update (over-the-air). The project also develops Experimental desktop port unity 8 which is renamed Lomiri.
Updating Ubuntu Touch OTA-22 formed for smartphones BQ E4.5 / E5 / M10 / U Plus,
Cosmo Communicator, F (X) Tec Pro1, Fairphone 2/3, Google Pixel 2XL / 3A,
Huawei Nexus 6p, LG Nexus 4/5, Meizu MX4 / PRO 5, Nexus 7 2013,
OnePlus 2/3 / 5/6 / One, Samsung Galaxy Note 4 / S3 Neo +, Sony Xperia X / XZ / Z4, Vollaphone, Xiaomi Mi A2 / A3, Xiaomi Poco F1, Xiaomi Redmi 3S / 3X / 3SP / 4X / 7 , Xiaomi Redmi Note 7/7 Pro. Separately, without a label “OTA-21”, updates will be prepared for the Pine64 Pinephone and Pineetab devices. Compared to last version added support for smartphones ASUS Zenfone Max Pro M1, Xiaomi Poco M2 Pro, Google Pixel 2 and Google Pixel 3A XL.
Ubuntu Touch OTA-22 is still based on Ubuntu 16.04, but recently the development efforts are focused on preparation for the transition to Ubuntu 20.04. From the changes to OTA-22 marks:
- in the Morph browser implemented the camera support and the possibility of making video calls is provided.
- For most devices, WebGL support is enabled.
- For devices with the FM receiver, a control background process is added, and an application for listening to the radio is available in the directory.
- in QQC2-based applications (Qt Quick Controls 2) used styles from the system theme theme. For example, when choosing a dark theme, dark design will automatically be applied.
- implemented support for the rotation of the lock screen and changed the bottom panel with the buttons for emergency calls.
- In the call interface, the phone number input is implemented and the display of entries from the address book, the corresponding part of the number entered.
- Assemblies for the VOLLA Phone X smartphone are translated to using the Halium 10 providing a low-level layer to simplify equipment support based on the components from Android 10. The transition to Halium 10 made it possible to implement the support of the fingerprint sensor and eliminate a number of problems.
- In firmware for Pixel 3A / 3A XL, a booster mode is implemented to limit the number of CPU cores involved, reduced power with the screen, and also improved sound quality and volume control.
- approximately a full view port for OnePlus 5 / 5t devices.
