Ubuntu Touch OTA-13 Update

Image numbers

As each channel and device has separate versioning, the following list shows the respective image numbers corresponding to the released update:

• BQ Aquaris E4.5 : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - krillin: #35

• BQ Aquaris E5 : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - vegetahd: #15

• Emulator : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - generic: #18

• BQ Aquaris M10 : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris-pd.en - frieza: #6

• BQ Aquaris M10 HD : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris-pd.en - cooler: #6

• Emulator : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris-pd.en - generic: #2

• Nexus 4 : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - mako: #33

• Meizu MX4 : ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu.en - arale: #15

• Emulator : ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu.en - generic: #4

• Meizu PRO 5: ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu-pd.en - turbo: #5

• Emulator : ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu-pd.en - generic: #2

• Meizu MX4 : ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu.zh - arale: #11

• Emulator : ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu.zh - generic: #4

• Meizu PRO 5: ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu-pd.zh - turbo: #5

• Emulator : ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu-pd.zh - generic: #2

• Nexus 4 : ubuntu-touch/stable/ubuntu - mako: #33

• Nexus 7 : ubuntu-touch/stable/ubuntu - flo: #11

• Emulator : ubuntu-touch/stable/ubuntu - generic: #21

• Emulator (x86) : ubuntu-touch/stable/ubuntu - generic_x86: #21

On a device, this "image number" is shown as the "OS build number" in System Settings > About this phone > OS.

Overview of changes

This list is only a highlight of the few changes available in this update. Please check the detailed changes for all the changes included in this OTA.

Framework versions

This update provides a new framework version: 15.04.7

Important features

• New power daemon implementation (repowerd), improved screen management and proximity detection logic
• Initial implementation of storage framework
• Legacy application copy-paste support
• Out of the box experience changes, hardware keyboard selection added

• New C++ UbuntuMetrics library that can be used for monitoring various metrics in QtQuick 2 applications

• Support for multiple-calendar syncs
• Emoji keyboard improvements
• New reworked Updates panel in system settings
  • App updates show version changes for available updates and the set of recently installed updates
• New reworked Notifications panel with individual per-app settings for sound, vibrate, message bubble
• New keyboard system indicator
• Added Latvian keyboard to ubuntu-keyboard
• Oxide 1.16.8
• Gstreamer 1.8.2

Bugfixes

• Some fixes for bluetooth pairing in cars

• Fix for connecting to WiFi access points with long passwords

• Camera orientation fixes
• Fixes for audio and video in sync on the M10
• Fixes for other vibrations setting
• Some application startup improvements
• Final fix for accented characters now working in all applications

And many many more...!

Detailed changes

• Commitlog: http://people.canonical.com/~lzemczak/landing-team/ota/ota-13.commitlog

• Milestone: https://launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+milestone/13

Known issues

The following is a list of issues that notable enough for explicit mention in the release notes.

• LP: #1625182: Emulator images not working on yakkety (16.10) hosts