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Warning /!\ Ubuntu Touch is no longer maintained as a core product by Canonical. However, the Ubports community are continuing development.

Ubuntu Touch OTA-13 Update

This is still a draft!

Until the OTA is not released this page should only be considered as a draft work-in-progress. Information here can change and may not be guaranteed to be valid.

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: not yet released

  • BQ Aquaris E5 : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - vegetahd: not yet released

  • Emulator : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - generic: not yet released

  • BQ Aquaris M10 : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris-pd.en - frieza: not yet released

  • BQ Aquaris M10 HD : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris-pd.en - cooler: not yet released

  • Emulator : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris-pd.en - generic: not yet released

  • Nexus 4 : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - mako: not yet released

  • Meizu MX4 : ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu.en - arale: not yet released

  • Emulator : ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu.en - generic: not yet released

  • Meizu PRO 5: ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu-pd.en - turbo: not yet released

  • Emulator : ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu-pd.en - generic: not yet released

  • Meizu MX4 : ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu.zh - arale: not yet released

  • Emulator : ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu.zh - generic: not yet released

  • Meizu PRO 5: ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu-pd.zh - turbo: not yet released

  • Emulator : ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu-pd.zh - generic: not yet released

  • Nexus 4 : ubuntu-touch/stable/ubuntu - mako: not yet released

  • Nexus 7 : ubuntu-touch/stable/ubuntu - flo: not yet released

  • Emulator : ubuntu-touch/stable/ubuntu - generic: not yet released

  • Emulator (x86) : ubuntu-touch/stable/ubuntu - generic_x86: not yet released

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 improved per-app settings
  • New keyboard system indicator
  • Added Korean and Latvian keyboards 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

Known issues

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

  • Emulator images are non-promotable for now

Touch/ReleaseNotes/OTA-13 (last edited 2016-10-05 11:14:03 by sil2100)